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.
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Filmography
all 113
Movies 89
TV Shows 24
self 21
Voice 2
Producer 1
Director 1
Inside (2025)
The Brutalist (2024)
The Convert (2024)
Sunrise (2024)
The Clearing (2023)
A Spy Among Friends (2022)
The Infernal Machine (2022)
Memory (2022)
Back to the Outback (2021)
Zone 414 (2021)
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
Mare of Easttown (2021)
The Seventh Day (2021)
Bloodshot (2020)
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff (2020)
Disturbing the Peace (2020)
FX's A Christmas Carol (2019)
The Last Vermeer (2019)
Domino (2019)
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
The Innocents (2018)
The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
Spinning Man (2018)
Swinging Safari (2018)
Donny The Drone (2017)
Alien: Covenant (2017)
When We Rise (2017)
Genius (2016)
Brimstone (2016)
Jack Irish (2016)
Lorne (2016)
The Wizards of Aus (2016)
Holding the Man (2015)
Equals (2015)
Results (2015)
Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014)
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Breathe In (2013)
Jack Irish: Black Tide (2012)
Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012)
Lawless (2012)
Prometheus (2012)
33 Postcards (2011)
Mildred Pierce (2011)
The King's Speech (2010)
Animal Kingdom (2010)
In Her Skin (2010)
The Road (2009)
Winged Creatures (2009)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Traitor (2008)
Death Defying Acts (2007)
Factory Girl (2006)
First Snow (2006)
The Proposition (2005)
Two Brothers (2004)
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002)
The Time Machine (2002)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Memento (2000)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
A Slipping Down Life (1999)
Woundings (1998)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Halifax f.p. (1994)
The Man from Snowy River (1994)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Flynn (1993)
Bony (1992)
Hunting (1991)
Heaven Tonight (1990)
Neighbours (1985)
Poor Boy
Mr. Sunny Sky
Untitled Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel
Killing Faith
Easter Rising
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1967-10-05 (57 years old)
Birth NameGuy Edward Pearce
Birth PlaceEly, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsAustralia
ResidencesGeelong, Australia
Also Known AsGuy Edward Pearce, 盖·爱德华·皮尔斯, Гай Едвард Пірс, گای پیرس
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
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