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.
Acting (84 movies)
Memento
2000
L.A. Confidential
1997
The Time Machine
2002
Bedtime Stories
2008
Ravenous
1999
Two Brothers
2004
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
Rules of Engagement
2000
The Road
2009
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
The Hurt Locker
2008
Factory Girl
2006
Traitor
2008
Death Defying Acts
2007
Till Human Voices Wake Us
2002
The Brutalist
2024
The Shrouds
2025
Animal Kingdom
2010
Winged Creatures
2009
First Snow
2006
The Infernal Machine
2022
Dating the Enemy
1996
The Hard Word
2002
The Proposition
2005
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
In Her Skin
2009
The Convert
2024
A Slipping Down Life
1999
Iron Man 3
2013
Lockout
2012
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
Prometheus
2012
Lawless
2012
Seeking Justice
2011
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
2012
Jack Irish: Black Tide
2012
The Rover
2014
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
33 Postcards
2011
Breathe In
2013
Hateship Loveship
2014
Woundings
1998
The King's Speech
2010
Jack Irish: Dead Point
2014
Heaven Tonight
1990
Hunting
1991
Flynn
1993
Alien: Covenant
2017
Killing Faith
2025
Neighbours Made Me a Star
2022
The Devil Game
1997
Results
2015
Sunrise
2024
Equals
2015
Inside
2025
Genius
2016
Brimstone
2016
Holding the Man
2015
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
2015
Swinging Safari
2018
Spinning Man
2018
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
Domino
2019
Donny The Drone
2017
Lorne
2016
The Last Vermeer
2019
Disturbing the Peace
2020
Bloodshot
2020
The Seventh Day
2021
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019
Zone 414
2021
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
2020
Back to the Outback
2021
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021
Memory
2022
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'
2014
The Woman in Cabin 10
2025
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
2015
The Dog Stars
2026
Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission
2012
The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023
2012
Scarcity
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Seventh Day | 2021 | Executive Producer |
| Inside | 2025 | Executive Producer |