Guy Pearce

Also Known As: Guy Edward Pearce, 盖·爱德华·皮尔斯, Гай Едвард Пірс, گای پیرس

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Adult: No

Birthday: October 05, 1967

Age: 57 years old

Gender: Male

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Known For:

Memento
L.A. Confidential
The Time Machine
Bedtime Stories
Ravenous
Two Brothers
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Rules of Engagement
The Road
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Hurt Locker
Factory Girl
Traitor
Death Defying Acts
Till Human Voices Wake Us
The Brutalist
The Shrouds
Animal Kingdom
Winged Creatures
First Snow
The Infernal Machine
Dating the Enemy
The Hard Word
The Proposition
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
In Her Skin
The Convert
A Slipping Down Life
Iron Man 3
Lockout
The Catcher Was a Spy
Prometheus
Lawless
Seeking Justice
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
Jack Irish: Black Tide
The Rover
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
33 Postcards
Breathe In
Hateship Loveship
Woundings
Easter Rising
The King's Speech
Jack Irish: Dead Point
Heaven Tonight
Hunting
Flynn
Alien: Covenant
Killing Faith
Neighbours Made Me a Star
The Devil Game
Results
Sunrise
Equals
Inside
Scott Matthews - Wait in the Car.
Genius
Brimstone
Holding the Man
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Untitled Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel
Ladies Please!
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
Swinging Safari
Spinning Man
Mary Queen of Scots
Domino
Donny The Drone
Lorne
Poor Boy
The Last Vermeer
Disturbing the Peace
Bloodshot
The Seventh Day
FX's A Christmas Carol
Zone 414
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
Back to the Outback
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Memory
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'
The Woman in Cabin 10
Mr. Sunny Sky
Colin Hay: Waiting For My Real Life
Blurred
The Dog Stars
Project Prometheus: Mission
Peter Weyland at TED2023