Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 05, 1967
Place of Birth
Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Credits
129 titles
Guy Pearce
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.
Known For
Filmography
Ink
Rupert Murdoch
The Dog Stars
Pops
The Woman in Cabin 10
Richard Bullmer
Killing Faith
Bender
Together for Palestine
Self
Scarcity
Voice
The Shrouds
Maury Entrekin
Inside
Warren Murfett
The Brutalist
Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr
The Convert
Thomas Munro
Sunrise
Reynolds
The Clearing
Dr. Bryce Latham
A Spy Among Friends
Kim Philby
The Infernal Machine
Bruce Cogburn
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
Self
Neighbours Made Me a Star
Self
Memory
Vincent Serra
Back to the Outback
Frank (voice)
Zone 414
David Carmichael
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Thomas Clay
Mare of Easttown
Richard Ryan
The Seventh Day
Father Peter
Bloodshot
Dr. Emil Harting
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
Self (archive footage)
Disturbing the Peace
Jim Dillon
A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
FX's A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge
The Last Vermeer
Han van Meegeren
Domino
Joe Martin
Mary Queen of Scots
William Cecil
The Innocents
Halvorson
The Catcher Was a Spy
Robert Furman
Spinning Man
Evan Birch
Swinging Safari
Keith Hall
Donny The Drone
Donny (voice)
Alien: Covenant
Peter Weyland (uncredited)
When We Rise
Cleve Jones
Genius
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Brimstone
The Reverend
Jack Irish
Jack Irish
Lorne
Lorne
The Wizards of Aus
Morgan Wright
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Holding the Man
Dick Conigrave
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
Self
Equals
Jonas
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Self
Results
Trevor
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
Self