Guy Pearce

”’Guy Edward Pearce”’ (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian<!–Do NOT add “British” or “English”, see [[MOS:NATIONALITY]].–><ref>{{cite web|first=Gary |last=Dretzka |work=Movie City News |title=An Interview With Guy Pearce |url=http://moviecitynews.com/Interviews/pearce.html |access-date=15 February 2009 |date=1 June 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081115051601/http://www.moviecitynews.com/Interviews/pearce.html |archive-date=15 November 2008}}</ref> actor. [[List of awards and nominations received by Guy Pearce|His accolades]] include a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]], and nominations for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]], two [[Golden Globe Awards]] and eight [[AACTA Awards]].

”’Guy Edward Pearce”’ (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian<!–Do NOT add “British” or “English”, see [[MOS:NATIONALITY]].–><ref>{{cite web|first=Gary |last=Dretzka |work=Movie City News |title=An Interview With Guy Pearce |url=http://moviecitynews.com/Interviews/pearce.html |access-date=15 February 2009 |date=1 June 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081115051601/http://www.moviecitynews.com/Interviews/pearce.html |archive-date=15 November 2008}}</ref> actor. [[List of awards and nominations received by Guy Pearce|His accolades]] include a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]], and nominations for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]], two [[Golden Globe Awards]] and eight [[AACTA Awards]].

Born in [[Cambridgeshire]], [[England]], and raised in [[Geelong]], [[Australia]], Pearce received international attention for his break-out roles in ”[[The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert]]” (1994), ”[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]” (1997), ”[[Ravenous (1999 film)|Ravenous]]” (1999), and ”[[Memento (film)|Memento]]” (2000). His subsequent roles were in ”[[The Time Machine (2002 film)|The Time Machine]]” (2002), ”[[The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]” (2002), ”[[Bedtime Stories (film)|Bedtime Stories]]” (2008), ”[[The Road (2009 film)|The Road]]” (2009), ”[[The Hurt Locker]]” (2009), ”[[The King’s Speech]]” (2010), ”[[Lawless (film)|Lawless]]” (2012), and ”[[Mary Queen of Scots (2018 film)|Mary Queen of Scots]]” (2018).

Born in [[Cambridgeshire]], England, and raised in [[Geelong]], Australia, Pearce received international attention for his break-out roles in ”[[The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert]]” (1994), ”[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]” (1997), ”[[Ravenous (1999 film)|Ravenous]]” (1999), and ”[[Memento (film)|Memento]]” (2000). His subsequent roles were in ”[[The Time Machine (2002 film)|The Time Machine]]” (2002), ”[[The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]” (2002), ”[[Bedtime Stories (film)|Bedtime Stories]]” (2008), ”[[The Road (2009 film)|The Road]]” (2009), ”[[The Hurt Locker]]” (2009), ”[[The King’s Speech]]” (2010), ”[[Lawless (film)|Lawless]]” (2012), and ”[[Mary Queen of Scots (2018 film)|Mary Queen of Scots]]” (2018).

He portrayed [[Peter Weyland]] in ”[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]” (2012) and ”[[Alien: Covenant]]” (2017), and acted in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] playing [[Aldrich Killian]] in the film ”[[Iron Man 3]]” (2013). In Australian cinema he has acted in ”[[The Proposition (2005 film)|The Proposition]]” (2005), ”[[Animal Kingdom (film)|Animal Kingdom]]” (2010), ”[[The Rover (2014 film)|The Rover]]” (2014), and ”[[Swinging Safari (film)|Swinging Safari]]” (2018). For his performance as a wealthy industrialist in ”[[The Brutalist]]” (2024), he received a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]] and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor]].

He portrayed [[Peter Weyland]] in ”[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]” (2012) and ”[[Alien: Covenant]]” (2017), and acted in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] playing [[Aldrich Killian]] in the film ”[[Iron Man 3]]” (2013). In Australian cinema he has acted in ”[[The Proposition (2005 film)|The Proposition]]” (2005), ”[[Animal Kingdom (film)|Animal Kingdom]]” (2010), ”[[The Rover (2014 film)|The Rover]]” (2014), and ”[[Swinging Safari (film)|Swinging Safari]]” (2018). For his performance as a wealthy industrialist in ”[[The Brutalist]]” (2024), he received a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]] and the [[BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor]].