Guy Pearce
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-10-05 (57 years old)
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.
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Acting
Poor Boy
as Danny
Killing Faith
as Bender
Mr. Sunny Sky
as Leonard Moore
Untitled Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel
as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
Easter Rising
as Padraig Pearse
Scott Matthews - Wait in the Car.
as Robert
(2025)
The Shrouds
as Maury
(2025)
Inside
as Warren Murfett
(2024)
The Brutalist
as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr
(2024)
The Convert
as Thomas Munro
(2024)
Sunrise
as Reynolds
(2022)
Memory
as Vincent Serra
(2022)
The Infernal Machine
as Bruce Cogburn
(2022)
Neighbours Made Me a Star
as Self
(2021)
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
as Thomas Clay
(2021)
Back to the Outback
as Frank (voice)
(2021)
Zone 414
as David Carmichael
(2021)
The Seventh Day
as Father Peter
(2020)
Bloodshot
as Dr. Emil Harting
(2020)
Disturbing the Peace
as Jim Dillon
(2020)
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Domino
as Joe Martin
(2019)
The Last Vermeer
as Han van Meegeren
(2019)
FX's A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge
(2018)
Spinning Man
as Evan Birch
(2018)
Mary Queen of Scots
as William Cecil
(2018)
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Robert Furman
(2018)
Swinging Safari
as Keith Hall
(2017)
Alien: Covenant
as Peter Weyland (uncredited)
(2017)
Donny The Drone
as Donny (voice)
(2016)
Brimstone
as The Reverend
(2016)
Genius
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
(2016)
Lorne
as Lorne
(2015)
Equals
as Jonas
(2015)
Holding the Man
as Dick Conigrave
(2015)
Results
as Trevor
(2015)
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
The Rover
as Eric
(2014)
Hateship Loveship
as Ken
(2014)
Jack Irish: Dead Point
as Jack Irish
(2014)
(2013)
Iron Man 3
as Aldrich Killian
(2013)
Breathe In
as Keith Reynolds
(2012)
Prometheus
as Peter Weyland
(2012)
Lawless
as Charlie Rakes
(2012)
Lockout
as Snow
(2012)
Jack Irish: Black Tide
as Jack Irish
(2012)
(2012)
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
as Jack Irish
(2012)
Peter Weyland at TED2023
as Peter Weyland
(2012)
Project Prometheus: Mission
as Peter Weyland
(2011)
Seeking Justice
as Simon
(2011)
33 Postcards
as Dean Randall
(2010)
The King's Speech
as King Edward VIII
(2010)
Animal Kingdom
as Nathan Leckie
(2010)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
as Alex Hirst
(2009)
The Road
as Veteran
(2009)
Winged Creatures
as Dr Bruce Laraby
(2009)
In Her Skin
as Mr. Barber
(2008)
The Hurt Locker
as Sergeant Matt Thompson
(2008)
Bedtime Stories
as Kendall
(2008)
Traitor
as Roy Clayton
(2008)
(2008)
(2007)
Death Defying Acts
as Harry Houdini
(2006)
First Snow
as Jimmy Starks
(2006)
Factory Girl
as Andy Warhol
(2005)
The Proposition
as Charlie Burns
(2004)
Two Brothers
as Aidan McRory
(2002)
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Fernand Mondego
(2002)
The Time Machine
as Alexander Hartdegen
(2002)
The Hard Word
as Dale
(2002)
Till Human Voices Wake Us
as Dr. Sam Franks
(2000)
Memento
as Leonard
(2000)
Rules of Engagement
as Maj. Mark Biggs
(1999)
Ravenous
as Boyd
(1999)
A Slipping Down Life
as Drumstrings Casey
(1998)
Woundings
as Jimmy Compton
(1997)
L.A. Confidential
as Edmund 'Ed' Exley
(1997)
(1996)
Dating the Enemy
as Brett
(1994)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
(1994)
Ladies Please!
as Self
(1993)
Flynn
as Errol Flynn
(1991)
Hunting
as Sharp
(1990)
Heaven Tonight
as Paul Dysart
Crew
Poor Boy
Director
(2021)
The Seventh Day
Executive Producer