Guy Pearce

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Guy Pearce

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Biography

Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian actor and musician. He has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a nomination for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award.

He started his career portraying Mike Young in the Australian television series Neighbours (1986–1989). Pearce received international attention for his breakout role in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). Subsequently, he starred as Ed Exley in Curtis Hanson's crime noir L.A. Confidential (1997) and a man suffering short-term memory loss in Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller Memento (2000).

He also acted in The Time Machine (2002), Bedtime Stories (2008), The Road (2009), The Hurt Locker (2009), The King's Speech (2010), and Lawless (2012). He portrayed Peter Weyland in Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), Aldrich Killian in the Marvel action film Iron Man 3 (2013) and William Cecil in the biopic Mary Queen of Scots (2018). In Australian cinema, Pearce has acted in The Proposition (2005), Animal Kingdom (2010), and The Rover (2014). For his performance in The Brutalist(2024), he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Since 2012, he has played the title role in the TV adaptations of the Jack Irish stories by Australian crime writer Peter Temple. Pearce starred in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown. The former won him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor.

Films Featuring Guy Pearce

Memento

20008.2

L.A. Confidential

19977.8

The Time Machine

20026.3

Bedtime Stories

20086.2

Ravenous

19996.9

Two Brothers

20047.1

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

19947.3

Rules of Engagement

20006.2

The Road

20097.0

The Count of Monte Cristo

20027.7

The Hurt Locker

20087.3

Factory Girl

20066.0

Traitor

20086.6

Death Defying Acts

20075.9

Till Human Voices Wake Us

20025.3

The Brutalist

20246.9

The Shrouds

20255.8

Animal Kingdom

20106.8

Winged Creatures

20095.9

First Snow

20066.1

The Infernal Machine

20226.3

Dating the Enemy

19966.3

The Hard Word

20025.4

The Proposition

20057.0

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

20105.8

In Her Skin

20096.0

The Convert

20246.1

A Slipping Down Life

19994.3

Iron Man 3

20136.9

Lockout

20125.9

The Catcher Was a Spy

20186.2

Prometheus

20126.6

Lawless

20127.1

Seeking Justice

20115.9

Jack Irish: Bad Debts

20126.5

Jack Irish: Black Tide

20126.6

The Rover

20146.3

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

20127.0

33 Postcards

20115.5

Breathe In

20135.9

Hateship Loveship

20145.8

Woundings

19983.4

Easter Rising

10.0

The King's Speech

20107.7

Jack Irish: Dead Point

20146.6

Heaven Tonight

19904.3

Hunting

19913.7

Flynn

19934.5

Alien: Covenant

20176.2

Killing Faith

20255.9

Neighbours Made Me a Star

20227.0

The Devil Game

19975.5

Results

20155.0

Sunrise

20245.5

Equals

20156.1

Inside

20256.2

Genius

20166.5

Brimstone

20167.1

Holding the Man

20157.7

Between a Frock and a Hard Place

20157.8

Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2

Ladies Please!

19944.3

Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite

20150.5

Swinging Safari

20185.3

Spinning Man

20185.6

Mary Queen of Scots

20186.5

Domino

20194.6

Donny The Drone

20174.5

Lorne

20165.5

Poor Boy

The Last Vermeer

20196.5

Disturbing the Peace

20204.6

Bloodshot

20206.7

The Seventh Day

20215.2

FX's A Christmas Carol

20197.2

Zone 414

20215.3

Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff

20206.0

Back to the Outback

20217.6

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

20216.9

Memory

20226.7

Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'

20088.0

Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'

Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'

20085.0

Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'

20145.0

The Woman in Cabin 10

20256.2

Mr. Sunny Sky

Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life

20155.3

Blurred

The Dog Stars

2026

Neponset Circle

Neponset Circle

Ink

2026

Queen of the Falls

Queen of the Falls

Friday on My Mind

Friday on My Mind

19909.0

Scarcity

2025

Together for Palestine

20258.2

The Price of Peace

The Price of Peace

The Marshal

High End

The Road Home

The Neverending Pillow Fort

The Neverending Pillow Fort

The Teller

The Vesuvius Challenge

The Vesuvius Challenge