Guy Pearce
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
120
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 Woman in Cabin 10
The Daily Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Golden Globe Awards
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The View
Richard & Judy
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Neighbours
Iron Man 3
Killing Faith
The Hurt Locker
Memento
The Man from Snowy River
Alien: Covenant
The Oscars
Going Live!
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Brutalist
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Mare of Easttown
Prometheus
Bedtime Stories
L.A. Confidential
The Time Machine
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Memory
The Convert
Halifax f.p.
The King's Speech
Rules of Engagement
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Lockout
The Road
Jack Irish
Brimstone
Back to the Outback
Bloodshot
Winged Creatures
Lawless
Traitor
Sunrise
Mildred Pierce
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Heaven Tonight
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
The Rover
The Shrouds
Jack Irish: Black Tide
Disturbing the Peace
Ravenous
The Clearing
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
Easter Rising
A Spy Among Friends
Zone 414
The Proposition
Inside
The Dog Stars
Mary Queen of Scots
Spinning Man
Breathe In
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Swinging Safari
Two Brothers
The Infernal Machine
Blurred
Holding the Man
Genius
When We Rise
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Ink
First Snow
Jack Irish: Dead Point
The Innocents
Woundings
FX's A Christmas Carol
Domino
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'
Mr. Sunny Sky
Bony
Death Defying Acts
The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023
Animal Kingdom
Queen of the Falls
The Last Vermeer
Sean Saves the World
Till Human Voices Wake Us
The Seventh Day
The Hard Word
The Catcher Was a Spy
Results
In Her Skin
Factory Girl
A Slipping Down Life
33 Postcards
Seeking Justice
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Neighbours Made Me a Star
Dating the Enemy
Poor Boy
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
Hateship Loveship
The Wizards of Aus
Ladies Please!
Equals
Hunting
Flynn
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
Friday on My Mind
Lorne
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
Donny The Drone
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
Neponset Circle
The Devil Game
