Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

1967-10-05

Biography

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.

Also appears in

Traitor

Traitor

6.6

Breathe In

Breathe In

5.9

Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

6.8

Sunrise

Sunrise

6.1

Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

5.9

The Rover

The Rover

6.3

Swinging Safari

Swinging Safari

5.3

The Seventh Day

The Seventh Day

5.3

In Her Skin

In Her Skin

6.0

Hateship Loveship

Hateship Loveship

5.8

Factory Girl

Factory Girl

6.0

Disturbing the Peace

Disturbing the Peace

4.6

Results

Results

5.0

Jack Irish: Bad Debts

Jack Irish: Bad Debts

6.4

Jack Irish: Black Tide

Jack Irish: Black Tide

6.7

The Shrouds

The Shrouds

Not yet rated

The Hard Word

The Hard Word

5.4

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

6.9

33 Postcards

33 Postcards

6.1

Jack Irish: Dead Point

Jack Irish: Dead Point

6.9