Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

Birthday: 1967-10-05

Place of birth: Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Also known as: Guy Edward Pearce

imdb_id: nm0001602

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.

Played in movies:

Easter Rising

Score: 10.0

The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023

Score: 9.0

Memento

Score: 8.2

L.A. Confidential

Score: 7.8

Between a Frock and a Hard Place

Score: 7.8

The King's Speech

Score: 7.7

Holding the Man

Score: 7.7

The Count of Monte Cristo

Score: 7.7

Back to the Outback

Score: 7.6

The Hurt Locker

Score: 7.3

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Score: 7.3

FX's A Christmas Carol

Score: 7.2

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

Score: 7.2

Brimstone

Score: 7.2

Two Brothers

Score: 7.1

Lawless

Score: 7.1

The Proposition

Score: 7.0

The Road

Score: 7.0

Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'

Score: 7.0

Neighbours Made Me a Star

Score: 7.0

The Brutalist

Score: 7.0

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

Score: 7.0

Iron Man 3

Score: 6.9

Ravenous

Score: 6.8

Jack Irish: Dead Point

Score: 6.8

Animal Kingdom

Score: 6.8

Memory

Score: 6.7

Jack Irish: Black Tide

Score: 6.7

Traitor

Score: 6.7

Bloodshot

Score: 6.7

Prometheus

Score: 6.6

Mary Queen of Scots

Score: 6.5

The Last Vermeer

Score: 6.5

Genius

Score: 6.5

Inside

Score: 6.4

Jack Irish: Bad Debts

Score: 6.4

The Time Machine

Score: 6.3

Dating the Enemy

Score: 6.3

Rules of Engagement

Score: 6.3

The Rover

Score: 6.3

The Infernal Machine

Score: 6.2

The Woman in Cabin 10

Score: 6.2

The Catcher Was a Spy

Score: 6.2

Alien: Covenant

Score: 6.2

Bedtime Stories

Score: 6.2

The Convert

Score: 6.1

Equals

Score: 6.1

First Snow

Score: 6.1

Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff

Score: 6.0

In Her Skin

Score: 6.0

Death Defying Acts

Score: 6.0

Factory Girl

Score: 6.0

Lockout

Score: 5.9

Seeking Justice

Score: 5.9

Breathe In

Score: 5.9

Winged Creatures

Score: 5.9

The Shrouds

Score: 5.9

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Score: 5.8

Hateship Loveship

Score: 5.8

Spinning Man

Score: 5.6

Sunrise

Score: 5.6

33 Postcards

Score: 5.5

Lorne

Score: 5.5

The Hard Word

Score: 5.4

Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life

Score: 5.3

Zone 414

Score: 5.3

Swinging Safari

Score: 5.2

The Seventh Day

Score: 5.2

Till Human Voices Wake Us

Score: 5.2

Prometheus: Project Prometheus - Mission

Score: 5.0

Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'

Score: 5.0

Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'

Score: 5.0

Results

Score: 5.0

Disturbing the Peace

Score: 4.6

Domino

Score: 4.6

Donny The Drone

Score: 4.5

Killing Faith

Score: 4.2

A Slipping Down Life

Score: 4.0

Flynn

Score: 3.6

Ladies Please!

Score: 3.3

Heaven Tonight

Score: 3.0

Woundings

Score: 2.7

Hunting

Score: 1.8

The Devil Game

Score: 1.0

Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite

Score: 0.5

Scarcity

Score: 0.0

Friday on My Mind

Score: 0.0

Queen of the Falls

Score: 0.0

Ink

Score: 0.0

Neponset Circle

Score: 0.0

The Dog Stars

Score: 0.0

Blurred

Score: 0.0

Mr. Sunny Sky

Score: 0.0

Poor Boy

Score: 0.0

Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Mare of Easttown

Score: 8.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Score: 7.2

Mildred Pierce

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Jack Irish

Score: 6.9

The Man from Snowy River

Score: 6.8

A Spy Among Friends

Score: 6.6

The Clearing

Score: 6.4

The Wizards of Aus

Score: 6.4

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

Halifax f.p.

Score: 6.2

When We Rise

Score: 6.2

Going Live!

Score: 6.0

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Score: 6.0

Neighbours

Score: 5.9

The Innocents

Score: 5.7

Sean Saves the World

Score: 5.5

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Score: 5.5

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Score: 5.4

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Score: 5.3

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Score: 5.3

The View

Score: 4.3

Take 5 with Zan Rowe

Score: 3.0

Richard & Judy

Score: 2.9

Bony

Score: 0.0