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Pierce Brosnan’s Model Sons Follow in Their Dapper Dad’s Footsteps at Hollywood Party
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Pierce Brosnan might be best known for playing James Bond and singing in the “Mamma Mia” films, but perhaps the most important role he’s played is father to his five kids. And it seems like his offspring are following in his suave footsteps. His two sons, Dylan and Paris Brosnan (who he shares with his second wife Keely Shaye Smith), rocked up at the Vanity Fair and TikTok: A Night for Young Hollywood party on March 8 in Los Angeles looking as dapper as their 69-year-old father.
Dylan, 26, was photographed wearing a plaid suit with a white shirt alongside girlfriend Avery Wheless, while Paris, 22, was suited and booted next to his girlfriend, Alex-Lee Aillon. The pair are super close to their actor dad and have walked the red carpet with him a number of times, including the 2020 Golden Globes.
The stylish trio also did a joint interview with GQ back in September 2022, in which Pierce revealed he’d advised against his sons following him into acting. “Just because it’s fucking hard work,” he said. “It’s a cross to bear. You’re constructing and destroying yourself.” As such, Dylan and Paris have taken different creative paths; the former is a musician and the latter is a model and walked the runways at Balmain, Dolce & Gabbana, and Moschino.
But Dylan and Paris aren’t the only children Pierce has. Sean Brosnan is his son from his first marriage to Cassandra Harris, who tragically died of ovarian cancer in 1991 at the age of 43. Pierce also formally adopted Cassandra’s two children, Charlotte and Chris, after their father died in 1986. Pierce later married journalist Keely, and completed his family with two more sons. “I cherish family very much. I cherish being a father. I did not grow up with a father figure or with a solid family,” he told Gentleman’s Journal in 2021.
Read ahead to find out more about Pierce Brosnan’s kids.
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Pierce Brosnan Kids: Paris Brosnan
Paris is the youngest of the Brosnan clan, born on Feb. 27, 2001 to Pierce and Keeley. He is a model and has walked for Dolce & Gabbana and Balmain, and most recently starred in the Tommy Hilfiger campaign with his brother, Dylan.
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Pierce Brosnan Kids: Dylan Brosnan
Dylan is the first son of Pierce and Keeley, born on Jan. 13, 1997. He revealed in GQ that he never used to tell friends who his famous dad was. “I always thought he had a lot of friends, growing up because people would come up to him in the street, and he’s like the nicest guy, so he talks to everyone for a really long time,” he said. Dylan is a musician and is in the band, Raspberry Blonde.
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Pierce Brosnan Kids: Sean Brosnan
Sean was born on Sept. 13, 1983 and was the first child of Cassandra and Pierce. He became an actor and appeared in films, including “Alien Uprising” and “Acts of Violence.” Following a 2000 car accident, Sean struggled with alcohol and drug addiction. “I ended up getting involved in drugs and alcohol and causing a long trail of destruction behind me,” he said in a 2022 Instagram video. Upon learning he was going to be a father himself, he got a degree in clinical psychology and now works as a counselor. “I basically help people with trauma and anxiety and depression and relationship issues, and a lot of grief and loss as well because there’s a lot of that in my story,” he said. He is the father to Marley and Jaxxon.
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Pierce Brosnan Kids: Christopher Brosnan
Christopher was born on Nov. 11, 1972, and was the second child of “For Your Eyes Only” actor Cassandra Harris and producer Dermot Harris. The couple split six years later and Pierce, who married Cassandra in 1980, adopted Chris and his sister Charlotte after their father died in 1986.
Christopher worked amongst the crew on many films, including Pierce’s Bond films “Goldeneye” and “The World is Not Enough.” Following his mother’s death, Christopher struggled with substance abuse, as per The Sun, and later became estranged from Piers.
According to a 2019 interview with Esquire, Pierce and Christopher have worked to form a “loving communication”.
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Pierce Brosnan Kids: Charlotte Brosnan
Charlotte was born on Nov. 27, 1971, and was the first child of Cassandra and Dermot. She was adopted by Pierce, along with her brother Christopher, after their father died. She became an actor and appeared in various TV shows, but tragically passed away from ovarian cancer, the same disease that took her mother, in 2013 at the age of 41.
“Charlotte fought her cancer with grace and humanity, courage and dignity. Our hearts are heavy with the loss of our beautiful dear girl. We pray for her and that the cure for this wretched disease will be close at hand soon,” Pierce said, per People. She was succeeded by her husband, Alex, and two children, Isabella and Lucas.
