Guy Pearce
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
122
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-10-05 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Golden Globe Awards
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The View
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Iron Man 3
The Oscars
Lawless
Memento
Prometheus
Traitor
The Man from Snowy River
Alien: Covenant
Richard & Judy
Neighbours
The Rover
Sunrise
Spinning Man
Mare of Easttown
The Brutalist
Inside
Blurred
The Woman in Cabin 10
L.A. Confidential
Going Live!
Jack Irish: Black Tide
33 Postcards
Memory
Ink
Genius
The Hurt Locker
Lockout
The King's Speech
Woundings
Factory Girl
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Dog Stars
Breathe In
Hateship Loveship
Zone 414
The Road
Swinging Safari
Flynn
Death Defying Acts
Bloodshot
The Time Machine
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Mr. Sunny Sky
Friday on My Mind
Disturbing the Peace
Hunting
Winged Creatures
Bedtime Stories
Mildred Pierce
Jack Irish
A Spy Among Friends
Halifax f.p.
Poor Boy
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
Neighbours Made Me a Star
Mary Queen of Scots
Back to the Outback
The Clearing
The Convert
Lorne
Sean Saves the World
Killing Faith
Dating the Enemy
The Innocents
Seeking Justice
Animal Kingdom
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
The Shrouds
A Slipping Down Life
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Brimstone
Ravenous
Results
The Proposition
In Her Skin
Two Brothers
Equals
The Infernal Machine
The Catcher Was a Spy
Rules of Engagement
FX's A Christmas Carol
When We Rise
Bony
First Snow
Domino
The Wizards of Aus
The Last Vermeer
Holding the Man
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
The Seventh Day
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
The Hard Word
Jack Irish: Dead Point
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Together for Palestine
Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission
The Devil Game
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'
Ladies Please!
Donny The Drone
Heaven Tonight
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Neponset Circle
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
Queen of the Falls
Easter Rising
Scarcity
