Guy Pearce

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Guy Pearce Wiki Biography

Guy Pearce was born on 5th October 1967, in Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK, and is an actor and musician, best known for his role as Mike Young in the Australian television series “Neighbours” (1986-1989), and such movies as “L.A. Confidential” (1997), “Memento” (2000), and “The Count of Monte Cristo” (2002). Pearce won an Emmy Award and is a Golden Globe Award-nominee. His career started in 1986.

Have you ever wondered how rich Guy Pearce is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Pearce’s net worth is as high as $8 million, earned through his successful acting career. In addition to being an actor, Pearce has also released a studio album which improved his wealth.

 

Guy Pearce is a son of Anne Cocking, a schoolteacher, and Stuart Pearce, an RAAF test pilot, who died when Guy was eight. His family moved to Australia when Guy was three, and there he went to the local private school Geelong College. Pearce was an amateur bodybuilder from the age of 15 to 22, and also took part in fencing.

Pearce started his acting career in the Australian TV series “Neighbours”, in which he played Mike Young in 443 episodes from 1986 to 1989. His roles were relatively unnoticed until 1994 and Stephan Elliott’s Oscar-winning hit “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” with Hugo Weaving and Terence Stamp. Along with Hugh Jackman, Guy played a lead role in the series called “Snowy River: The McGregor Saga” from 1994 to 1996, and then starred in “Dating the Enemy” in 1996. In 1997, Pearce played in Curtis Hanson’s Oscar-winning “L.A. Confidential” with Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, and Kim Basinger. By the end of the ‘90s, Pearce had starred in “Ravenous” (1999) alongside Robert Carlyle and David Arquette, and his net worth was certainly well established.

In 2000, Guy played alongside Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson in William Friedkin’s “Rules of Engagement”, and also that year he had a lead role in Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-nominated thriller “Memento” with Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pantoliano, which grossed almost $40 million worldwide and helped Pearce to increase his net worth significantly. In 2002, he played Fernand Mondego in “The Count of Monte Cristo” with Jim Caviezel, and the film earned over $75 million, adding even more money to Pearce’s bank account. In the early 2000s, Pearce played in such movies as “The Time Machine” (2002), “The Hard Word” (2002), and “Till Human Voices Wake Us” (2002) with Helena Bonham Carter. Guy continued with “The Proposition” (2005) with Ray Winstone and Emily Watson, “Factory Girl” (2006) starring Sienna Miller and Hayden Christensen, and “Traitor” (2008) alongside Don Cheadle. In 2008, he played in Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar-winning “The Hurt Locker”, and then in “Bedtime Stories” (2008) and “The Road” (2008) with Charlize Theron and Robert Duvall. His net worth was rising steadily.

In 2010, Guy played alongside Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, and Helena Bonham Carter in Tom Hooper’s Oscar-winning biography “The King’s Speech”, while in 2011 he had a part in “Seeking Justice” starring Nicolas Cage, increasing further his net worth. In 2012, Pearce starred in “Lockout”, and then in the Oscar-nominated “Prometheus” with Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, and Idris Elba.The same year Pearce appeared alongside Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf in “Lawless”, and later played in “Breathe In” (2013), “Iron Man 3” (2013) starring Robert Downey Jr., and in “Rover” (2014). Most recently, Pearce had a role in “Genius” (2016) with Colin Firth, Jude Law, and Nicole Kidman. He is currently filming “Flammable Children”, “Andorra”, and “Alien: Covenant”, and he will also play a lead role in mini-series “When We Rise”, which will come out in 2017. His wealth will surely increase.

Regarding his personal life, Guy Pearce was married to psychologist Kate Mestitz from 1997 to 2015. He is now dating fellow actor Carice van Houten, and has a son with her. Pearce supports numerous charitable organizations such as animal rights, animal welfare, and ecology protection.

