Guy Pearce

Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian actor. He started his career portraying Mike Young in the Australian television series ''Neighbours''. Pearce 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). He is also 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 ''TED 2023'', ''Prometheus'' (both 2012) and ''Alien: Covenant'' (2017) as Peter Weyland, the Marvel action film ''Iron Man 3'' (2013) as Aldrich Killian, and the historical biopic ''Mary Queen of Scots'' (2018) as William Cecil.

In Australian cinema, Pearce 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''. He 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. Provided by Wikipedia