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