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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.
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Brutalistul
as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr 
Prometheus
as Peter Weyland 
Omul de Oțel 3
as Aldrich Killian 
Memento
as Leonard 
Misiuni periculoase
as Sergeant Matt Thompson 
Stelele canine
as Pops 
Alien: Pactul
as Peter Weyland (uncredited) 
L.A. Confidențial
as Edmund 'Ed' Exley 
Drumul
as Veteran 
The Man from Snowy River
as Rob McGregor 
Povești de adormit copiii
as Kendall 
Egali
as Jonas 
Discursul regelui
as King Edward VIII 
Crima din Easton
as Richard Ryan 
Contele de Monte Cristo
as Fernand Mondego 
Regula jocului
as Maj. Mark Biggs 
Memorie
as Vincent Serra 
Mașina timpului
as Alexander Hartdegen 
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
as Thomas Clay 
Bloodshot
as Dr. Emil Harting 
Jack Irish
as Jack Irish 
Zone 414
as David Carmichael 
Mildred Pierce
as Monte Beragon 
Să nu-ți fie frică de întuneric
as Alex Hirst 
Mary regina Scoției
as William Cecil 
Destinația: acasă!
as Frank (voice) 
Inocenții
as Halvorson 
Un spion printre prieteni
as Kim Philby 
Femeia din cabina 10
as Richard Bullmer 
Killing Faith
as Bender 
Priscilla, regina deșertului
as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow 
Când noi ne ridicăm
as Cleve Jones 
Justiție pe cont propriu
as Simon 
În afara legii
as Charlie Rakes 
Rătăcitorul
as Eric 
Evadarea din sectă
as Dr. Bryce Latham 
Convertirea
as Thomas Munro 
The Shrouds
as Maury Entrekin 
Spinning Man
as Evan Birch 
Misiune pe MS One
as Snow 
Ziua 7
as Father Peter 
Geniu
as F. Scott Fitzgerald 
Mașinărie infernală
as Bruce Cogburn 
Houdini:Ultimul Magician
as Harry Houdini 
Doi frați
as Aidan McRory 
Animal Kingdom
as Nathan Leckie 
Creaturi cu aripi
as Dr Bruce Laraby 
Propunerea
as Charlie Burns 
Trădător
as Roy Clayton 
Plăcerea de a ucide
as Boyd 
Swinging Safari
as Keith Hall 
Brimstone
as The Reverend 
Ultimul Vermeer
as Han van Meegeren 
Pasiune inocentă
as Keith Reynolds 
Sunrise
as Reynolds 
Hateship Loveship
as Ken 
Disturbing the Peace
as Jim Dillon 
Factory Girl
as Andy Warhol 
Prima zăpadă
as Jimmy Starks 
Vremea dreptății
as Joe Martin 
The Hard Word
as Dale 
Inside
as Warren Murfett 
În pielea ei
as Mr. Barber 
Holding the Man
as Dick Conigrave 
A Slipping Down Life
as Drumstrings Casey 
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
as Jack Irish 
Rezultate
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