Guy Pearce
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
121
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
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Golden Globe Awards
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Richard & Judy
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Iron Man 3
The Brutalist
The Woman in Cabin 10
Prometheus
Memento
Mare of Easttown
The Oscars
The Count of Monte Cristo
L.A. Confidential
The Man from Snowy River
Neighbours
Memory
Swinging Safari
The Hurt Locker
The Convert
Bedtime Stories
Alien: Covenant
Lawless
Lockout
Inside
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
The King's Speech
Killing Faith
Sunrise
Going Live!
The Clearing
Animal Kingdom
Back to the Outback
Mildred Pierce
33 Postcards
The Rover
Woundings
Poor Boy
Halifax f.p.
The Time Machine
Traitor
Two Brothers
Genius
Bloodshot
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Jack Irish
Spinning Man
Zone 414
Winged Creatures
Easter Rising
FX's A Christmas Carol
Blurred
The Proposition
Rules of Engagement
The Road
Mary Queen of Scots
Breathe In
Results
The Shrouds
Ink
Brimstone
Hateship Loveship
First Snow
The Infernal Machine
Flynn
Holding the Man
A Spy Among Friends
Hunting
The Last Vermeer
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
The Dog Stars
The Innocents
Sean Saves the World
Seeking Justice
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Disturbing the Peace
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
Ravenous
The Seventh Day
Equals
Factory Girl
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'
The Catcher Was a Spy
Death Defying Acts
Jack Irish: Black Tide
Dating the Enemy
Jack Irish: Dead Point
In Her Skin
When We Rise
Neighbours Made Me a Star
Heaven Tonight
Mr. Sunny Sky
The Hard Word
The Wizards of Aus
Bony
A Slipping Down Life
Queen of the Falls
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
Domino
Friday on My Mind
Lorne
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
Ladies Please!
Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
Neponset Circle
The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023
The Devil Game
Scarcity
Donny The Drone
