Guy Pearce
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-10-05
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Pearce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known For
Memento
Oct 11, 2000
L.A. Confidential
Sep 19, 1997
The Time Machine
Mar 04, 2002
Bedtime Stories
Dec 24, 2008
Ravenous
Mar 16, 1999
Two Brothers
Apr 07, 2004
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
May 31, 1994
Rules of Engagement
Apr 07, 2000
The Road
Nov 25, 2009
The Count of Monte Cristo
Jan 23, 2002
The Hurt Locker
Oct 10, 2008
Factory Girl
Dec 29, 2006
Traitor
Aug 23, 2008
Death Defying Acts
Sep 13, 2007
Till Human Voices Wake Us
Sep 12, 2002
The Brutalist
Dec 20, 2024
The Shrouds
Apr 03, 2025
Animal Kingdom
Jun 03, 2010
Winged Creatures
Jul 08, 2009
First Snow
May 05, 2006
The Infernal Machine
Sep 23, 2022
Dating the Enemy
Sep 19, 1996
The Hard Word
May 30, 2002
The Proposition
Oct 06, 2005
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Nov 06, 2010
In Her Skin
Mar 14, 2009
The Convert
Mar 14, 2024
A Slipping Down Life
Jan 22, 1999
Iron Man 3
Apr 18, 2013
Lockout
Apr 12, 2012
The Catcher Was a Spy
Jun 22, 2018
Prometheus
May 30, 2012
Lawless
Aug 29, 2012
Seeking Justice
Sep 02, 2011
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
Oct 14, 2012
Jack Irish: Black Tide
Oct 24, 2012
The Rover
Jun 04, 2014
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Oct 11, 2012
33 Postcards
Jun 09, 2011
Breathe In
Jan 18, 2013
Hateship Loveship
Apr 11, 2014
Woundings
Oct 08, 1998
Easter Rising
The King's Speech
Nov 26, 2010
Jack Irish: Dead Point
Apr 13, 2014
Heaven Tonight
Nov 12, 1990
Hunting
Oct 31, 1991
Flynn
May 15, 1993
Alien: Covenant
May 09, 2017
Killing Faith
Neighbours Made Me a Star
Jul 29, 2022
The Devil Game
Jan 01, 1997
Results
May 29, 2015
Sunrise
Jan 19, 2024
Equals
Jul 15, 2015
Inside
Feb 27, 2025
Genius
Jun 10, 2016
Brimstone
Mar 12, 2016
Holding the Man
Aug 27, 2015
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Jun 18, 2015
Untitled Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel
Ladies Please!
Sep 08, 1994
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
Mar 16, 2015
Swinging Safari
Jan 18, 2018
Spinning Man
Apr 06, 2018
Mary Queen of Scots
Dec 07, 2018
Domino
May 31, 2019
Donny The Drone
Dec 20, 2017
Lorne
Feb 10, 2016
Poor Boy
The Last Vermeer
Sep 11, 2019
Disturbing the Peace
Jan 17, 2020
Bloodshot
Mar 05, 2020
The Seventh Day
Mar 26, 2021
FX's A Christmas Carol
Dec 19, 2019
Zone 414
Sep 03, 2021
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
Feb 18, 2020
Back to the Outback
Dec 03, 2021
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Apr 29, 2021
Memory
Apr 28, 2022
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Sep 23, 2008
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Sep 23, 2008
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'
Sep 24, 2014
The Woman in Cabin 10
Mr. Sunny Sky
Colin Hay: Waiting For My Real Life
Aug 04, 2015
Blurred
The Dog Stars
Mar 25, 2026
Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission
May 30, 2012
The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023
Feb 08, 2012
Neponset Circle
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Nov 02, 2001
The Man from Snowy River
Sep 23, 1994
The View
Aug 11, 1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Richard & Judy
Nov 26, 2001
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
Mildred Pierce
Mar 27, 2011
Mare of Easttown
Apr 18, 2021
A Spy Among Friends
Dec 08, 2022
Jack Irish
Feb 11, 2016
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mar 23, 2015
When We Rise
Feb 27, 2017
The Wizards of Aus
Jan 19, 2016
The Clearing
May 24, 2023
The Innocents
Aug 24, 2018
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Going Live!
Sep 26, 1987
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
Sep 20, 2022
Bony
Aug 15, 1992
Sean Saves the World
Oct 03, 2013
Neighbours
Mar 18, 1985
Halifax f.p.
Oct 09, 1994
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Honest Trailers
Feb 13, 2012
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
