Birth Day: 1967-10-05
Place of birth: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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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As Maury Entrekin -
As Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr -
As Thomas Munro -
As Reynolds -
As Vincent Serra -
As Bruce Cogburn -
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As Thomas Clay -
As Frank (voice) -
As Father Peter -
As David Carmichael -
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As Jim Dillon -
As Dr. Emil Harting -
As Joe Martin -
As Ebenezer Scrooge -
As Han van Meegeren -
As Robert Furman -
As Keith Hall -
As Evan Birch -
As William Cecil -
As Donny (voice) -
As Peter Weyland (uncredited) -
As The Reverend -
As Lorne -
As F. Scott Fitzgerald -
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As Dick Conigrave -
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As Jonas -
As Trevor -
As Eric -
As Ken -
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As Jack Irish -
As Aldrich Killian -
As Keith Reynolds -
As Peter Weyland -
As Snow -
As Jack Irish -
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As Charlie Rakes -
As Jack Irish -
As Simon -
As Dean Randall -
As King Edward VIII -
As Nathan Leckie -
As Alex Hirst -
As Veteran -
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As Roy Clayton -
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As Kendall -
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As Andy Warhol -
As Jimmy Starks -
As Charlie Burns -
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As Fernand Mondego -
As Dale -
As Alexander Hartdegen -
As Leonard -
As Maj. Mark Biggs -
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As Boyd -
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As Brett -
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As Self
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As Errol Flynn -
As Sharp -
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As Danny -
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As Leonard Moore
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As Padraig Pearse
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As President Harry S. Truman