Who is Guy Pearce?
Guy Pearce is an English-born Australian actor, raised in Geelong, Victoria. He became known on the soap Neighbours and later starred in films such as Memento, L.A. Confidential and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
Pearce was born in England in 1967 and moved to Australia as a young child. He grew up in Geelong and played Mike Young on Neighbours from 1986 to 1989.
His film career took off with The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 1994, in which he played the drag queen Adam, also known as Felicia. Hollywood roles followed in L.A. Confidential and Memento, where he played Leonard, a man with short-term memory loss.
Later career
Pearce has appeared in The King's Speech, The Hurt Locker, Iron Man 3, Animal Kingdom and the Australian series Jack Irish, in which he played a Melbourne lawyer turned investigator.
In 2025, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for The Brutalist.
He won an Emmy in 2011 for the miniseries Mildred Pierce. Pearce is also a musician and has released albums of his own songs.
Did You Know?
Pearce has spoken about growing up with an older sister who has an intellectual disability, which shaped his outlook.