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Guy Pearce Quick Info

Full Name Guy Pearce
Net Worth $8 Million
Date Of Birth October 5, 1967
Place Of Birth Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Height 1.8 m
Profession Actor, singer, musician
Education Geelong College
Nationality Australian
Spouse Kate Mestitz (m. 1997–2015)
Children Monte Pearce
Parents Stuart Pearce, Anne Cocking
Siblings Tracy Pearce
Partner Carice van Houten (2015-)
Twitter https://twitter.com/theguypearce
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001602/
Allmusic www.allmusic.com/artist/guy-pearce-mn0000122080
Awards Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast Washington D.C. Area, Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble (2009), San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor (2000), Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance (2010, 2011), Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Su…
Nominations Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, AACTA Awards, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor
Movies “Breathe In” (2013), “Iron Man 3” (2013), “Rover” (2014), “Genius” (2016), “Flammable Children”, “Andorra”, “Alien: Covenant”, “When We Rise” (2017)
TV Shows ”Neighbours” (1986-1989), ”Home and Away” (1991), ”The Man from Snowy River” (1994-1996), ”Jack Irish” (2012, 2014, 2016)

Guy Pearce Trademarks

  1. Often plays smart but arrogant characters

Guy Pearce Quotes

  • (2011, on Ravenous (1999)) It was a really harrowing experience making Ravenous (1999), because there was a whole lot of shit that went down that was awful to have to deal with. The first director was fired, then they brought in another director who we felt was highly inappropriate, so we had a mutiny, and they gave in and said, “Who do you want to direct this movie?” And this went on for a couple of weeks, and then thankfully Antonia Bird-who was in partnership with Robert Carlyle, and an old friend of his as well-had read the script and was able to step in and take over. But even then, the studio really was trying to gear the film in a particular direction, which was not at all the direction that I understood it to be in the beginning, so it was a very tense time, which kind of spoiled-well, maybe it added to it, I don’t know. Maybe it added to the experience. But had it been a normal circumstance, then generally playing characters like this, who are in an extreme situation, is exciting and unusual, and I find it very appealing. But not all the time. I really enjoy doing things too that are more subtle and close to home-and literally close to home, where we’re shooting in Australia, and I’m not having to worry about an accent, and where I feel I’m more able to actually achieve some subtlety. I can dance around the subtler, transparent aspects of psychology and personality with ease, because it’s in my own voice rather than a voice I have to cultivate. So I really enjoy a variety of different work, and what I’ve just done may sometimes determine what I choose to do next.
  • (2011 quote on filming The Proposition (2005)) That is by far my favorite of all the films that I’ve done. I’ve fortunately been involved in some really great films, like Memento (2000) and L.A. Confidential (1997), but the personal aspect of The Proposition… Look, I think The Proposition is a really exquisite piece of work by John Hillcoat, but the experience we had with that, being out in that location, being out in the wilderness-when you live in Australia, you can’t help but be highly aware of the Aboriginal people and their history, so being out in that country where you see more people than you would here in Melbourne, for example, there is a vibe or a spirit or whatever you want to call it to that land, that culture, that is unbelievably powerful. I don’t even know how to explain it, but it’s awesome and overwhelming. I had a strange experience on that movie, because in the middle of the film, I had to go to Adelaide to do this conference, so in the schedule, they gave me almost two weeks off, primarily when they were filming the scenes between Ray Winstone and Emily Watson in the house. There were lots of scenes that we weren’t in, so I took that opportunity to go to Adelaide and do the conference, and I thought, “Well, I’ll come back to Melbourne on the way and catch up with things in Melbourne for a week before I go back to Queensland and carry on with the movie”. And it was a really terrible thing to do. It was so odd and jarring that I really wished I hadn’t done it. It didn’t affect the film, but I was in such a zone up there that I regretted I did it, because breaking from that was really strange, and getting back into it was strange. I had underestimated what it would be like to do that. So I would say the experience of spending time with Aboriginal people and having their presence be quite prominent in that film was quite extraordinary. After we finished the film, I stayed up there for a few days, and some of the local people took me to some very remote places. We looked at cave paintings from many thousands of years ago, and places people wouldn’t normally get to go. The whole experience, like I say, was so extraordinary. And I ended up driving home after that film, which took me five days. I sort of took my time doing it, but driving from the desert back south to Melbourne is probably the equivalent distance-wise of one side of America to the other, or something like that, going through complete changes of landscape. So that was a nicer way to actually come back to Melbourne than suddenly going bang in the middle of the film. When I wasn’t in the desert, I felt like I sat in the corner of the house and didn’t want to absorb anything at all, and just wanted to get on the plane and go back out there. Really extraordinary piece of work to be involved in, and obviously John Hillcoat and Nick Cave, together, make a great team. In fact, I’m about to go and do their next film.
