Guy Edward Pearce is an Australian actor. He started his career portraying Mike Young in the Australian television series Neighbours. Pearce received international attention for his breakout role in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and subsequently starred as Ed Exley in Curtis Hanson's crime noir L.A. Confidential and a man suffering short-term memory loss in Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller Memento.
He also acted in The Time Machine, The Count of Monte Cristo, Bedtime Stories, The Road, The Hurt Locker, The King's Speech, and Lawless. He portrayed Peter Weyland in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, and Aldrich Killian in the Marvel film Iron Man 3. In Australian cinema, Pearce has acted in The Proposition, Animal Kingdom, The Rover, and Swinging Safari. For his performance in The Brutalist, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
From 2012 to 2021, he has played the title role in the television adaptations of the Jack Irish stories by Australian crime writer Peter Temple. Pearce starred in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce and Mare of Easttown.