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

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2018
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2019
The Daily Show
2003
The View
2002
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2006
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1997
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2003
Golden Globe Awards
2025
Neighbours
1986
The Dog Stars
2026
Richard & Judy
2008

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
129
Producing
2
2026
The Dog Stars
as Pops
2026
Ink
as Rupert Murdoch · unreleased
2025
The Shrouds
as Maury Entrekin
2025
Killing Faith
as Bender
2025
Inside
as Warren Murfett
2025
The Woman in Cabin 10
as Richard Bullmer
2025
Scarcity
as Voice
2025
Together for Palestine
as Self
2025
The Oscars
as Self
2025
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
2024
The Brutalist
as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr
2024
The Convert
as Thomas Munro
2024
Sunrise
as Reynolds
2023
The Clearing
as Dr. Bryce Latham
2022
The Infernal Machine
as Bruce Cogburn
2022
Neighbours Made Me a Star
as Self
2022
Memory
as Vincent Serra
2022
A Spy Among Friends
as Kim Philby
2022
Take 5 with Zan Rowe
as Self
2021
The Seventh Day
as Father Peter
2021
Zone 414
as David Carmichael
2021
Back to the Outback
as Frank (voice)
2021
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse
as Thomas Clay
2021
Mare of Easttown
as Richard Ryan
2020
Disturbing the Peace
as Jim Dillon
2020
Bloodshot
as Dr. Emil Harting
2020
Disturbing the Peace: A Small Town Standoff
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Domino
as Joe Martin
2019
The Last Vermeer
as Han van Meegeren
2019
FX's A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge
2019
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2019
A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer Scrooge
2018
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Robert Furman
2018
Swinging Safari
as Keith Hall
2018
Spinning Man
as Evan Birch
2018
Mary Queen of Scots
as William Cecil
2018
The Innocents
as Halvorson
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2017
Alien: Covenant
as Peter Weyland (uncredited)
2017
Donny The Drone
as Donny (voice)
2017
When We Rise
as Cleve Jones
2016
Genius
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
2016
Brimstone
as The Reverend
2016
Lorne
as Lorne
2016
Jack Irish
as Jack Irish
2016
The Wizards of Aus
as Morgan Wright
2015
Results
as Trevor
2015
Equals
as Jonas
2015
Holding the Man
as Dick Conigrave
2015
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
as Self
2015
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite
as Self
2015
Colin Hay: Waiting for My Real Life
as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2014
The Rover
as Eric
2014
Hateship Loveship
as Ken
2014
Jack Irish: Dead Point
as Jack Irish
2014
Something Elemental: Making 'The Rover'
as Self
2014
Sean Saves the World
as Miles
2013
Iron Man 3
as Aldrich Killian
2013
Breathe In
as Keith Reynolds
2012
Lockout
as Snow
2012
Prometheus
as Peter Weyland
2012
Lawless
as Charlie Rakes
2012
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
as Jack Irish
2012
Jack Irish: Black Tide
as Jack Irish
2012
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
as Self
2011
Seeking Justice
as Simon
2011
33 Postcards
as Dean Randall
2011
Mildred Pierce
as Monte Beragon
2010
Animal Kingdom
as Nathan Leckie
2010
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
as Alex Hirst
2010
The King's Speech
as King Edward VIII
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
Traitor
as Roy Clayton
2008
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
2008
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
as Self
2008
Richard & Judy
as Self
2007
Death Defying Acts
as Harry Houdini
2006
Factory Girl
as Andy Warhol
2006
First Snow
as Jimmy Starks
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2005
The Proposition
as Charlie Burns
2005
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
2004
Two Brothers
as Aidan McRory
2003
The Daily Show
as Self
2003
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
2002
The Time Machine
as Alexander Hartdegen
2002
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Fernand Mondego
2002
Till Human Voices Wake Us
as Dr. Sam Franks
2002
The Hard Word
as Dale
2002
The View
as Self
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
as Michael
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1997
Halifax f.p.
as Daniel Viney/Richard Viney
1996
Dating the Enemy
as Brett
1994
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
1994
Ladies Please!
as Self
1994
The Man from Snowy River
as Rob McGregor
1993
Flynn
as Errol Flynn
1992
Bony
as Late Arrival
1991
Hunting
as Sharp
1990
Heaven Tonight
as Paul Dysart
1990
Friday on My Mind
1990
Going Live!
as Self
1986
Neighbours
as Mike Young
Easter Rising
as Padraig Pearse
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
as Adam Whitely / Felicia Jollygoodfellow
Poor Boy
as Danny
Mr. Sunny Sky
as Leonard Moore
Blurred
Neponset Circle
Queen of the Falls
The Price of Peace
as President Harry S. Truman
The Marshal
as Marshal Clay Mercer
High End
The Road Home
as Archbishop Trevor Huddleston
The Neverending Pillow Fort
The Teller
The Vesuvius Challenge
as Self – Narrator