  • (On L.A. Confidential (1997)) It was probably stranger for me because it was my first American film, while Russell [Russell Crowe] had experience working in the States prior to that. For me, it was all sort of new, and I was just trying to understand this new culture that I was submerged in. But it pretty quickly becomes about the internal stuff that’s going on with these characters for an actor, and that’s what you focus on. Fortunately for us, we had many, many weeks of marked rehearsal while they were still casting other people, so there were a few weeks there where it was only Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland-the scriptwriter-Russell, and I in a room together. Then Kim Basinger came along when she was cast, and then Danny DeVito would come along when he was cast. So they had a slow-building process going on outside that room, and we had a process of familiarization in that room, which really was great for me. It wasn’t like I stepped off a plane and stepped on set and suddenly had to understand what I was doing. Obviously, having James Ellroy’s book was the quintessential piece of research material, as well as everything else that Curtis and the team pulled together. Because even though our film only covered that Christmas period and the few months after in 1953, the book covers a nine-year period, so there’s so much detail there about the nuances and minutiae of these various characters. There was a great wealth of material to work with. And you forget once you’re in it that you’re playing a character as iconic as an American cop. You get caught up in the emotional stuff. So that again was a great delight. Curtis Hanson is like Chris Nolan… and they’re rare creatures, not all directors are like this. He has a great handle on the technical and visual aspects of filmmaking as well as the importance of performance. We all felt pretty good about what we managed to do.
  • [on playing roles with a different accent] I don’t look at it as hiding my accent, I look at it as putting on another accent.
  • [1997] I was a small, skinny guy and had a lot of insecurities about my body, so I got into weight training when I was young. I won the Junior Mr. Victoria bodybuilding competition when I was 15, which is a really odd claim to fame.
  • [2000, on living in Melbourne] I’m much happier spending more time at home, I just love it here. There is a competitive quality to LA, and by the time I leave I always feel a bit anxious. I never really realized what it was about Melbourne I liked until I spent time away. I don’t like the smog in LA, I don’t like the fact that there is no real community anywhere, I don’t like the fact that people don’t look at you when they are talking to you and get so frustrated with you because you have an Australian accent. They’re very narrow-minded as far as other cultures (go) and I don’t have the energy to play the game.
  • [2000] After I did L.A. Confidential (1997), I had a lot of people say to me, ‘Right, so you’re now an A-list American actor?’ You say, ‘No, Tom Cruise, who earns $20 million a movie is an A-list American actor, I am one of the six gazillion actors who people have seen in one movie and who they kind of liked.
  • [2000] I’m more than happy to do little independent films for the rest of my life. Interesting and unusual films, because I really get off on doing it and I feel much more confident in that sort of surrounding.
  • [2001, on finding roles] There are so many films out there, if you can’t find stuff that’s interesting, then there’s got to be something wrong with you. There’s a certain sort of aim that certain actors have, which is to get yourself in a No. 1 position where they think they’ll get offered everything, you know? I’m just happy to flit around in the background and find stuff that interests me. It’s not necessarily about a career choice, it’s finding stuff I’m interested in.
  • [on getting into drag for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)] You sit there looking at yourself in the mirror for two hours in the morning while they are making you up and you think, ‘This is the female version of me’. It’s really complex because you can see yourself but it’s female. I can really see my mother. I didn’t feel like a woman as such, but getting into touch with your feminine side was really at the forefront. It was an amazing experience, it was actually fantastic, I really enjoyed it. But I’m not sure if I’m good-looking. I don’t think I’d fancy myself if I saw myself walking down the street looking like that. I would probably look twice because I looked more odd than anything.
  • [on The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)] People ask what it was like playing a woman, but I don’t think I was actually playing a woman. I was playing an over-the-top queen who likes to dress up in drag and has his own insecurities and problems with women. Adam is a misogynistic little brat, anyway, so I wasn’t playing someone who is openly a woman. He is less open about being a woman than I, Guy, could be. Often, when playing other characters, you look to your feminine side to find out what you might be wanting to play. But this is not a real perception of a female character, because it is an exaggerated, colored, colorful view of a female. It was a very liberating experience for me. The boundaries were completely left at home and a lot of that was to do with the nature of Stephan Elliott. I think what he wanted to do was to bring along with him and with us this openness, this complete life experience rather than saying, ‘This is the film crew, you are the actors and we are filming now’. It wasn’t like that at all. Some of Stephan’s direction was incredible. He would stop the camera, tell us we were awful and demand we ham it up. We had to get into a completely different way of thinking. But once we got on the merry-go-round, it was great. As an actor, you are constantly trying to get away from yourself, which is the same as trying to find yourself. This thing that you’re trapped in, you get to leave behind, and do stuff that you would normally get arrested for.
