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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Pearce, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Inside | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Untitled Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert Sequel | Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow | 2025 |
Movie | Easter Rising | Padraig Pearse | 2025 |
Movie | The Devil Game | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Scott Matthews - Wait in the Car. | Robert | 2025 |
Movie | The Brutalist | Harrison Lee Van Buren | 2025 |
Movie | Poor Boy | Danny | 2025 |
Movie | Killing Faith | Bender | 2025 |
Movie | Sunrise | Reynolds | 2024-01-19 |
Movie | The Convert | Thomas Munro | 2024-03-14 |
Movie | The Shrouds | Maury | 2024-09-25 |
Series | The Clearing | Dr. Bryce Latham | 2023-05-24 |
Movie | Memory | Vincent Serra | 2022-04-28 |
Movie | Neighbours Made Me a Star | Himself | 2022-07-29 |
Series | A Spy Among Friends | Kim Philby | 2022-12-08 |
Series | Take 5 with Zan Rowe | Self | 2022-09-20 |
Movie | The Infernal Machine | Bruce Cogburn | 2022-09-23 |
Movie | Tom Clancy's Without Remorse | Thomas Clay | 2021-04-29 |
Movie | The Seventh Day | Father Peter | 2021-03-26 |
Series | Mare of Easttown | Richard Ryan | 2021-04-18 |
Movie | Zone 414 | David Carmichael | 2021-09-03 |
Movie | Back to the Outback | Frank (voice) | 2021-12-03 |
Movie | Disturbing the Peace | Jim Dillon | 2020-01-17 |
Movie | Bloodshot | Dr. Emil Harting | 2020-03-05 |
Movie | Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff | Self (archive footage) | 2020-02-18 |
Movie | The Last Vermeer | Han van Meegeren | 2019-09-11 |
Movie | Domino | Joe Martin | 2019-05-31 |
Movie | A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | 2019-12-19 |
Movie | Swinging Safari | Keith Hall | 2018-01-18 |
Movie | Spinning Man | Evan Birch | 2018-04-06 |
Movie | The Catcher Was a Spy | Robert Furman | 2018-06-22 |
Movie | Mary Queen of Scots | William Cecil | 2018-12-07 |
Series | The Innocents | Halvorson | 2018-08-24 |
Series | When We Rise | Cleve Jones | 2017-02-27 |
Movie | Alien: Covenant | Peter Weyland (uncredited) | 2017-05-09 |
Movie | Donny The Drone | Donny (voice) | 2017-12-20 |
Series | The Wizards of Aus | Morgan Wright | 2016-01-19 |
Movie | Lorne | Lorne | 2016-02-10 |
Series | Jack Irish | Jack Irish | 2016-02-11 |
Movie | Genius | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 2016-06-10 |
Movie | Brimstone | The Reverend | 2016-03-12 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | 2015-03-23 |
Movie | Results | Trevor | 2015-05-29 |
Movie | Holding the Man | Dick Conigrave | 2015-08-27 |
Movie | Between a Frock and a Hard Place | Self | 2015-06-18 |
Movie | Equals | Jonas | 2015-07-15 |
Movie | Jack Irish: Dead Point | Jack Irish | 2014-04-13 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
Movie | Hateship Loveship | Ken | 2014-04-11 |
Movie | Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover' | Self | 2014-09-24 |
Movie | The Rover | Eric | 2014-06-04 |
Movie | Breathe In | Keith Reynolds | 2013-01-18 |
Movie | Iron Man 3 | Aldrich Killian | 2013-04-18 |
Movie | Prometheus | Peter Weyland | 2012-05-30 |
Movie | Lawless | Charlie Rakes | 2012-08-29 |
Movie | Lockout | Snow | 2012-04-12 |
Movie | Jack Irish: Black Tide | Jack Irish | 2012-10-24 |
Movie | The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | Self | 2012-10-11 |
Movie | Jack Irish: Bad Debts | Jack Irish | 2012-10-14 |
Series | Mildred Pierce | Monte Beragon | 2011-03-27 |
Movie | Seeking Justice | Simon | 2011-09-02 |
Movie | 33 Postcards | Dean Randall | 2011-06-09 |
Movie | Animal Kingdom | Nathan Leckie | 2010-06-03 |
Movie | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Alex Hirst | 2010-11-06 |
Movie | The King's Speech | King Edward VIII | 2010-11-26 |
Movie | In Her Skin | Mr. Barber | 2009-03-13 |
Movie | Winged Creatures | Dr Bruce Laraby | 2009-07-08 |
Movie | The Road | Veteran | 2009-11-25 |
Movie | Traitor | Roy Clayton | 2008-08-23 |
Movie | Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' | Self | 2008-09-23 |
Movie | The Hurt Locker | Sergeant Matt Thompson | 2008-10-10 |
Movie | Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' | Self | 2008-09-23 |
Movie | Bedtime Stories | Kendall | 2008-12-24 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Death Defying Acts | Harry Houdini | 2007-09-13 |
Movie | First Snow | Jimmy Starks | 2006-05-05 |
Movie | Factory Girl | Andy Warhol | 2006-12-29 |
Movie | The Proposition | Charlie Burns | 2005-10-06 |
Movie | Two Brothers | Aidan McRory | 2004-04-07 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | The Time Machine | Alexander Hartdegen | 2002-03-04 |
Movie | The Count of Monte Cristo | Fernand Mondego | 2002-01-23 |
Movie | The Hard Word | Dale | 2002-05-30 |
Movie | Till Human Voices Wake Us | Dr. Sam Franks | 2002-09-12 |
Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001-11-02 |
Series | Richard & Judy | Self | 2001-11-26 |
Movie | Rules of Engagement | Maj. Mark Biggs | 2000-04-07 |
Movie | Memento | Leonard | 2000-10-11 |
Movie | Ravenous | Boyd | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | A Slipping Down Life | Drumstrings Casey | 1999-01-22 |
Movie | Woundings | Jimmy Compton | 1998-10-08 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | L.A. Confidential | Edmund "Ed" Exley | 1997-09-19 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Dating the Enemy | Brett | 1996-09-19 |
Movie | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow | 1994-05-31 |
Movie | Ladies Please! | Self | 1994-09-08 |
Series | The Man from Snowy River | Rob McGregor | 1994-09-23 |
Series | Halifax f.p. | Daniel Viney/Richard Viney | 1994-10-09 |
Movie | Flynn | Errol Flynn | 1993-05-01 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | 1992-05-25 |
Series | Bony | Late Arrival | 1992-08-15 |
Movie | Hunting | Sharp | 1991-10-31 |
Movie | Heaven Tonight | Paul Dysart | 1990-11-12 |
Series | Going Live! | Self | 1987-09-26 |
Series | Neighbours | Mike Young | 1985-03-18 |