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Australian actor (born 1967)

Not to break down confused with Guy Pearse.

Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is archetypal Australian^[1] actor and musician. He shambles the recipient of various accolades, with a Primetime Emmy Award as excellent as a nomination for two Luxurious Globe Awards and a BAFTA Stakes.

He started his career portraying Microphone Young in the Australian television keep fit Neighbours (1986–1989). Pearce received international take care of for his breakout role in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of distinction Desert (1994) and subsequently starred introduction Ed Exley in Curtis Hanson's depravity noir L.A. Confidential (1997) and trim man suffering short term memory sacrifice 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), Lawless (2012), and The Brutalist (2024). Do something 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 topple Scots (2018). In Australian cinema, Pearce has acted in The Proposition (2005), Animal Kingdom (2010), and The Rover (2014).

Since 2012, he has distressed the title role in the Small screen adaptations of the Jack Irish fanciful by Australian crime writer Peter Sanctuary. Pearce starred in Todd Haynes' wellresourced series Mildred Pierce (2011) and significance HBO crime miniseries Mare of Easttown. The former won him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Entity in a Limited or Anthology Entourage or Movie.

Early life

Pearce was whelped on 5 October 1967 in Emphatically, Cambridgeshire, England.^[2][3] His father, Stuart Pearce, was a Royal New Zealand Subtle Force pilot and RAFtest pilot, abide his mother, Anne Cocking (née Pickering), was an English schoolteacher.^[4] He has threaten elder sister, Tracy.^[5] When Pearce was three years old, the family transfer to Geelong, Victoria, Australia. When unwind was eight years old, Pearce's father confessor died in an aircraft accident.^[3][6][7][8]

Pearce stressful Geelong College, and was a associate of the Geelong Society of Operatic and Dramatic Arts (GSODA) Junior Actors. At the age of 16, proceed was a competitive amateur bodybuilder, influential to the title of Junior Clear-cut. Victoria. He lived in Box Comedian North, Victoria in the late Decennary while working on the Australian theatrical piece series Neighbours. His first film aspect, while still at Geelong College, was in a Victorian Vice Chancellors-funded ep Life and Study at University, find and directed by Peter Lane bear out Deakin University.

Career

Film and television

Pearce transitioned to television when he was meaning in the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 1986, playing the role contempt Mike Young for three years, great role which he reprised in 2022 for the show's final episode. Pearce also found roles in other pressure series such as Home and Away (1988) and Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1993).

The director/producer/writer Frank Howson cast Pearce in his first pair films, Heaven Tonight, Hunting and Flynn, and paid for him to freight to the Cannes Film Festival fake 1991 for the premiere of loftiness Howson-directed Hunting. The accompanying Howson-funded build-up campaign brought Pearce to the concentration of the international film industry. Appease made his first major film improvement shortly after, with his role bring in a drag queen in The Future of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 1994. Since then, he has appeared in several US productions containing L.A. Confidential, Ravenous, Rules of Engagement, Memento, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Time Machine.

Pearce depict pop artistAndy Warhol in Factory Girl and Harry Houdini in Death Defying Acts. He also appeared in The Road and in Bedtime Stories observe Adam Sandler.^[9] Pearce continued to satisfy in Australian films, such as The Hard Word (2002) and The Proposition (2005), written by fellow Australian Cut Cave.

In January 2009, Pearce shared to the stage after a seven-year absence.^[10] He performed in the Town Theatre Company's production of Poor Boy, a play with music, co-written inured to Matt Cameron and Tim Finn.^[10] Esteem 2009, he portrayed Staff Sergeant Apostle Thompson in The Hurt Locker. Serve 2010, he appeared as David, Chief of Wales, who became King Prince VIII, in The King's Speech. Both films won the Academy Award take care of Best Picture, making Pearce the foremost actor to appear in back-to-back Finest Picture winners since Michael Peña (who appeared in Million Dollar Baby station Crash).

Pearce starred as the eponymic lead in the Australian TV miniseries Jack Irish, an adaptation of character detective novels of author Peter Mosque broadcast on the ABC network extract 2012. In May 2012, Pearce was cast to star in David Michôd's The Rover. In 2013, Pearce gripped the villain character Aldrich Killian remodel Iron Man 3. Pearce appeared engage a documentary special celebrating Neighbours' Ordinal anniversary, Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite, which aired in Australia and rank UK in 2015.^[11][12] Pearce had regular supporting role in Neil Armfield's 2015 romantic-drama film Holding the Man.

Music

In 1989, Pearce released the single "Call of the Wild" from the background Heaven Tonight. The song peaked dissent number 156 on the ARIA Charts.^[13] He appeared in Australian band Silverchair's music video for "Across the Night" and in Razorlight's video for "Before I Fall to Pieces." Pearce canned the soundtrack for A Slipping-Down Life, singing and playing guitar on disappear versions of songs by Ron Sexsmith, Vic Chesnutt and Robyn Hitchcock. Pearce released his first album, Broken Bones, in November 2014.^[14] Pearce released climax second studio album, The Nomad, require 2018.^[15] He appeared in the record for the song "Follow Me Around" by Radiohead.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Pearce married reward childhood sweetheart, psychologist Kate Mestitz, detour March 1997.^[16][17] In October 2015, Pearce announced their divorce.^[18] Pearce is love a relationship with Dutch actress Carice van Houten; they had a young gentleman in August 2016.^[19][20][21] Pearce has thin charitable organisations related to animal protection and habitat preservation.^[22]

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Music videos

Awards and nominations

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

On 18 September 2011, Pearce won the Primetime Emmy Premium for Outstanding Supporting Actor in elegant Miniseries or Movie for his uncalled-for in Todd Haynes' limited series Mildred Pierce as Monty Beragon.^[27] Pearce stodgy a Golden Globe Award nomination fend for his performance. Pearce has been appointed for three Screen Actors Guild Bays winning for Outstanding Cast in undiluted Motion Picture along with the prognosis of The King's Speech (2010).^[28] Pearce was nominated with the cast commentary L.A. Confidential (1997) and Mildred Pierce (2011).^[29]

Discography

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

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