Pierce Brosnan Now identified by all as James Bond, actor Pierce Brosnan was born in Ireland in 1953 and began his career on British stage and television. On stage Brosnan starred in Tennessee Williams "The Red Devil Battery Sign" and earned a Golden Globe nomination for the BBC mini-series "Lady Astor". In 1980 he appeared alongside Elizabeth Taylor in "The Mirror Crack'd" and was an IRA terrorist in"The Long Good Friday" with Bob Hoskins. In 1982 he landed the high profile TV role of the sophisticated, charming detective in "Remington Steele". In the early 1990's he played in the Hollywood box office hit "Mrs. Doubtfire", alongside Robin Williams and Sally Field (1993), and alongside Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, in " Love Affair" (1994). And it was in 1995 that he took over from Timothy Dalton to become 007 Secret Agent James Bond in " GoldenEye". It was the most successful Bond film ever and established Brosnan as one of the world's leading men. In "Mirror Has Two Faces" of 1996 he played alongside Barbra Streisand who also directed the film, and in "Mars Attacks!" he was given the role of Donald Kessler and co-starred with Jack Nicholson and Martin Short. In 1997, Brosnan took the lead of Harry Dalton alongside Linda Hamilton in " Dante's Peak", an adventure drama centered around a volcanic disaster, and starred in "The Nephew", soon to be released, which was produced by his own company Irish Dream Time. That same year he returned as James Bond in "Tomorrow Never Dies", the 18th movie in the Bond franchise. Pierce Brosnan joined the Omega watch Company ' s family of Ambassadors in 1997 to launch and support the new " Dynamic" range and on June 21st he introduced the new Omega " Dynamic" watch at the Omega Pavilion at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, South of London. The Goodwood Festival of Speed is the world's most prestigious historic motor sport event-an extravaganza of car and motorcycle races featuring legendary racedrivers... in a unique garden party atmosphere. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which opened in 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee, is the single largest pediatric research center in the United States. Founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, the Hospital was the first institution established solely for the purpose of conducting basic and clinical research in pediatric cancer and other childhood catastrophic diseases. St. Jude treats thousands of children each year regardless of their ability to pay, covering all medical costs not covered by insurance. Families without insurance are never asked to pay. Research done at St. Jude has helped raise overall survival rates for childhood cancer from less than 20 percent in 1962 to over 70 percent today. For further information about St. Jude Children's Research Hospital contact: George Shadroui 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105 Tel. (901) 524-0370