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Guy Edward Pearce is a British-Australian actor, musician, singer and songwriter. He is known for having starred in the role of Mike Young in the Australian television series Neighbours and for appearing in films such as The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), L.A. Confidential (1997), Ravenous (1999), Memento (2000), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), The Time Machine (2002), The Road (2009), The King's Speech (2010), 33 Postcards (2011), Prometheus (2012), and Iron Man 3 (2013). In Australian cinema, he has appeared in The Proposition (2005), Animal Kingdom (2010), The Rover (2014), Holding the Man (2015) and The Wizards of Aus (2016). He has won a Primetime Emmy Award and received nominations for Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and AACTA Awards. Since 2012, he has played the title role in the TV adaptations of the Jack Irish stories by Australian crime writer Peter Temple.
Birth Name
Guy Edward Pearce
Born
Thursday, 05 October 1967
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Convert | Thomas Munro | 2024 |
Sunrise | Reynolds | 2024 |
The Clearing | Dr. Bryce Latham | 2023 |
A Spy Among Friends | Kim Philby | 2022 |
The Infernal Machine | Bruce Cogburn | 2022 |
Memory | Vincent Serra | 2022 |
Back to the Outback | Frank / Frank (voice) | 2021 |
Zone 414 | David Carmichael | 2021 |
Without Remorse | Secretary Clay / Thomas Clay | 2021 |
Mare of Easttown | Richard Ryan | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Convert | Thomas Munro | 2024 |
Sunrise | Reynolds | 2024 |
The Clearing | Dr. Bryce Latham | 2023 |
A Spy Among Friends | Kim Philby | 2022 |
The Infernal Machine | Bruce Cogburn | 2022 |
Memory | Vincent Serra | 2022 |
Back to the Outback | Frank / Frank (voice) | 2021 |
Zone 414 | David Carmichael | 2021 |
Without Remorse | Secretary Clay / Thomas Clay | 2021 |
Mare of Easttown | Richard Ryan | 2021 |
The Seventh Day | Father Peter | 2021 |
The Brutalist | Harrison Lee Van Buren | 2021 |
Bloodshot | Dr. Emil Harting | 2020 |
Disturbing the Peace | Jim Dillon / Jim | 2020 |
A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | 2019 |
The Last Vermeer | Han Van Meegeren | 2019 |
Domino | Joe Martin | 2019 |
Mary Queen of Scots | William Cecil | 2018 |
GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke | Self | 2018 |
The Innocents | Halvorson | 2018 |
The Catcher Was a Spy | Robert Furman | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
Spinning Man | Evan Birch | 2018 |
Swinging Safari | Keith Hall | 2018 |
Alien: Covenant | Peter Weyland | 2017 |
When We Rise | Cleve Jones | 2017 |
Genius | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 2016 |
Brimstone | The Reverend | 2016 |
Jack Irish | Jack Irish | 2016 |
The Wizards of Aus | Morgan Wright | 2016 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
Holding the Man | Dick Conigrave | 2015 |
Equals | Jonas | 2015 |
Between a Frock & a Hard Place | Self | 2015 |
Results | Trevor | 2015 |
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering | Himself | 2015 |
The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self | 2015 |
The Rover | Eric | 2014 |
HuffPost Live Conversations | Self | 2014 |
Jack Irish: Dead Point | Jack Irish | 2014 |
Hateship Loveship | Ken | 2014 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
Sean Saves the World | Miles | 2013 |
Iron Man 3 | Aldrich Killian | 2013 |
Gogglebox | Mike Young | 2013 |
Breathe In | Keith Reynolds | 2013 |
Jack Irish: Black Tide | Jack Irish | 2012 |
Jack Irish: Bad Debts | Jack Irish | 2012 |
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | Himself / Self | 2012 |
The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023 | Peter Weyland | 2012 |
Lawless | Charlie Rakes / Charley Rakes | 2012 |
Prometheus | Peter Weyland | 2012 |
Lockout | Snow | 2012 |
The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2012 |
Seeking Justice | Simon | 2011 |
33 Postcards | Dean Randall | 2011 |
Big Morning Buzz Live | Self | 2011 |
Mildred Pierce | Monty Beragon / Monte Beragon | 2011 |
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Alex / Alex Hirst | 2011 |
The King's Speech | King Edward VIII | 2010 |
Animal Kingdom | Detective Senior Sgt Nathan Leckie / Nathan Leckie | 2010 |
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 2010 |
The Road | Veteran | 2009 |
In Her Skin | Mr. Barber | 2009 |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
Winged Creatures | Dr. Bruce Laraby / Dr Bruce Laraby | 2009 |
Bedtime Stories | Kendall | 2008 |
The Hurt Locker | Sergeant Matt Thompson | 2008 |
Traitor | Roy Clayton | 2008 |
5 Second Movies | Leonard Shelby | 2008 |
Death Defying Acts | Harry Houdini | 2007 |
Chelsea Lately | Himself - Guest | 2007 |
First Snow | Jimmy Starks | 2007 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
Factory Girl | Andy Warhol | 2006 |
Rachael Ray | Self | 2006 |
The One Show | Self - Guest | 2006 |
The Proposition | Charlie Burns | 2005 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
20 to 1 | Adam / Felicia | 2005 |
Spicks and Specks | Self | 2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005 |
Two Brothers | Aidan McRory | 2004 |
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton | Self | 2003 |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself | 2003 |
MythBusters | Fernand Mondego | 2003 |
Till Human Voices Wake Us | Dr. Sam Franks | 2002 |
The Hard Word | Dale | 2002 |
The Time Machine | Alexander Hartdegen | 2002 |
The Count of Monte Cristo | Fernand Mondego / Fernand | 2002 |
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001 |
Memento | Leonard | 2000 |
Rules of Engagement | Major Biggs / Maj. Mark Biggs | 2000 |
A Slipping-Down Life | Drumstrings Casey | 1999 |
Ravenous | Captain John Boyd / Capt. John Boyd | 1999 |
Woundings | Jimmy Compton | 1998 |
L.A. Confidential | Ed Exley / Edmund "Ed" Exley | 1997 |
The Devil Game | Michael | 1997 |
Dating the Enemy | Brett | 1996 |
The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
Australian Story | Self | 1996 |
Halifax f.p. | Daniel Viney / Richard Viney | 1994 |
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | Rob McGregor | 1994 |
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Felicia / Adam / Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow | 1994 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
My Forgotten Man | Errol Flynn | 1993 |
The Late Show | Constantly upstaged actor | 1992 |
HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
Hunting | Sharp | 1991 |
Heaven Tonight | Paul Dysart | 1990 |
Friday on My Mind | 1990 | |
Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
Going Live! | Self | 1987 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Seventh Day | 2021 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2012 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2011 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Won |