  • [1997] Most American movies are about some guy that’s kind of living on the edge and saves the world and has the chick and does the gun stuff. And it’s full of all those stupid one-liners that mean nothing. I want something a lot more than that. Have you seen Face/Off? I hate slagging off other movies but I thought it was fucking ridiculous. Banal chase scenes, trained shooters missing their targets.
  • [1997, on his early fame in Australia] It’s embarrassing. I mean you spend your life dealing with your insecurities and your paranoia’s and your fears and you go out in public and people scream and do crazy things and say crazy things, like ‘sex symbol,’ and you go, that’s not me they’re talking about. I’ve had girls want me to sign their breasts. I guess it made them feel a little closer to me. It made me feel a little closer to them, that’s for sure.
  • [1997, on playing “Ed Exley” in L.A. Confidential (1997)] To contain everything like Ed does, and keep it really still, is difficult. Ed suffers from pent-up emotions. I felt like I was a block of wood sometimes. I was desperate to see the dailies. I don’t know whether I should be giving away my acting insecurities, but I always find it difficult to have faith in what I do.
  • [2001] The thing is I have a lot of pride in is my ability to be responsible. But I must admit that as I get older I am wanting to be the 18-year-old I never was. Which is embarrassing: I’m 33, and now I want to do irresponsible things? As everyone else I know is getting older and becoming responsible, I’m going, ‘Fuck kids. I’m not having fucking kids!
  • [2001] I actually had Gary Oldman tell me he was a big fan of mine, and I’m like, ‘I don’t know if I can accept this’. I just never thought, for some reason or other, that I would ever get that respect, let alone work with people like Kevin Spacey and Tommy Lee Jones.
  • [2001] If I can just find a line somewhere between the independents and the mainstream, I’ll be happy. Quite often people will say to me that this or that is not a good career move. But the people who work for me know I will do what I want to do. And when I come across something like Memento and see that it takes me into another world, that it’s original and innovative, well of course I will want to go there. It’s funny, you know, a lot of people say to me, ‘Oh God, you’ve obviously given up acting after L.A. Confidential. Russell went on, but you didn’t?’ ‘No mate. You’ve really got no idea why I do what I do, or how I operate at all’ I just love the idea of coming out of the woodwork, saying, ‘Here I am, this is what I am offering: whammo! Seen it? OK. Goodbye’.
  • [1996, on Los Angeles] I like to just go there for a short time, I don’t think I could live there. I go there for two weeks and do 20 auditions. At school I was always the sprinter, not the long distance runner. I sort of go in, hit hard and get out of there.
  • [1996] I love to wake up in the morning and smell the fresh air, go and potter at the piano, and feel relaxed. I’m a really nervy person, so I need to feel calm and so on. Part of being an actor is to learn about as many people as I can, to take it all on board…and there is a need for me to do that. But when that need has been fulfilled I guess I won’t do that anymore.
  • [2008] I’ve got a T-shirt that says, ‘Jesus saves,’ and the ‘s’ in ‘Jesus’ is a big dollar sign. I’ve worn it here [in America] and had people come up on the street and go, ‘You can’t wear that.’ People in Australia think it’s funny. I’m fascinated by religion. I don’t believe in God, but the thing I do believe in is that we’re all connected. And I guess that’s what other people might call God. I don’t know enough about religion to really say, but on some level, doesn’t everyone just believe in a different version of the same thing?
  • [2002, GQ Magazine] I can get pretty angry. I have a lot of people say, ‘You’re so nice,’ then three days later they see. It’s all about myself. My inability to deal with arrogance or narrow-mindedness. If I’m in an intellectual corner with somebody, my natural response is to get quite childish. Or, you know, shitty. That’s why I became an actor, I suppose. People pay you to do it.”
  • [2002] I look at my two cats and I can see myself evenly distributed between them. One is quite insecure. Needing constant attention. Very fragile. The other is a real arrogant shit. Of course they piss each other off continually.
  • [on starring in Neighbours (1985)] It can do something for one’s ego, good and bad, to have teenage girls chasing after you, trying to rip your clothes off and offer you sexual favors.
  • [2001] People think to be an actor, you have to study your back story and remember all these elements. I don’t operate like that at all. I read something and feel completely inspired by it and for some reason or other, it just kind of takes over and I move with it. Doing Memento (2000), I could let go of everything; it was a really freeing experience because Leonard was the one doing all the acting; it’s not me at all…I find it a really difficult thing to explain, but it was a really pure experience making that movie. When they’d call ‘cut’, I’d kind of come out the other side and go, ‘What happened?’.
  • [2003] I’m always saying to my Australian agent that I want to know what’s going on in Australia. I think the more time I spend and work away, my urge to actually express myself through Australian characters becomes stronger. To be part of the industry at home and to express myself through it is really important to me.
