Guy Pearce

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1967-10-05

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1990	Heaven Tonight	Paul Dysart	30
2	1994	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow	73
3	1996	Dating the Enemy	Brett	63
4	1997	L.A. Confidential	Edmund 'Ed' Exley	78
5	1998	Woundings	Jimmy Compton	28
6	1999	A Slipping Down Life	Drumstrings Casey	41
7	1999	Ravenous	Boyd	68
8	2000	Rules of Engagement	Maj. Mark Biggs	62
9	2000	Memento	Leonard	82
10	2002	The Count of Monte Cristo	Fernand Mondego	77
11	2002	The Time Machine	Alexander Hartdegen	63
12	2002	The Hard Word	Dale	54
13	2002	Till Human Voices Wake Us	Dr. Sam Franks	53
14	2004	Two Brothers	Aidan McRory	71
15	2005	The Proposition	Charlie Burns	70
16	2006	First Snow	Jimmy Starks	61
17	2006	Factory Girl	Andy Warhol	60
18	2007	Death Defying Acts	Harry Houdini	60
19	2008	Traitor	Roy Clayton	66
20	2008	The Hurt Locker	Sergeant Matt Thompson	73
21	2008	Bedtime Stories	Kendall	62
22	2009	In Her Skin	Mr. Barber	60
23	2009	Winged Creatures	Dr Bruce Laraby	59
24	2009	The Road	Veteran	70
25	2010	Animal Kingdom	Nathan Leckie	68
26	2010	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	Alex Hirst	58
27	2010	The King's Speech	King Edward VIII	77
28	2011	33 Postcards	Dean Randall	57
29	2011	Seeking Justice	Simon	59
30	2012	Lockout	Snow	59
31	2012	Prometheus	Peter Weyland	66
32	2012	Lawless	Charlie Rakes	71
33	2012	The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus	Self	72
34	2012	Jack Irish: Bad Debts	Jack Irish	64
35	2012	Jack Irish: Black Tide	Jack Irish	67
36	2013	Breathe In	Keith Reynolds	59
37	2013	Iron Man 3	Aldrich Killian	69
38	2014	Hateship Loveship	Ken	58
39	2014	Jack Irish: Dead Point	Jack Irish	68
40	2014	The Rover	Eric	63
41	2018	The Catcher Was a Spy	Robert Furman	62
42	2022	The Infernal Machine	Bruce Cogburn	62
43	2024	The Convert	Thomas Munro	61
44	2024	The Brutalist	Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr	70
45	2025	The Shrouds	Maury	59
46		Easter Rising	Padraig Pearse	100
47	1991	Hunting	Sharp	17
48	1993	Flynn	Errol Flynn	42
49	1994	Ladies Please!	Self	10
50	1997	The Devil Game		10
51	2008	Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'	Self	50
52	2008	Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'	Self	70
53	2012	The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023	Peter Weyland	85
54	2012	Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission	Peter Weyland	0
55	2014	Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'	Self	50
56	2015	Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite	Self	5
57	2015	Results	Trevor	51
58	2015	Between a Frock and a Hard Place	Self	78
59	2015	Equals	Jonas	61
60	2015	Colin Hay: Waiting For My Real Life	Self	53
61	2015	Holding the Man	Dick Conigrave	77
62	2016	Lorne	Lorne	55
63	2016	Brimstone	The Reverend	71
64	2016	Genius	F. Scott Fitzgerald	65
65	2017	Alien: Covenant	Peter Weyland (uncredited)	62
66		Killing Faith	Bender	0
67	2017	Donny The Drone	Donny (voice)	45
68	2018	Swinging Safari	Keith Hall	53
69	2018	Spinning Man	Evan Birch	56
70	2018	Mary Queen of Scots	William Cecil	66
71	2019	Domino	Joe Martin	46
72	2019	The Last Vermeer	Han van Meegeren	66
73	2019	FX's A Christmas Carol	Ebenezer Scrooge	72
74	2020	Disturbing the Peace	Jim Dillon	46
75	2020	Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff	Self (archive footage)	60
76	2020	Bloodshot	Dr. Emil Harting	67
77	2021	The Seventh Day	Father Peter	53
78	2021	Tom Clancy's Without Remorse	Thomas Clay	70
79	2021	Zone 414	David Carmichael	53
80	2021	Back to the Outback	Frank (voice)	77
81	2022	Memory	Vincent Serra	68
82	2022	Neighbours Made Me a Star	Self	70
83	2024	Sunrise	Reynolds	58
84	2025	Inside	Warren Murfett	100
85		Untitled Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel	Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow	0
86		Poor Boy	Danny	0
87		The Woman in Cabin 10		0
88		Mr. Sunny Sky	Leonard Moore	0
89		Blurred		0
90	2026	The Dog Stars		0
91		Neponset Circle		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
3	1985	Neighbours	Mike Young	60
4	1987	Going Live!	Self	60
5	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Self	54
6	1992	Bony	Late Arrival	0
7	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
8	1994	The Man from Snowy River	Rob McGregor	68
9	1994	Halifax f.p.	Daniel Viney/Richard Viney	62
10	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
11	1997	The View	Self	45
12	2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self	58
13	2001	Richard & Judy	Self	29
14	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
15	2011	Mildred Pierce	Monte Beragon	70
16	2012	Honest Trailers	Aldrich Killian (archive footage)	65
17	2013	Sean Saves the World	Miles	59
18	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
19	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self	53
20	2016	The Wizards of Aus	Morgan Wright	64
21	2016	Jack Irish	Jack Irish	69
22	2017	When We Rise	Cleve Jones	66
23	2018	The Innocents	Halvorson	57
24	2019	A Christmas Carol	Ebenezer Scrooge	0
25	2021	Mare of Easttown	Richard Ryan	82
26	2022	Take 5 with Zan Rowe	Self	30
27	2022	A Spy Among Friends	Kim Philby	66
28	2023	The Clearing	Dr. Bryce Latham	65

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