1. Every minute of his four outings as James Bond. Only Sean Connery was sexier as 007.

2. As master their Max Burdett in the film After the Sunset (2004). Pierce and Salma Hayek sizzle in the Caribbean heat.

3. In the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair as he slowly seduces Rene Russo into bed.

1. Pierce has a prominent scar above his top lip, a souvenir from the making of the movie Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) after he was accidentally hit by one of the stuntmen.

2. On December 28th 1991, his first wife, Cassandra Harris, died in his arms after a long battle against ovarian cancer.

3. He was originally selected to play 007 in 1986, but he couldn't get out of his contract with the TV series Remington Steele. The role went to to Timothy Dalton and Pierce had to wait another nine years before stepping into those famous spy shoes.