Guy Pearce
Acting
Born 1967-10-05
Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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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
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Daily Show
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Golden Globe Awards
Neighbours
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Iron Man 3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Brutalist
Memento
Prometheus
Alien: Covenant
The Oscars
Going Live!
Mare of Easttown
The King's Speech
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Man from Snowy River
The Dog Stars
The Woman in Cabin 10
Richard & Judy
L.A. Confidential
The Road
The Hurt Locker
Halifax f.p.
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Lawless
The Time Machine
Bloodshot
Bedtime Stories
A Spy Among Friends
Memory
Mildred Pierce
Jack Irish
Back to the Outback
Lockout
The Clearing
The Rover
The Shrouds
Mary Queen of Scots
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Zone 414
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Killing Faith
The Innocents
Spinning Man
Brimstone
Genius
Seeking Justice
Equals
Two Brothers
Rules of Engagement
Sean Saves the World
Together for Palestine
Traitor
When We Rise
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