  • [2003] I find it so much easier to work at home (in Australia) because I understand the communication we have between each other. Even though Americans speak English, we all speak a very different language. There’s a real difference in the way we relate to each other. I guess there’s just a bit of shorthand that I slip into when I’m working in Australia. It’s also more intimate. There are smaller crews. Basically, we don’t have the money for 300 people on a set.
  • [2003, on turning down a lot of movies after L.A. Confidential (1997)] I did the things I wanted to do-the things I found interesting. I certainly got offered all sorts of big studio movies, but I found most of them pretty stupid and predictable. I kept thinking, ‘I can’t do something interesting with this. This is not really interesting on the page’. I’m sure there are actors out there who can turn something dull into something really interesting, but I can’t do that. I’ve tried and I end up pulling tricks out of a box of tricks that are just lame. I feel like I need great inspirational directors and great inspirational scripts in order for me to say, ‘Okay, I will surf this wave with you’. Don’t expect me to invent anything. I can’t invent stuff. I have to latch onto the character that you’ve presented me with. And once I understand it, I’ll do it…I have very little self-confidence, anyway. I’m not one of those people who can go, ‘Yeah, I’m going to take the film and I’m going to turn it into this and that’. If there’s nothing there, all I’m going to show you is that there’s nothing there. And that’s going to be bad for all of us. I just felt like I couldn’t do anything with those big films. Of course, I’m quite fascinated by a lot of those roles that require the actor to be the hero. But I so don’t feel like a heroic leading man. I just don’t have the confidence to do them. I’m getting better, don’t get me wrong. I’m not as insecure as I was when I was 24. But that stuff is what led me to do the things that I did.
  • [2003, on what keeps him passionate about acting] Making sure that I’ve had time off in between things. I really need to regenerate and rejuvenate my batteries, and learn from the experience I’ve had when I get back to being me at home. I like experiencing how different I feel, which I think inspires a desire to go off and work again. It’s the shift back and forth between being somebody else, then coming home and being myself.
  • [2008] On stage, you’ve got dialogue you’ve learned. You’ve got a paying audience. It couldn’t be better, you know? My therapist would say it’s probably because of having lost my dad when I was really young and, that being a really tragic thing, that [I was] worried about what was potentially around the corner being really disastrous. So in doing a play or doing some structured work as an actor, it’s set. That’s probably why I was drawn to it, in a way.
  • I’m a cat person actually, and my dogs are a lot like cats because they don’t bark, they hate water and they climb trees. They are aloof and very feline. I see myself as a cat. I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate.
  • [2007, on not wanting children] I don’t even need them. There are enough babies in the world. Besides, I don’t think I would be good for babies. I’d be on and off. I think they need more consistent affection than I would be able to give.
  • [2007, on his sister with Cornelia de Lange syndrome] The fact that my sister is intellectually disabled, that in itself has played a huge part not only in my relationship with her, but in my relationship with anybody. I know I have achieved things that she could never hope to, and I have a huge sense of responsibility for her.
  • [2007] Most studio films don’t end up being a pure experience because you’re not working with the director. You’re answering to producers who have a lot of money at stake. Corners will be shaved off to make something slightly safer so they can make back their $100m.
  • [2007, on his music] I don’t want to make music to get into the pop charts and make a career out of it. I just want to play music with other people. Sometimes I record it. I think there is a value in recording it in the same way that you might write a diary. Writing a diary does not mean that you want to publish it. If this is my diary, I’m not sure that I want it to be read. And anyway, I think there is an automatic disdain for somebody who is too ambitious. People think as an actor you are gifted and don’t have any troubles in life. You are lucky to be doing this thing where all you have to do is go around telling lies and you get to kiss beautiful women. So how dare you want to be able to do this other thing. I am not interested in releasing music to a skeptical audience.
  • I don’t act because I’m some supremely confident being. I don’t want to be that guy. There are leading men who tell producers, ‘I do my thing. Do you want me or not in your movie?’ I still see acting as getting into character.
  • I don’t want to be a celebrity. The little amount that I’ve had in the past – it was fun going into it. But once you realize you’re in, you realize you don’t actually want to be in it anymore.
  • I love being at home in Melbourne, reading scripts, doing the gardening and running around after my wife.
  • A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but one of my least favorite kinds of music, or the kind of music that I feel I’ve so got out of my system, is musicals music.
  • I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That’s why I struggle with the whole notion of calling someone the ‘good guy’ or the ‘bad guy,’ because I think we all have potential to do good things and all have the potential to do bad things.
  • “Well, if you’d like to get technical, I’m English, and Russell’s from New Zealand.” (when asked about the studio’s reluctance to hire “two Australians” for roles in the period piece L.A. Confidential (1997).)
  • You meet these people who are confident all the time. They annoy me. And I wonder if it’s because I’m envious or if it’s because they’re shallow.

