Acting
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.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV
The View
1997 · TV
Neighbours
1985 · TV
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV
Richard & Judy
2001 · TV
Memento
2000 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · TV
The Brutalist
2024 · Movie
Iron Man 3
2013 · Movie
Prometheus
2012 · Movie
Going Live!
1987 · TV
Halifax f.p.
1994 · TV
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · TV
Alien: Covenant
2017 · Movie
The Man from Snowy River
1994 · TV
Mare of Easttown
2021 · TV
The Woman in Cabin 10
2025 · Movie
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002 · Movie
The Dog Stars
2026 · Movie
The King's Speech
2010 · Movie
L.A. Confidential
1997 · Movie
The Time Machine
2002 · Movie
Bloodshot
2020 · Movie
The Hurt Locker
2008 · Movie
Jack Irish
2016 · TV
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
2021 · Movie
Mildred Pierce
2011 · TV
Memory
2022 · Movie
Back to the Outback
2021 · Movie
Bedtime Stories
2008 · Movie
The Innocents
2018 · TV
A Spy Among Friends
2022 · TV
The Road
2009 · Movie
Lawless
2012 · Movie
The Clearing
2023 · TV
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994 · Movie
A Christmas Carol
2019 · TV
The Infernal Machine
2022 · Movie
Lockout
2012 · Movie
Two Brothers
2004 · Movie
Mary Queen of Scots
2018 · Movie
When We Rise
2017 · TV
Killing Faith
2025 · Movie
Rules of Engagement
2000 · Movie
The Rover
2014 · Movie
The Shrouds
2025 · Movie
Sean Saves the World
2013 · TV
Seeking Justice
2011 · Movie
Traitor
2008 · Movie
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010 · Movie
Genius
2016 · Movie
Brimstone
2016 · Movie
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
2022 · TV
Factory Girl
2006 · Movie
Zone 414
2021 · Movie
Equals
2015 · Movie
The Wizards of Aus
2016 · TV
Ravenous
1999 · Movie
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019 · Movie
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018 · Movie
Death Defying Acts
2007 · Movie
Swinging Safari
2018 · Movie
Animal Kingdom
2010 · Movie
The Proposition
2005 · Movie
Winged Creatures
2009 · Movie
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
2020 · Movie
Domino
2019 · Movie
The Last Vermeer
2019 · Movie
Hateship Loveship
2014 · Movie
Together for Palestine
2025 · Movie
The Convert
2024 · Movie
The Seventh Day
2021 · Movie
Spinning Man
2018 · Movie
Breathe In
2013 · Movie
In Her Skin
2009 · Movie
Poor Boy
· Movie
Scarcity
2025 · Movie
Dating the Enemy
1996 · Movie
Holding the Man
2015 · Movie
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
2012 · Movie
Disturbing the Peace
2020 · Movie
First Snow
2006 · Movie
The Devil Game
1997 · Movie
Donny The Drone
2017 · Movie
Results
2015 · Movie
Neighbours Made Me a Star
2022 · Movie
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012 · Movie
Till Human Voices Wake Us
2002 · Movie
Jack Irish: Black Tide
2012 · Movie
Hunting
1991 · Movie
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
2008 · Movie
A Slipping Down Life
1999 · Movie
Sunrise
2024 · Movie
The Hard Word
2002 · Movie
Flynn
1993 · Movie
Inside
2025 · Movie
Lorne
2016 · Movie
Jack Irish: Dead Point
2014 · Movie
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
2015 · Movie
33 Postcards
2011 · Movie
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
· Movie
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'
2014 · Movie
Woundings
1998 · Movie
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015 · Movie
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
2015 · Movie
Heaven Tonight
1990 · Movie
Blurred
· Movie
