Guy Pearce

Acting · 3.3 popularity

Age

Movies

101

Born: October 5, 1967
From: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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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.

Works

101 films

Iron Man 3

20136.9

The Brutalist

20246.9

Memento

20008.2

Prometheus

20126.6

Alien: Covenant

20176.2

The King's Speech

20107.7

The Count of Monte Cristo

20027.7

The Dog Stars

2026

The Woman in Cabin 10

20256.2

L.A. Confidential

19977.8

The Road

20097.0

The Hurt Locker

20087.3

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

20216.9

Lawless

20127.1

The Time Machine

20026.3

Bloodshot

20206.7

Bedtime Stories

20086.2

Memory

20226.7

Back to the Outback

20217.6

Lockout

20125.9

The Rover

20146.3

The Shrouds

20255.8

Mary Queen of Scots

20186.5

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

19947.3

Zone 414

20215.3

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

20105.8

Killing Faith

20255.7

Spinning Man

20185.6

Brimstone

20167.1

Genius

20166.5

Seeking Justice

20115.9

Equals

20156.1

Two Brothers

20047.1

Rules of Engagement

20006.2

Together for Palestine

20258.2

Traitor

20086.7

Ravenous

19996.8

The Catcher Was a Spy

20186.2

The Infernal Machine

20226.2

The Convert

20246.1

Animal Kingdom

20106.8

Winged Creatures

20095.9

FX's A Christmas Carol

20197.2

Factory Girl

20066.0

First Snow

20066.1

The Last Vermeer

20196.5

The Seventh Day

20215.2

The Proposition

20057.0

Death Defying Acts

20075.9

Breathe In

20135.9

Swinging Safari

20185.3

In Her Skin

20096.0

Poor Boy

2026

Domino

20194.6

High End

2026

Disturbing the Peace

20204.6

Hateship Loveship

20145.8

Ink

2027

Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff

20206.0

Jack Irish: Bad Debts

20126.5

The Hard Word

20025.4

Results

20155.0

Holding the Man

20157.7

The Teller

2026

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

20127.0

Dating the Enemy

19966.3

Sunrise

20245.5

Inside

20256.2

Between a Frock and a Hard Place

20157.8

Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'

20088.0

Jack Irish: Black Tide

20126.6

Lorne

20165.5

The Marshal

2026

The Devil Game

19975.5

The Road Home

2026

Hunting

19913.7

The Price of Peace

2026

Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite

20150.5

Flynn

19934.5

Donny The Drone

20174.5

A Slipping Down Life

19994.2

Friday on My Mind

19909.0

Neighbours Made Me a Star

20227.0

Mr. Sunny Sky

2026

Jack Irish: Dead Point

20146.6

Till Human Voices Wake Us

20025.3

33 Postcards

20115.5

Woundings

19983.4

Scarcity

2025

Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'

20145.0

Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life

20155.3

Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2

2026

Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'

20085.0

The Vesuvius Challenge

2026

The Neverending Pillow Fort

2026

Neponset Circle

2026

Easter Rising

202610.0

Blurred

2026

Heaven Tonight

19904.3

Ladies Please!

19944.3

Queen of the Falls

2026