Does Pierce Brosnan smoke?: Yes Pierce Brosnan smoking.Does Pierce Brosnan drink alcohol?: Yes Pierce Brosnan drinking alcohol.When Pierce was an infant, his father abandoned the family.His mother went to London, to work as a nurse when Pierce was 4 years old. He was raised by his maternal grandparents Philip and Kathleen Smith. Pierce Brosnan as a child.After his maternal grandparents death, he lived with his uncle and aunt who sent him to a boarding school.At a very young age, he trained in fire-eating and performed the stunt in a circus. Pierce Brosnan as a young.When he was 11 years old, he left his hometown and moved to England to live with his mother and her new husband, William Carmichael.Once his step-father, William Carmichael took him to the cinema for the first time to watch James Bond movie, Goldfinger.Brosnan started his career at the York Theatre Royal as an acting assistant stage manager and Wait Until Dark was his theatre debut.In 1987, Brosnan was first offered the role of James Bond when the popular TV series Remington Steele was cancelled by NBC. However, the series was re-started and he lost the opportunity to Timothy Dalton.