
Guy Pearce
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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.
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Known For

The Oscars

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Graham Norton Show

Golden Globe Awards

Honest Trailers

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Going Live!

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Sean Saves the World

The Daily Show

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Mare of Easttown

Neighbours

The Catcher Was a Spy

Alien: Covenant

Bloodshot

Mary Queen of Scots

Prometheus

The Hurt Locker

Genius

The Road

Back to the Outback

The King's Speech

Iron Man 3

Lawless

The Innocents

Equals

The Brutalist

Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

The Shrouds

Bedtime Stories

Holding the Man

Domino

Rules of Engagement

The Clearing

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Mildred Pierce

The Count of Monte Cristo

Memory

Traitor

Sunrise

Disturbing the Peace

Lockout

The Convert

The Infernal Machine

Jack Irish

A Spy Among Friends

L.A. Confidential

The Rover

The Last Vermeer

Spinning Man

A Christmas Carol

Memento

The Time Machine

FX's A Christmas Carol
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