Guy Pearce Important Facts

  • Is in a relationship with Carice van Houten since 2015.
  • (March 19, 2016) announced that he and his girlfriend Carice van Houten are expecting 1st child together in august 2016.
  • As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: L.A. Confidential (1997), The Hurt Locker (2008) and The King’s Speech (2010). The latter two are winners in the category.
  • His favorite movie is The Elephant Man (1980).
  • For his role in Prometheus (2012), he was required to sit in a make-up chair for five hours. The make-up and prosthetics would then take one hour to remove.
  • Was considered for the part of Henri Ducard/Ra’s Al Ghul in Batman Begins (2005). However, he was considered too young for the part and Liam Neeson was cast instead.
  • His eldest sister, Tracy, has Cornelia de Lange syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects both intellectual and physical development.
  • Has an older sister.
  • Father was a test pilot who died in a crash in 1976.
  • During the filming of Factory Girl (2006), he became good friends with co-star Sienna Miller.
  • Turned down the title role in Daredevil (2003).
  • Growing up in regional Victorian town Geelong; he now resides in Melbourne, Australia.
  • Was ranked #20 in E’s Most Sexiest Men in Entertainment 2003.
  • Was ranked #17 in E’s Most Sexiest Men in Entertainment 2002.

Guy Pearce Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
A Slipping-Down Life 1999 Drumstrings Casey Actor
Woundings 1998 Jimmy Compton Actor
The Devil Game 1997 TV Movie Michael Actor
Halifax f.p. 1997 TV Series Daniel Viney / Richard Viney Actor
L.A. Confidential 1997 Ed Exley Actor
Dating the Enemy 1996 Brett Actor
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga 1994-1996 TV Series Rob McGregor Actor
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994 Adam / Felicia Actor
Flynn 1993 Errol Flynn Actor
Bony 1992 TV Series Craig Actor
Home and Away 1991-1992 TV Series David Croft Actor
The Late Show 1992 TV Series Constantly upstaged actor Actor
Hunting 1991 Sharp Actor
Friday on My Mind 1990 Actor
Heaven Tonight 1990 Paul Dysart Actor
Neighbours 1986-1989 TV Series Mike Young Actor
Alien: Covenant 2017 post-production Peter Weyland Actor
When We Rise 2017 TV Mini-Series post-production Cleve Jones Actor
Flammable Children filming Actor
Brimstone 2016 The Reverend Actor
Jack Irish 2016 TV Series Jack Irish Actor
Genius 2016 F. Scott Fitzgerald Actor
The Wizards of Aus 2016 TV Series Morgan Wright Actor
Lorne 2015 Short Lorne Actor
Equals 2015 Jonas Actor
Holding the Man 2015 Dick Conigrave Actor
Results 2015 Trevor Actor
The Rover 2014 Eric Actor
Jack Irish: Dead Point 2014 TV Movie Jack Irish Actor
Hateship Loveship 2013 Ken Actor
Iron Man Three 2013 Aldrich Killian Actor
Breathe In 2013 Keith Reynolds Actor
Jack Irish: Bad Debts 2012 TV Movie Jack Irish Actor
Jack Irish: Black Tide 2012 TV Movie Jack Irish Actor
Lawless 2012 Charlie Rakes Actor
Prometheus 2012/I Peter Weyland Actor
Lockout 2012 Snow Actor
Seeking Justice 2011 Simon Actor
33 Postcards 2011 Dean Randall Actor
Mildred Pierce 2011 TV Mini-Series Monty Beragon Actor
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark 2010 Alex Actor
The King’s Speech 2010 King Edward VIII Actor
Animal Kingdom 2010 Detective Senior Sgt Nathan Leckie Actor
The Road 2009/I Veteran Actor
In Her Skin 2009 Mr. Barber Actor
Bedtime Stories 2008 Kendall Actor
The Hurt Locker 2008 Sergeant Matt Thompson Actor
Traitor 2008 Roy Clayton Actor
Fragments 2008 Dr. Bruce Laraby Actor
Death Defying Acts 2007 Harry Houdini Actor
Factory Girl 2006 Andy Warhol Actor
First Snow 2006 Jimmy Starks Actor
The Proposition 2005 Charlie Burns Actor
Two Brothers 2004 Aidan McRory Actor
Till Human Voices Wake Us 2002 Dr. Sam Franks Actor
The Hard Word 2002 Dale Twentyman Actor
The Time Machine 2002 Alexander Hartdegen Actor
The Count of Monte Cristo 2002 Fernand Mondego Actor
Memento 2000 Leonard Actor
Rules of Engagement 2000 Maj. Mark Biggs Actor
Ravenous 1999 Capt. John Boyd Actor
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite 2015 TV Movie documentary performer: “Jingle Bells” – uncredited Soundtrack
Results 2015 performer: “Storm” / writer: “Storm” Soundtrack
Bedtime Stories 2008 performer: “At The Nottingham Broadway Mega Resort” Soundtrack
Rage 2008 TV Series 1 episode Soundtrack
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994 performer: “A Desert Holiday”, “I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine”, “This Old Man”, “Ten Fat Trannies” – uncredited Soundtrack
Heaven Tonight 1990 performer: “HEAVEN TONIGHT”, “DANGER CALLING”, “SLEEPING AND DYING”, “MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT”, “CALL OF THE WIND” Soundtrack
Neighbours 1986 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
A Backyard Story 2010 grateful acknowledgment Thanks
L.A. Confidential: Off the Record… 1998 Video documentary short special thanks Thanks
Ladies Please! 1995 Documentary special thanks Thanks
Between a Frock & a Hard Place 2015 Documentary Himself Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden 2015 TV Series Himself Self
Today 2012-2015 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself Self
Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite 2015 TV Movie documentary Himself / Mike Young Self
4th AACTA Awards 2015 TV Special Himself Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2009-2014 TV Series Himself Self
