
Place of Birth: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Memento | Leonard Shelby | 2000 |
Two Brothers | Aidan McRory | 2004 |
The Time Machine | Alexander Hartdegen | 2002 |
Ravenous | Boyd | 1999 |
Till Human Voices Wake Us | Dr. Sam Franks | 2002 |
First Snow | Jimmy Starks | 2006 |
Dating the Enemy | Brett | 1996 |
The Hard Word | Dale | 2002 |
The Proposition | Charlie Burns | 2005 |
In Her Skin | Mr. Barber | 2009 |
Lockout | Snow | 2012 |
Jack Irish: Bad Debts | Jack Irish | 2012 |
Jack Irish: Black Tide | Jack Irish | 2012 |
The Rover | Eric | 2014 |
33 Postcards | Dean Randall | 2011 |
Breathe In | Keith Reynolds | 2013 |
Jack Irish: Dead Point | Jack Irish | 2014 |
Flynn | Errol Flynn | 1993 |
Brimstone | The Reverend | 2016 |
Swinging Safari | Keith Hall | 2018 |
Spinning Man | Evan Birch | 2018 |
Donny The Drone | Donny (voice) | 2017 |
Lorne | Lorne | 2016 |
Poor Boy | Danny | 2018 |
Disturbing the Peace | Jim Dillon | 2020 |
The Last Vermeer | Han van Meegeren | 2020 |
The Seventh Day | Father Peter | 2021 |
A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | 2019 |
Zone 414 | David Carmichael | 2021 |
The Infernal Machine | Bruce Cogburn | 2022 |
The Convert | Thomas Munro | 2023 |
Killing Faith | Bender | 1970 |
The Devil Game | 1970 | |
L.A. Confidential | Edmund "Ed" Exley | 1997 |
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow | 1994 |
The Count of Monte Cristo | Fernand Mondego | 2002 |
Factory Girl | Andy Warhol | 2006 |
Traitor | Roy Clayton | 2008 |
Death Defying Acts | Harry Houdini | 2007 |
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Alex Hirst | 2010 |
A Slipping Down Life | Drumstrings Casey | 1999 |
Hateship Loveship | Ken | 2014 |
Easter Rising | Padraig Pearse | 1970 |
Results | Trevor | 2015 |
Memory | Vincent Serra | 2022 |
Bedtime Stories | Kendall | 2008 |
Rules of Engagement | Maj. Mark Biggs | 2000 |
Animal Kingdom | Nathan Leckie | 2010 |
Winged Creatures | Dr Bruce Laraby | 2009 |
Seeking Justice | Simon | 2011 |
Equals | Jonas | 2015 |
Between a Frock and a Hard Place | Self | 2015 |
Holding the Man | Dick Conigrave | 2015 |
Ladies Please! | Self | 1994 |
Domino | Joe Martin | 2019 |
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse | Thomas Clay | 2021 |
The Brutalist | Harrison Lee Van Buren | 1970 |
The Shrouds | 1970 | |
The King's Speech | King Edward VIII | 2010 |
Lawless | Charlie Rakes | 2012 |
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | Self | 2012 |
Heaven Tonight | Paul Dysart | 1990 |
Hunting | Sharp | 1991 |
Iron Man 3 | Aldrich Killian | 2013 |
Back to the Outback | Frank (voice) | 2021 |
The Road | Veteran | 2009 |
The Hurt Locker | Sergeant Matt Thompson | 2008 |
Prometheus | Peter Weyland | 2012 |
Woundings | Jimmy Compton | 1998 |
Genius | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 2016 |
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
Mary Queen of Scots | William Cecil | 2018 |
Bloodshot | Dr. Emil Harting | 2020 |
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' | Self | 2008 |
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' | Self | 2008 |
Neighbours Made Me a Star | Himself | 2022 |
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover' | Self | 2014 |
Alien: Covenant | Peter Weyland (uncredited) | 2017 |
The Catcher Was a Spy | Robert Furman | 2018 | Series | Cast | Year |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 2003 |
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001 |
The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
The Man from Snowy River | Rob McGregor | 1994 |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | 1992 |
The View | Self | 1997 |
Richard & Judy | Self | 2001 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993 |
Mildred Pierce | Monte Beragon | 2011 |
Jack Irish | Jack Irish | 2016 |
The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | 2015 |
When We Rise | Cleve Jones | 2017 |
The Wizards of Aus | Morgan Wright | 2016 |
The Innocents | Halvorson | 2018 |
Neighbours | Mike Young | 1985 |
Halifax f.p. | Daniel Viney/Richard Viney | 1994 |
Mare of Easttown | Richard Ryan | 2021 |
A Spy Among Friends | Kim Philby | 2022 |
The Clearing | Dr. Bryce Latham | 2023 |
Take 5 with Zan Rowe | Self | 2022 |