Pierce Brosnan was honoured with an Oscar Wilde Award at the US-Ireland Alliance's annual event in Hollywood last night.
The Irish actor, film producer, environmentalist, philanthropist, artist and two-time Golden Globe Award nominee was honoured for his "rich and extensive career in front of the camera and behind-the-scenes as a producer."
The annual Oscar Wilde Awards, which celebrate the achievements of Irish actors and filmmakers, was held at Bad Robot, the production company of JJ Abrams and Katie McGrath, and is supported by Screen Ireland and Northern Ireland Screen.
A number of famous faces attended including Cillian Murphy, Samantha Mumba and Jane Seymour, as well as fellow award recipients, Molly Shannon and Richard Baneham.
Speaking of Brosnan’s award ahead of the event, US-Ireland Alliance founder Trina Vargo said: "The success of Irish actors in the film industry in recent years has highlighted the remarkable talent in Ireland. We’re thrilled to be honouring one of the most talented Irish legends, who paved the way."
The actor currently stars in director Phillip Noyce’s hitman thriller, Fast Charlie, based on Victor Gischler’s Edgar Award-nominated novel, Gun Monkeys. He recently finished production on Four Letters of Love, based on the Niall Williams bestselling novel of the same name, and The Last Rifleman, which is inspired by a true story of a World War II veteran living in a care home in Northern Ireland.
He is also well known for films including Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, The Matador, Mamma Mia! and a host of Bond movies in the 1990s, including Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough.
In 1996, Brosnan launched his own production company, Irish DreamTime, along with producing partner Beau St. Clair.
Also honoured at the awards is actress Molly Shannon, whose ancestral roots are in Achill, Co Mayo.
Shannon spent six seasons as a cast member of Saturday Night Live. In 2000, she received an Emmy nomination for outstanding individual performance in a variety or music programme.
Vargo, founder of the US-Ireland Alliance said, "Molly's Irish-American characters on Saturday Night Live - like Mary Katherine Gallagher and Sally O'Malley - are iconic. We look forward to honouring this superstar."
Shannon's other film credits include Zach Braff’s A Good Person, Netflix film Private Life alongside Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn, and Academy Award-nominated film, Promising Young Woman, opposite Carey Mulligan.
In 2021, Shannon starred in The White Lotus. Her television credits also include the HBO comedy Divorce opposite Sarah Jessica Parker and a recurring role on Will & Grace, for which she received her second Primetime Emmy nomination.
Another previously announced honouree was Dublin-born Richard Baneham, a two-time Academy Award-winning VFX Supervisor for his work on the original Avatar and last year for Avatar: The Way of Water.
