Guy Pearce
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Guy Pearce

Biography

Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an English-born Australian actor and musician, known for his roles as Leonard Shelby in Christopher Nolan's Memento, Lieutenant Ed Exley in the film L.A. Confidential, a drag queen in the cult film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Mike Young in the popular Australian television series Neighbours and King Edward VIII ("David") in the 2010 Best Picture Oscar winner The King's Speech.

Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an English-born Australian actor and musician, known for his roles as Leonard Shelby in Christopher Nolan's Memento, Lieutenant Ed Exley in the film L.A. Confidential, a drag queen in the cult film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Mike Young in the popular Australian television series Neighbours and King Edward VIII ("David") in the 2010 Best Picture Oscar winner The King's Speech.

Personal Info

Known For Acting

Gender Male

Known Credits 78

Birthday 1967-10-05

Place of Birth Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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Also Known As

  • Guy Edward Pearce
  • 가이 피어스

Acting TV ShowsMovies

— Andorra as Alexander Fox
— Poor Boy as Danny
— Easter Rising as Padraig Pearse
2018 Mary Queen of Scots
2018 Domino
2018 The Catcher Was a Spy as Robert Furman
2018 The Innocents — (1 episode) as Halvorson
2018 Spinning Man as Evan Birch
2018 Swinging Safari as Keith Hall
2017 Donny The Drone as Donny (voice)
2017 Alien: Covenant as Peter Weyland (uncredited)
2017 When We Rise — (4 episodes) as Cleve Jones
2016 Genius as F. Scott Fitzgerald
2016 Brimstone as The Reverend
2016 Lorne as Lorne
2016 The Wizards of Aus — (1 episode) as Morgan Wright
2015 Holding the Man as Dick Conigrave
2015 Equals as Jonas
2015 Between a Frock and a Hard Place as Himself
2015 Results as Trevor
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden — (1 episode) as Himself
2014 The Rover as Eric
2014 Jack Irish: Dead Point as Jack Irish
2013 Iron Man 3 Unmasked as Himself
2013 Hateship Loveship as Ken
2013 Iron Man 3 as Aldrich Killian / The Mandarin
2013 Breathe In as Keith Reynolds
2012 Jack Irish: Black Tide as Jack Irish
2012 Jack Irish: Bad Debts as Jack Irish
2012 Jack Irish — (6 episodes) as Jack Irish
2012 The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus as Himself
2012 The Peter Weyland Files as Peter Weyland
2012 Lawless as Charlie Rakes
2012 Prometheus as Peter Weyland
2012 Lockout as Snow
2012 The Peter Weyland Files: TED 2023 as Peter Weyland
2011 Seeking Justice as Simon
2011 33 Postcards as Dean Randall
2011 Mildred Pierce — (5 episodes) as Monte Beragon
2010 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark as Alex Hirst
2010 The King's Speech as King Edward VIII
2010 Animal Kingdom as Nathan Leckie
2009 The Road as Veteran
2009 In Her Skin as Mr. Barber
2008 Bedtime Stories as Kendall
2008 The Hurt Locker as Sgt. Matt Thompson
2008 Traitor as Roy Clayton
2008 Winged Creatures as Dr Bruce Laraby
2007 Death Defying Acts as Harry Houdini
2006 Factory Girl as Andy Warhol
2006 First Snow as Jimmy Starks
2005 The Proposition as Charlie Burns
2004 Two Brothers as Aidan McRory
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! — (1 episode)
2002 Till Human Voices Wake Us as Dr. Sam Franks
2002 The Hard Word as Dale
2002 The Time Machine as Alexander Hartdegen
2002 The Count of Monte Cristo as Fernand Mondego
2001 Richard & Judy — (1 episode)
2001 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — (1 episode)
2000 Memento Chronological Order as Leonard
2000 Memento as Leonard Shelby
2000 Rules of Engagement as Maj. Mark Biggs
1999 Ravenous as Captain John Boyd
1999 A Slipping Down Life as Drumstrings Casey
1998 Woundings as Jimmy Compton
1997 L.A. Confidential as Det. Lt. Edmund Jennings " Ed " Exley
1997 The View — (1 episode)
1996 Dating The Enemy as Brett
1996 The Daily Show with Trevor Noah — (1 episode)
1994 The Man from Snowy River — (64 episodes) as Rob McGregor
1994 Ladies Please! as Self
1994 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert as Adam Whitely/Felicia Jollygoodfellow
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien — (1 episode)
1993 Flynn as Errol Flynn
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — (1 episode)
1991 Hunting as Sharp
1990 Heaven Tonight as Paul Dysart

Directing

— Poor Boy … Director

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