Acting
Guy Pearce
Biography
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.
Movies with Guy Pearce
Memento
2000
Alien: Covenant
2017
The Hurt Locker
2008
Prometheus
2012
Iron Man 3
2013
The Brutalist
2024
The Dog Stars
2026
The Road
2009
Bloodshot
2020
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
L.A. Confidential
1997
Lockout
2012
The King's Speech
2010
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021
The Time Machine
2002
Lawless
2012
Memory
2022
Bedtime Stories
2008
Killing Faith
2025
The Woman in Cabin 10
2025
Factory Girl
2006
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
Back to the Outback
2021
Seeking Justice
2011
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
The Shrouds
2025
The Rover
2014
Spinning Man
2018
Brimstone
2016
Traitor
2008
The Infernal Machine
2022
Equals
2015
The Proposition
2005
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019
Animal Kingdom
2010
Ravenous
1999
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
First Snow
2006
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
Zone 414
2021
Swinging Safari
2018
The Convert
2024
Rules of Engagement
2000
Two Brothers
2004
Genius
2016
Winged Creatures
2009
Together for Palestine
2025
Breathe In
2013
Death Defying Acts
2007
Hateship Loveship
2014
The Last Vermeer
2019
In Her Skin
2009
The Seventh Day
2021
Domino
2019
Results
2015
High End
Holding the Man
2015
Mr. Sunny Sky
The Hard Word
2002
Sunrise
2024
Ladies Please!
1994
Ink
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
2012
Dating the Enemy
1996
Disturbing the Peace
2020
33 Postcards
2011
Jack Irish: Black Tide
2012
Inside
2025
Poor Boy
The Neverending Pillow Fort
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
A Slipping Down Life
1999
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
2015
Easter Rising
Flynn
1993
Heaven Tonight
1990
Neighbours Made Me a Star
2022
The Road Home
The Devil Game
1997
Woundings
1998
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
Jack Irish: Dead Point
2014
The Price of Peace
Queen of the Falls
Blurred
Hunting
1991
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
2015
Neponset Circle
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
Till Human Voices Wake Us
2002
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'
2014
The Teller
Friday on My Mind
1990
Donny The Drone
2017
Scarcity
2025
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
2020
The Marshal
Lorne
2016
The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023
2012
TV Shows with Guy Pearce
The Daily Show
1996
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Neighbours
1985
The Oscars
1953
Richard & Judy
2001
Going Live!
1987
Mare of Easttown
2021
The Man from Snowy River
1994
Mildred Pierce
2011
Halifax f.p.
1994
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Jack Irish
2016
The Clearing
2023
The Innocents
2018
A Spy Among Friends
2022
Sean Saves the World
2013
Bony
1992
When We Rise
2017
A Christmas Carol
2019
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
2022
The Wizards of Aus
2016