HuffPost Live Conversations 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Made in Hollywood 2012-2014 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Self
IMDb: What to Watch 2014 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Good Morning America 2014 TV Series Himself Self
Rencontres de cinéma 2012-2014 TV Series Himself Self
Le grand journal de Canal+ 2014 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Iron Man 3 Unmasked 2013 Video short Himself Self
ES.TV HD 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus 2012 Documentary Himself Self
The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023 2012 Video short Himself Self
Weyland Corp Archive: The Making of ‘Prometheus’ 2012 Video documentary short Himself Self
Chelsea Lately 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Lock-Out Chronicle 1.0: Breaking Into Lockout 2012 Video short Himself Self
Janela Indiscreta 2012 TV Series Himself Self
Big Morning Buzz Live 2012 TV Series Himself Self
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2008-2012 TV Series Himself Self
HBO First Look 2002-2012 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Tavis Smiley 2012 TV Series Himself Self
Last Call with Carson Daly 2007-2012 TV Series Himself Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2012 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2012 TV Special Himself Self
The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2012 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie Self
The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards 2011 TV Special Himself – Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Self
The King’s Speech: An Inspirational Story of an Unlikely Friendship 2011 Video documentary short Himself – David / King Edward VIII Self
The King’s Speech: A Courageous Journey 2011 TV Movie Himself Self
Creating Animal Kingdom 2010 Video documentary Himself Self
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards 2010 TV Special Himself – Audience Member (uncredited) Self
Xposé 2010 TV Series Himself Self
The Hurt Locker: Behind the Scenes 2010 Video short Himself Self
The Movie Loft 2009 TV Series Himself Self
Spicks and Specks 2009 TV Series Himself Self
Action! The Stunts and Special Effects of ‘Traitor’ 2008 Video short Himself Self
International Espionage: An In-Depth Look at Traitor’s Exotic Locations 2008 Video short Himself Self
The Bonnie Hunt Show 2008 TV Series Himself Self
A True Ensemble: The Cast of L.A. Confidential 2008 Video documentary short Himself Self
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of ‘L.A. Confidential’ 2008 Video documentary short Himself Self
Whatever You Desire: Making ‘L.A. Confidential’ 2008 Video documentary short Himself Self
L.A. Confidential: From Book to Screen 2008 Video documentary short Himself Self
Live with Kelly and Michael 2007 TV Series Himself Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2006 TV Series Himself Self
Film ’72 2006 TV Series Himself Self
The Young Turks 2005 TV Series Himself (2008) Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 2005 TV Series Himself Self
Guy Pearce’s Ultimate Guide to Tigers 2004 Video documentary Himself Self
Memento: Interview with Guy Pearce 2004 Video short Himself Self
Service Natur 2004 TV Series documentary Aidan McRory Self
Dennis Miller 2004 TV Series Himself Self
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton 2003 TV Series Himself Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 2003 TV Series Himself Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2002-2003 TV Series Himself Self
The Daily Show 1997-2003 TV Series Himself Self
The Count of Monte Cristo: An Epic Reborn 2002 Video documentary short Himself Self
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 2002 TV Series Himself Self
Anatomy of a Scene 2001 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Australian Story 2001 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Behind the Rules of Engagement 2000 Video documentary short Himself Self
Film-Fest DVD: Issue 1 – Sundance 1999 Video documentary Himself Self
The Panel 1998 TV Series Himself Self
L.A. Confidential: Off the Record… 1998 Video documentary short Himself – ‘Ed Exley’ Self
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1997 TV Series Himself Self
Ladies Please! 1995 Documentary Himself
Adam Whitely
Felicia Jollygoodfellow
Self
Donahue 1994 TV Series Himself Self
Going Live! 1990 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture 2015 TV Mini-Series documentary Adam / Felicia Archive Footage
Gogglebox 2015 TV Series Mike Young Archive Footage
Made in Hollywood 2012 TV Series Himself Archive Footage
This Morning 2010 TV Series Mike Young Archive Footage
5 Second Movies 2008 TV Series Leonard Shelby Archive Footage
‘Neighbours’ on Five 2008 TV Movie documentary Mike Young (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Real Edie 2007 Video documentary short Andy Warhol (uncredited) Archive Footage
20 to 1 2006 TV Series documentary Adam / Felicia Archive Footage
MythBusters 2006 TV Series documentary Fernand Mondego Archive Footage
Neighbours 1997-2005 TV Series Mike Young Archive Footage
Home and Away: Romances 2005 Video David Croft (uncredited) Archive Footage
Sendung ohne Namen 2002 TV Series documentary Alexander Hartdegen Archive Footage
Neighbours: A 10th Anniversary Celebration 1995 Video documentary Himself / Mike Young Archive Footage

