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.
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Primarily2025 The Woman in Cabin 10 as Richard Bullmer
2025 The Dog Stars
2025 Poor Boy as Danny Director
2025 Scott Matthews - Wait in the Car. as Robert
2025 Killing Faith as Bender
2025 Blurred
2025 Untitled Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
2025 Mr. Sunny Sky as Leonard Moore
2025 The Shrouds as Maury
2025 Inside as Warren Murfett
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2024 The Convert as Thomas Munro
2024 Sunrise as Reynolds
2022 The Infernal Machine as Bruce Cogburn
2022 Neighbours Made Me a Star as Self
2022 Memory as Vincent Serra
2021 Back to the Outback as Frank (voice)
2021 Zone 414 as David Carmichael
2021 Tom Clancy's Without Remorse as Thomas Clay
2021 The Seventh Day as Father Peter Executive Producer
2020 Bloodshot as Dr. Emil Harting
2020 Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff as Self (archive footage)
2020 Disturbing the Peace as Jim Dillon
2019 FX's A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge
2019 The Last Vermeer as Han van Meegeren
2019 Domino as Joe Martin
2018 Mary Queen of Scots as William Cecil
2018 The Catcher Was a Spy as Robert Furman
2018 Spinning Man as Evan Birch
2018 Swinging Safari as Keith Hall
2017 Donny The Drone as Donny (voice)
2017 Alien: Covenant as Peter Weyland (uncredited)
2016 Genius as F. Scott Fitzgerald
2016 Brimstone as The Reverend
2016 Lorne as Lorne
2015 Holding the Man as Dick Conigrave
2015 Colin Hay: Waiting For My Real Life as Self
2015 Equals as Jonas
2015 Between a Frock and a Hard Place as Self
2015 Results as Trevor
2015 Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite as Self
2014 Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover' as Self
2014 The Rover as Eric
2014 Jack Irish: Dead Point as Jack Irish
2014 Hateship Loveship as Ken
2013 Iron Man 3 as Aldrich Killian
2013 Breathe In as Keith Reynolds
2012 Jack Irish: Black Tide as Jack Irish
2012 Jack Irish: Bad Debts as Jack Irish
2012 The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Self
2012 Lawless as Charlie Rakes
2012 Prometheus as Peter Weyland
2012 Project Prometheus: Mission as Peter Weyland
2012 Lockout as Snow
2012 Peter Weyland at TED2023 as Peter Weyland
2011 Seeking Justice as Simon
2011 33 Postcards as Dean Randall
2010 The King's Speech as King Edward VIII
2010 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark as Alex Hirst
2010 Animal Kingdom as Nathan Leckie
2009 The Road as Veteran
2009 Winged Creatures as Dr Bruce Laraby
2009 In Her Skin as Mr. Barber
2008 Bedtime Stories as Kendall
2008 The Hurt Locker as Sergeant Matt Thompson
2008 Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
2008 Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
2008 Traitor as Roy Clayton
2007 Death Defying Acts as Harry Houdini
2006 Factory Girl as Andy Warhol
2006 First Snow as Jimmy Starks
2005 The Proposition as Charlie Burns
2004 Two Brothers as Aidan McRory
2002 Till Human Voices Wake Us as Dr. Sam Franks
2002 The Hard Word as Dale
2002 The Time Machine as Alexander Hartdegen
2002 The Count of Monte Cristo as Fernand Mondego
2000 Memento as Leonard
2000 Rules of Engagement as Maj. Mark Biggs
1999 Ravenous as Boyd
1999 A Slipping Down Life as Drumstrings Casey
1998 Woundings as Jimmy Compton
1997 L.A. Confidential as Edmund 'Ed' Exley
1997 The Devil Game
1996 Dating the Enemy as Brett
1994 Ladies Please! as Self
1994 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
1993 Flynn as Errol Flynn
1991 Hunting as Sharp
1990 Heaven Tonight as Paul Dysart
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