Guy Pearce
Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian actor. Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, and raised in Geelong, he started his career portraying Mike Young in the Australian television series Neighbours. He received international attention for his breakout role in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) and subsequently took starring roles in Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential (1997), Christopher Nolan's Memento (2000) and Simon Wells's The Time Machine (2002). Pearce is known for his performances in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road (2009), Kathryn Bigelow's war drama The Hurt Locker (2009) and Tom Hooper's historical drama The King's Speech (2010). He has appeared in Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012), the Marvel action film Iron Man 3 (2013), Alien: Covenant (2017), and the historical biopic Mary Queen of Scots (2018). In Australian cinema, he has appeared in The Proposition (2005), Animal Kingdom (2010), 33 Postcards (2011), The Rover (2014), Holding the Man (2015) and The Wizards of Aus (2016). 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 Todd Haynes' limited series Mildred Pierce (2011) and the HBO crime miniseries Mare of Easttown. Pearce won a Primetime Emmy Award for Mildred Pierce and has received numerous award nominations including for a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and an Australian Academy Film Award. IndieWire named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Pearce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Inside as Warren Murfett
- 2025 · The Shrouds as Maury
- 2024 · The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren
- 2024 · The Convert as Thomas Munro
- 2024 · Sunrise as Reynolds
- 2023 · The Clearing as Dr. Bryce Latham
- 2022 · A Spy Among Friends as Kim Philby
- 2022 · The Infernal Machine as Bruce Cogburn
- 2022 · Take 5 with Zan Rowe as Self
- 2022 · Neighbours Made Me a Star as Self
- 2022 · Memory as Vincent Serra
- 2021 · Back to the Outback as Frank (voice)
- 2021 · Zone 414 as David Carmichael
- 2021 · Tom Clancy's Without Remorse as Thomas Clay
- 2021 · Mare of Easttown as Richard Ryan
- 2021 · The Seventh Day as Father Peter
- 2020 · Bloodshot as Dr. Emil Harting
- 2020 · Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Disturbing the Peace as Jim Dillon
- 2019 · FX's A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge
- 2019 · The Last Vermeer as Han van Meegeren
- 2019 · Domino as Joe Martin
- 2018 · Mary Queen of Scots as William Cecil
- 2018 · The Innocents as Halvorson
- 2018 · The Catcher Was a Spy as Robert Furman
- 2018 · Spinning Man as Evan Birch
- 2018 · Swinging Safari as Keith Hall
- 2017 · Donny The Drone as Donny (voice)
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant as Peter Weyland (uncredited)
- 2017 · When We Rise as Cleve Jones
- 2016 · Genius as F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 2016 · Brimstone as The Reverend
- 2016 · Jack Irish as Jack Irish
- 2016 · Lorne as Lorne
- 2016 · The Wizards of Aus as Morgan Wright
- 2015 · Holding the Man as Dick Conigrave
- 2015 · Equals as Jonas
- 2015 · Between a Frock and a Hard Place as Self
- 2015 · Results as Trevor
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite as Self
- 2014 · Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover' as Self
- 2014 · The Rover as Eric
- 2014 · Jack Irish: Dead Point as Jack Irish
- 2014 · Hateship Loveship as Ken
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Sean Saves the World as Miles
- 2013 · Iron Man 3 as Aldrich Killian
- 2013 · Breathe In as Keith Reynolds
- 2012 · Jack Irish: Black Tide as Jack Irish
- 2012 · Jack Irish: Bad Debts as Jack Irish
- 2012 · The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
- 2012 · Lawless as Charlie Rakes
- 2012 · Prometheus as Peter Weyland
- 2012 · Lockout as Snow
- 2011 · Seeking Justice as Simon
- 2011 · 33 Postcards as Dean Randall
- 2011 · Mildred Pierce as Monte Beragon
- 2010 · The King's Speech as King Edward VIII
- 2010 · Don't Be Afraid of the Dark as Alex Hirst
- 2010 · Animal Kingdom as Nathan Leckie
- 2009 · The Road as Veteran
- 2009 · Winged Creatures as Dr Bruce Laraby
- 2009 · In Her Skin as Mr. Barber
- 2008 · Bedtime Stories as Kendall
- 2008 · The Hurt Locker as Sergeant Matt Thompson
- 2008 · Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2008 · Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2008 · Traitor as Roy Clayton
- 2007 · Death Defying Acts as Harry Houdini
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Factory Girl as Andy Warhol
- 2006 · First Snow as Jimmy Starks
- 2005 · The Proposition as Charlie Burns
- 2004 · Two Brothers as Aidan McRory
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Till Human Voices Wake Us as Dr. Sam Franks
- 2002 · The Hard Word as Dale
- 2002 · The Time Machine as Alexander Hartdegen
- 2002 · The Count of Monte Cristo as Fernand Mondego
- 2001 · Richard & Judy as Self
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 2000 · Memento as Leonard
- 2000 · Rules of Engagement as Maj. Mark Biggs
- 1999 · Ravenous as Boyd
- 1999 · A Slipping Down Life as Drumstrings Casey
- 1998 · Woundings as Jimmy Compton
- 1997 · L.A. Confidential as Edmund 'Ed' Exley
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · Dating the Enemy as Brett
- 1992 · Bony as Late Arrival
- Future · Killing Faith as Bender
- Future · Poor Boy as Danny
- Future · The Woman in Cabin 10 as
- 1997 · The Devil Game as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1994 · Halifax f.p. as Daniel Viney/Richard Viney
- 1994 · The Man from Snowy River as Rob McGregor
- 1994 · Ladies Please! as Self
- 1994 · The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Flynn as Errol Flynn
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1991 · Hunting as Sharp
- 1990 · Heaven Tonight as Paul Dysart
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1985 · Neighbours as Mike Young
- Future · Untitled Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
- Future · Mr. Sunny Sky as Leonard Moore
- Future · Scott Matthews - Wait in the Car. as Robert
- Future · Easter Rising as Padraig Pearse