Guy Pearce Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2011 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Mildred Pierce (2011) Won
2011 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actor Mildred Pierce (2011) Won
2011 Jury Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival Best Motion Picture Ensemble of the Year The King’s Speech (2010) Won
2011 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture The King’s Speech (2010) Won
2009 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Best Ensemble Performance The Hurt Locker (2008) Won
2002 Sierra Award Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor Memento (2000) Won
2001 Golden Schmoes Golden Schmoes Awards Best Actor of the Year Memento (2000) Won
2001 Golden Schmoes Golden Schmoes Awards Breakthrough Performance of the Year Memento (2000) Won
2001 Feature Film Award New York International Independent Film & Video Festival Best Actor Woundings (1998) Won
2001 SDFCS Award San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor Memento (2000) Won
2011 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Mildred Pierce (2011) Nominated
2011 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actor Mildred Pierce (2011) Nominated
2011 Jury Award Santa Barbara International Film Festival Best Motion Picture Ensemble of the Year The King’s Speech (2010) Nominated
2011 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture The King’s Speech (2010) Nominated
2009 Gotham Independent Film Award Gotham Awards Best Ensemble Performance The Hurt Locker (2008) Nominated
2002 Sierra Award Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor Memento (2000) Nominated
2001 Golden Schmoes Golden Schmoes Awards Best Actor of the Year Memento (2000) Nominated
2001 Golden Schmoes Golden Schmoes Awards Breakthrough Performance of the Year Memento (2000) Nominated
2001 Feature Film Award New York International Independent Film & Video Festival Best Actor Woundings (1998) Nominated
2001 SDFCS Award San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Actor Memento (2000) Nominated