Guy Pearce
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.
129 acting credits
Acting · 129
The Daily Show
1996
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Iron Man 3
2013
Neighbours
1985
The Oscars
1953
Memento
2000
Richard & Judy
2001
The Man from Snowy River
1994
Alien: Covenant
2017
Going Live!
1987
Halifax f.p.
1994
Prometheus
2012
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Mare of Easttown
2021
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002
Jack Irish
2016
Killing Faith
2025
The Brutalist
2024
L.A. Confidential
1997
The King's Speech
2010
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021
The Hurt Locker
2008
Mildred Pierce
2011
Memory
2022
The Dog Stars
2026
Lawless
2012
The Road
2009
Bloodshot
2020
The Time Machine
2002
Bedtime Stories
2008
The Woman in Cabin 10
2025
Mary Queen of Scots
2018
A Spy Among Friends
2022
When We Rise
2017
Sean Saves the World
2013
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
Back to the Outback
2021
The Clearing
2023
The Shrouds
2025
The Innocents
2018
Lockout
2012
Brimstone
2016
Ravenous
1999
Equals
2015
Swinging Safari
2018
The Convert
2024
Bony
1992
A Christmas Carol
2019
Seeking Justice
2011
The Infernal Machine
2022
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
2022
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
Rules of Engagement
2000
Animal Kingdom
2010
Two Brothers
2004
The Proposition
2005
Genius
2016
Zone 414
2021
Spinning Man
2018
Alien: Paradise
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Traitor
2008
Winged Creatures
2009
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
First Snow
2006
Factory Girl
2006
The Rover
2014
Breathe In
2013
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
Domino
2019
The Last Vermeer
2019
The Wizards of Aus
2016
The Seventh Day
2021
Holding the Man
2015
Inside
2025
Death Defying Acts
2007
Sunrise
2024
In Her Skin
2009
Disturbing the Peace
2020
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
Hateship Loveship
2014
Dating the Enemy
1996
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
2012
The Hard Word
2002
Jack Irish: Dead Point
2014
Jack Irish: Black Tide
2012
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
2015
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'
2014
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015
A Slipping Down Life
1999
Results
2015
Flynn
1993
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
2015
Together for Palestine
2025
33 Postcards
2011
Ink
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Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
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Woundings
1998
Lorne
2016
Neighbours Made Me a Star
2022
Poor Boy
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Blurred
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Heaven Tonight
1990
Mr. Sunny Sky
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High End
—
Till Human Voices Wake Us
2002
The Neverending Pillow Fort
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Ladies Please!
1994
Hunting
1991
The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023
2012
Neponset Circle
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The Marshal
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Scarcity
2025
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
2020
The Teller
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The Price of Peace
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The Devil Game
1997
Donny The Drone
2017
Easter Rising
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The Road Home
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Queen of the Falls
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Friday on My Mind
1990