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
as
2025
asCrew
Directing