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Guy Pearce
Known for: ActingGuy 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.
Filmography 75
The Brutalist
+4
as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr 
Iron Man 3
+2
as Aldrich Killian 
Memory
+3
as Vincent Serra 
The Dog Stars
as Pops 
Alien: Covenant
+2
as Peter Weyland (uncredited) 
Memento
+1
as Leonard 
L.A. Confidential
+7
as Edmund 'Ed' Exley 
The Man from Snowy River
as Rob McGregor 
Bedtime Stories
+2
as Kendall 
The King's Speech
+6
as King Edward VIII 
Prometheus
+2
as Peter Weyland 
Mare of Easttown
+1
as Richard Ryan 
The Count of Monte Cristo
+1
as Fernand Mondego 
The Hurt Locker
+9
as Sergeant Matt Thompson 
The Time Machine
as Alexander Hartdegen 
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
+5
as Thomas Clay 
Jack Irish
+2
as Jack Irish 
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
as Alex Hirst 
The Road
+9
as Veteran 
Mary Queen of Scots
+4
as William Cecil 
Back to the Outback
as Frank (voice) 
The Innocents
as Halvorson 
A Spy Among Friends
as Kim Philby 
The Woman in Cabin 10
as Richard Bullmer 
Mildred Pierce
as Monte Beragon 
The Clearing
as Dr. Bryce Latham 
Bloodshot
+5
as Dr. Emil Harting 
Seeking Justice
+2
as Simon 
Lawless
+2
as Charlie Rakes 
The Rover
+3
as Eric 
The Shrouds
+2
as Maury Entrekin 
When We Rise
as Cleve Jones 
Lockout
+3
as Snow 
Spinning Man
+9
as Evan Birch 
The Infernal Machine
+3
as Bruce Cogburn 
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
+5
as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow 
Rules of Engagement
+7
as Maj. Mark Biggs 
The Seventh Day
+3
as Father Peter 
Ravenous
+4
as Boyd 
Death Defying Acts
as Harry Houdini 
The Proposition
as Charlie Burns 
Two Brothers
+2
as Aidan McRory 
Equals
as Jonas 
Animal Kingdom
as Nathan Leckie 
The Convert
as Thomas Munro 
Brimstone
+3
as The Reverend 
Genius
+4
as F. Scott Fitzgerald 
Zone 414
as David Carmichael 
Traitor
+1
as Roy Clayton 
Killing Faith
+1
as Bender 
Winged Creatures
as Dr Bruce Laraby 
Swinging Safari
as Keith Hall 
The Last Vermeer
+3
as Han van Meegeren 
Breathe In
+4
as Keith Reynolds 
Hateship Loveship
as Ken 
Disturbing the Peace
+7
as Jim Dillon 
Factory Girl
+1
as Andy Warhol 
First Snow
as Jimmy Starks 
Domino
+5
as Joe Martin 
The Hard Word
+2
as Dale 
In Her Skin
as Mr. Barber 
Inside
+2
as Warren Murfett 
Holding the Man
as Dick Conigrave 
A Slipping Down Life
as Drumstrings Casey 
Sunrise
+3
as Reynolds 
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
as Jack Irish 
Dating the Enemy
+1
as Brett 
Jack Irish: Black Tide
as Jack Irish 
Jack Irish: Dead Point
as Jack Irish 
Results
+2
as Trevor 
Till Human Voices Wake Us
+1
as Dr. Sam Franks 
33 Postcards
as Dean Randall 
+2 
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow