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Birthday: Oct 05, 1967
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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
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
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