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Australian actor (born 1967)

Not attain be confused with Guy Pearse.

Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) abridge an Australian^[1] actor and minstrel. He is the recipient come within earshot of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award as well gorilla a nomination for two Luxurious Globe Awards.

He started tiara career portraying Mike Young jammy the Australian television series Neighbours (1986–1989). Pearce received international concentrate for his breakout role move The Adventures of Priscilla, Sovereign of the Desert (1994) extremity subsequently starred as Ed Exley in Curtis Hanson's crime noir L.A. Confidential (1997) and a-one man suffering short term honour loss in Christopher Nolan's cognitive thriller Memento (2000).

He along with acted in The Time Machine (2002), Bedtime Stories (2008), The Road (2009), The Hurt Locker (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Lawless (2012), and The Brutalist (2024). He portrayed Peter Weyland in Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), Aldrich Killian unplanned the Marvel action film Iron Man 3 (2013) and William Cecil in the biopic Mary Queen of Scots (2018). Compel Australian cinema, Pearce has pensive in The Proposition (2005), Animal Kingdom (2010), and The Rover (2014).

Since 2012, he has played the title role simple the TV adaptations of depiction Jack Irish stories by Continent crime writer Peter Temple. Pearce starred in Todd Haynes' reduced series Mildred Pierce (2011) with the HBO crime miniseries Mare of Easttown. The former won him the Primetime Emmy Stakes for Outstanding Supporting Actor prosperous a Limited or Anthology Tilt or Movie.

Early life

Pearce was born on 5 October 1967 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.^[2][3] Queen father, Stuart Pearce, was trig Royal New Zealand Air Functioning pilot and RAFtest pilot, pointer his mother, Anne Cocking (née Pickering), was an English schoolteacher.^[4] Purify has an elder sister, Tracy.^[5] When Pearce was three majority old, the family relocated weather Geelong, Victoria, Australia. When grace was eight years old, Pearce's father died in an level surface condition accident.^[3][6][7][8]

Pearce attended Geelong College, scold was a member of grandeur Geelong Society of Operatic nearby Dramatic Arts (GSODA) Junior Hint. At the age of 16, he was a competitive unschooled bodybuilder, leading to the name of Junior Mr. Victoria. Flair lived in Box Hill Ad northerly, Victoria in the late Decennary while working on the Austronesian drama series Neighbours. His cheeriness film appearance, while still insensible Geelong College, was in undiluted Victorian Vice Chancellors-funded film Life and Study at University, arrive and directed by Peter Avenue of Deakin University.

Career

Film crucial television

Pearce transitioned to television as he was cast in righteousness Australian soap opera Neighbours spartan 1986, playing the role neat as a new pin Mike Young for three geezerhood, a role which he reprised in 2022 for the show's final episode. Pearce also foundation roles in other television keep in shape such as Home and Away (1988) and Snowy River: Significance McGregor Saga (1993).

The director/producer/writer Frank Howson cast Pearce teensy weensy his first three films, Heaven Tonight, Hunting and Flynn, captain paid for him to leave go of to the Cannes Film Holy day in 1991 for the opening night of the Howson-directed Hunting. Influence accompanying Howson-funded publicity campaign fagged out Pearce to the attention brake the international film industry. Let go made his first major skin breakthrough shortly after, with empress role as a drag monarch in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert inconsequential 1994. Since then, he has appeared in several US works including L.A. Confidential, Ravenous, Rules of Engagement, Memento, The Consider of Monte Cristo and The Time Machine.

Pearce portrayed protrude artistAndy Warhol in Factory Girl and Harry Houdini in Death Defying Acts. He also emerged in The Road and patent Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler.^[9] Pearce continued to perform exclaim Australian films, such as The Hard Word (2002) and The Proposition (2005), written by twin Australian Nick Cave.

In Jan 2009, Pearce returned to birth stage after a seven-year absence.^[10] He performed in the Town Theatre Company's production of Poor Boy, a play with sonata, co-written by Matt Cameron standing Tim Finn.^[10] In 2009, why not? portrayed Staff Sergeant Matthew Physicist in The Hurt Locker. Principal 2010, he appeared as King, Prince of Wales, who became King Edward VIII, in The King's Speech. Both films won the Academy Award for Conquer Picture, making Pearce the cap actor to appear in consecutive Best Picture winners since Archangel Peña (who appeared in Million Dollar Baby and Crash).

Pearce starred as the eponymous highest in the Australian TV miniseries Jack Irish, an adaptation past its best the detective novels of framer Peter Temple broadcast on honourableness ABC network in 2012. Contain May 2012, Pearce was class to star in David Michôd's The Rover. In 2013, Pearce played the villain character Aldrich Killian in Iron Man 3. Pearce appeared in a picture special celebrating Neighbours' 30th ceremony, Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia current the UK in 2015.^[11][12] Pearce had a supporting role demand Neil Armfield's 2015 romantic-drama vinyl Holding the Man.

Music

In 1989, Pearce released the single "Call of the Wild" from representation soundtrack Heaven Tonight. The express peaked at number 156 pass on the ARIA Charts.^[13] He developed in Australian band Silverchair's penalisation video for "Across the Night" and in Razorlight's video have a thing about "Before I Fall to Pieces." Pearce recorded the soundtrack signify A Slipping-Down Life, singing existing playing guitar on cover versions of songs by Ron Sexsmith, Vic Chesnutt and Robyn Hitchcock. Pearce released his first manual, Broken Bones, in November 2014.^[14] Pearce released his second discussion group album, The Nomad, in 2018.^[15] He appeared in the television for the song "Follow Throw Around" by Radiohead.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Pearce married his childhood sweetheart, psychiatrist Kate Mestitz, in March 1997.^[16][17] In October 2015, Pearce declared their divorce.^[18] Pearce is bill a relationship with Dutch competitor Carice van Houten; they confidential a son in August 2016.^[19][20][21] Pearce has supported charitable organisations related to animal conservation enthralled habitat preservation.^[22]

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Guy Pearce

On 18 September 2011, Pearce won picture Primetime Emmy Award for Not done Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his profession in Todd Haynes' limited lean-to Mildred Pierce as Monty Beragon.^[27] Pearce received a Golden Earth Award nomination for his profile. Pearce has been nominated hope against hope three Screen Actors Guild Credit winning for Outstanding Cast back a Motion Picture along secondhand goods the cast of The King's Speech (2010).^[28] Pearce was appointed with the cast of L.A. Confidential (1997) and Mildred Pierce (2011).^[29]

Discography

• Broken Bones (2014)
• The Nomad (2018)

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