Guy Pearce
Acting
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.
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
as Self (archive footage)
Age 52 (now 58)
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
as Self
Age 47 (now 58)
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
as Self
Age 47 (now 58)
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'
as Self
Age 46 (now 58)
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
as Self
Age 45 (now 58)
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
Age 40 (now 58)Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
Age 40 (now 58)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
Age 26 (now 58)
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
Age 47 (now 58)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Age 46 (now 58)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
Age 34 (now 58)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 25 (now 58)
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Guy Edward Pearce
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