Guy Pearce
Known for Acting
Details
Birthday: October 05, 1967
Place of birth: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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.
Actor
2026
2025
2025
2025
2025
2024
2024
2024
2022
2022
2021
2021
2021
2020
2020
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2016
2016
2016
2015
2015
2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2010
2010
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2008
2007
2006
2006
2005
2004
2002
2002
2000
2000
1999
1999
1998
1997
1997
1996
1994
1993
1991
1990
1990
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970