Guy Pearce
ActingAlso Known As
Guy Edward 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.
Movies
(96 total)
Iron Man 3
as Aldrich Killian
Memento
as Leonard
Prometheus
as Peter Weyland
Alien: Covenant
as Peter Weyland (uncredited)
The King's Speech
as King Edward VIII
The Hurt Locker
as Sergeant Matt Thompson
L.A. Confidential
as Edmund 'Ed' Exley
Bloodshot
as Dr. Emil Harting
The Road
as Veteran
Lawless
as Charlie Rakes
Bedtime Stories
as Kendall
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
as Thomas Clay
The Time Machine
as Alexander Hartdegen
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Fernand Mondego
Lockout
as Snow
Mary Queen of Scots
as William Cecil
Memory
as Vincent Serra
The Brutalist
as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr
Equals
as Jonas
Brimstone
as The Reverend
TV Shows
(26 total)
Mare of Easttown
as Richard Ryan
The Daily Show
as Self
Mildred Pierce
as Monte Beragon
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
The Innocents
as Halvorson
The View
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
A Spy Among Friends
as Kim Philby
The Clearing
as Dr. Bryce Latham
Neighbours
as Mike Young
When We Rise
as Cleve Jones
Jack Irish
as Jack Irish
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Sean Saves the World
as Miles
The Wizards of Aus
as Morgan Wright