Guy Pearce
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.
Known For
Acting
2000
asLeonard
1997
asEdmund 'Ed' Exley
2002
asAlexander Hartdegen
2008
asKendall
1999
asBoyd
2004
asAidan McRory
1994
asAdam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
2000
asMaj. Mark Biggs
2009
asVeteran
2002
asFernand Mondego
2008
asSergeant Matt Thompson
2006
asAndy Warhol
2008
asRoy Clayton
2007
asHarry Houdini
2002
asDr. Sam Franks
2024
asHarrison Lee Van Buren Sr
2025
asMaury Entrekin
2010
asNathan Leckie
2009
asDr Bruce Laraby
2006
asJimmy Starks
2022
asBruce Cogburn
1996
asBrett
2002
asDale
2005
asCharlie Burns
2010
asAlex Hirst
2009
asMr. Barber
2024
asThomas Munro
1999
asDrumstrings Casey
2013
asAldrich Killian
2012
asSnow
2018
asRobert Furman
2012
asPeter Weyland
2012
asCharlie Rakes
2011
asSimon
2012
asJack Irish
2012
asJack Irish
2014
asEric
2012
asSelf
2011
asDean Randall
2013
asKeith Reynolds
2014
asKen
1998
asJimmy Compton
asPadraig Pearse
2010
asKing Edward VIII
2014
asJack Irish
1990
asPaul Dysart
1991
asSharp
1993
asErrol Flynn
2017
asPeter Weyland (uncredited)
2025
asBender
2022
asSelf
1997
as
2015
asTrevor
2024
asReynolds
2015
asJonas
2025
asWarren Murfett
2016
asF. Scott Fitzgerald
2016
asThe Reverend
2015
asDick Conigrave
2015
asSelf
asAdam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
1994
asSelf
2015
asSelf
2018
asKeith Hall
2018
asEvan Birch
2018
asWilliam Cecil
2019
asJoe Martin
2017
asDonny (voice)
2016
asLorne
asDanny
2019
asHan van Meegeren
2020
asJim Dillon
2020
asDr. Emil Harting
2021
asFather Peter
2019
asEbenezer Scrooge
2021
asDavid Carmichael
2020
asSelf (archive footage)
2021
asFrank (voice)
2021
asThomas Clay
2022
asVincent Serra
2008
asSelf
2008
asSelf
2014
asSelf
2025
asRichard Bullmer
asLeonard Moore
2015
asSelf
as
2026
as
2012
asPeter Weyland
2012
asPeter Weyland
as 
asRupert Murdoch
as 1990
as
2025
asVoice
2025
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asRob McGregor
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf - Guest
asMonte Beragon
asRichard Ryan
asKim Philby
asJack Irish
asSelf
asCleve Jones
asMorgan Wright
asDr. Bryce Latham
asHalvorson
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asLate Arrival
asMiles
asMike Young
asDaniel Viney/Richard Viney
asSelf
asSelf - Nominee
Production
2021
as2025
asCrew
Directing
