Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce at the 2012 Cannes International Film Festival

Guy Edward Pearce (born October 5, 1967 in Ely , Cambridgeshire ) is an Australian - British actor .

life and career

Pearce moved with his parents from England to Australia at the age of three . His father, a New Zealand pilot , was killed in a plane crash when Pearce was eight years old.

He made his first television experience immediately after his graduation in the Australian soap opera Neighbors (Neighbors) . Guy Pearce's breakthrough as a serious actor came with the Australian low-budget production Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (1994). In it he played the drag queen Felicia.

Pearce received a lot of attention for his role in the Hollywood films LA Confidential , in which he played an ambitious police officer, and Memento , in which he portrayed a man suffering from memory loss . In 2002, Pearce starred as the scientist Alexander Hartdegen in the remake The Time Machine based on the novel The Time Machine by HG Wells . In the same year he also played the sly Fernand Mondego in the adventure film Monte Cristo based on the novel The Count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas .

In 2010 he was seen in the Oscar-winning film The King's Speech as the abdicating British King Edward VIII. A year later, the role of Monty Beragon in Todd Haynes ' television production Mildred Pierce , a miniseries based on a novel by James M. Cain , earned him one Emmy one. In 2012 he stood in front of the camera as entrepreneur Peter Weyland in Ridley Scott's science fiction thriller Prometheus - Dark Characters .

Pearce married the psychologist Kate Mestitz in 1997. In October 2015 it was announced that the two had separated in January 2015. He lives in Melbourne , where he also does theater. He has been dating the Dutch actress Carice van Houten since 2015 . Their son was born in August 2016.

Filmography

Pearce in 2011

• 1990: Friday on My Mind
• 1990: Heaven Tonight
• 1991: Hunting
• 1993–1996: Snowy River ( The McGregor Saga , TV series, 65 episodes)
• 1994: Priscilla - Queen of the Desert (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert)
• 1996: Dear, stay the way I am (Dating the Enemy)
• 1996: Flynn
• 1997: LA Confidential
• 1998: Time of Cruelty (Woundings)
• 1999: A Slipping-Down Life
• 1999: Ravenous - Eat or Die (Ravenous)
• 2000: Memento
• 2000: Rules - Seconds of Decision (Rules of Engagement)
• 2002: Till Human Voices Wake Us
• 2002: The Hard Word
• 2002: The Time Machine
• 2002: Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo)
• 2004: Two Brothers (Deux frères)
• 2005: The Proposition - Deadly offer (The Proposition)
• 2006: Factory Girl
• 2006: First Snow
• 2006: Before I Fall to Pieces, Razorlight , music video
• 2007: Death Defying Acts (Death Defying Acts)
• 2008: Traitor
• 2008: Deadly Command - The Hurt Locker (The Hurt Locker)
• 2008: Winged Creatures
• 2008: Bedtime Stories
• 2009: The Road
• 2009: I Am You - Murderous Longing (In Her Skin)
• 2010: Animal Kingdom (Animal Kingdom)
• 2010: The King's Speech
• 2011: Mildred Pierce (TV series)
• 2011: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
• 2011: Pact of Vengeance (Seeking Justice)
• 2012: lockout
• 2012: Lawless - The outlaws (Lawless)
• 2012: Prometheus - Dark Signs (Prometheus)
• 2013: Iron Man 3
• 2013: Breathe In - An Impossible Love (Breathe In)
• 2014: The Rover
• 2015: Equals - You own the future (Equals)
• 2015: Results
• 2015: Holding the Man
• 2016: The Wizards of Aus (TV series, episode 1x01)
• 2016: Genius - The thousand sides of a friendship (Genius)
• 2016: Brimstone
• 2016-2018: Jack Irish (TV series, 12 episodes)
• 2017: Alien: Covenant
• 2017: When We Rise (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2018: The Catcher Was a Spy
• 2018: The Innocents (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2018: Maria Stuart, Queen of Scotland (Mary Queen of Scots)
• 2018: Spinning Man - In the Darkness of Your Soul (Spinning Man)
• 2019: Domino - A Story of Revenge (Domino)
• 2019: A Christmas Carol (TV series)
• 2020: Bloodshot

Awards

year	title	role	Remarks
1998	LA Confidential	Edmund J. Exley	Nominated - Chlotrudis Award Best Actor Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award Best Ensemble
1998	Brand New World or Woundings	Jimmy Compton	New York International Independent Film Award for Best Actor
2001	Memento	Leonard Shelby	Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award Best Actor San Diego Film Critics Society Award Best Actor Nominated- Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Actor Nominated- Online Film Critics Society Award Best Actor Nominated- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Best Actor Nominated- Satellite Award Best Actor Nominated - Saturn Award for best actor
2002	The Hard Word	Dale	Nominated— Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor
	The Proposition	Charlie Burns	Nominated— Australian Film Institute Award Best Actor Nominated— Chlotrudis Award Best Actor Nominated— Film Critics Circle of Australia Best Actor Nominated— Inside Film Award Best Actor
2010	The Hurt Locker	Matt Thompson	Gotham Independent Film Award Best Ensemble
2010	The King's Speech	King Edward VIII	Screen Actors Guild Award Best Ensemble Nominated— British Independent Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor
2011	Animal Kingdom	Det. Nathan Leckie	Nominated— Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor

Web links

Commons : Guy Pearce  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Guy Pearce in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Guy Pearce on IMDb (English)
2. ↑ Guy Pearce Main, All About Guy Pearce ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on moviefone.com  
3. ↑ Guy Pearce on prisma.de
4. ↑ Guy Pearce: "Don't look down" interview on guardian.co.uk
5. ↑ Report on dreadcentral.com
6. ↑ "Carice van Houten heeft relatie met tegenspeler Guy Pearce" on nu.nl, November 27, 2015
7. ↑ Christie D'Zurilla: Guy Pearce and Carice van Houten welcome a baby boy, say they plan to 'keep him' . Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2016