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.
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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.
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Known for
Inside
The Shrouds
The Brutalist
The Convert
Sunrise
The Clearing
A Spy Among Friends
The Infernal Machine
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
Neighbours Made Me a Star
Memory
Back to the Outback
Zone 414
The Making of Mare of Easttown
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
Mare of Easttown
The Seventh Day
Bloodshot
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
Disturbing the Peace
A Christmas Carol
FX's A Christmas Carol
The Last Vermeer
Domino
Mary Queen of Scots
The Innocents
The Catcher Was a Spy
Spinning Man
Swinging Safari
Donny The Drone
Alien: Covenant
When We Rise
Genius
Brimstone
Jack Irish
Lorne
The Wizards of Aus
Holding the Man
Equals
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Results
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
The Rover
Jack Irish: Dead Point
Hateship Loveship
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Sean Saves the World
Iron Man 3
Breathe In
Jack Irish: Black Tide
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023
Lawless
Prometheus
Lockout
Seeking Justice
33 Postcards
Mildred Pierce
The King's Speech
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Animal Kingdom
The Road
Winged Creatures
In Her Skin
Bedtime Stories
The Hurt Locker
Traitor
Death Defying Acts
The Graham Norton Show
Factory Girl
First Snow
The Proposition
Two Brothers
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Till Human Voices Wake Us
The Hard Word
The Time Machine
The Count of Monte Cristo
Richard & Judy
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Memento
Rules of Engagement
A Slipping Down Life
Ravenous
Woundings
L.A. Confidential
The View
Dating the Enemy
The Daily Show
Halifax f.p.
The Man from Snowy River
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Flynn
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Hunting
Heaven Tonight
Going Live!
Neighbours