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Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian actor and musician. He has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a nomination for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award.
He started his career portraying Mike Young in the Australian television series Neighbours (1986–1989). Pearce received international attention for his breakout role in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). Subsequently, he starred as Ed Exley in Curtis Hanson's crime noir L.A. Confidential (1997) and a man suffering short-term memory loss in Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller Memento (2000).
He also acted in The Time Machine (2002), Bedtime Stories (2008), The Road (2009), The Hurt Locker (2009), The King's Speech (2010), and Lawless (2012). He portrayed Peter Weyland in Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), Aldrich Killian in the Marvel action film Iron Man 3 (2013) and William Cecil in the biopic Mary Queen of Scots (20
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- William Cecil: Madam, we cannot let her name your successor. She has no right.
- Queen Elizabeth I: When I am dead and you are dead and she is dead, it matters not what names we did or did not say. The world will decide for itself.
- William Cecil: Can he control her?
- Robert Dudley: If she's anything like our Queen, then she does not yield to a bridle.
- William Cecil: So says our Master of the Horse. By bridle do you speak of matrimony?
- Queen Elizabeth I: No Prince's revenues be so great that they satisfy the insatiable ambition of men.
- William Cecil: This I understand.
- Queen Elizabeth I: Which is why you are the closest thing inom shall ever have to a wife.
- William Cecil: [laughs] I shan't mention your proposal to Lord Dudley.
- [Elizabeth laughs]
- William Cecil: [to Elizabeth] This world is a brutal place. We men must be wiser, mustn't we?
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Guy Pearce
Australian actor (born 1967)
Not to be confused with Guy Pearse.
Guy Pearce | |
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Pearce in 2016 | |
| Born | (1967-10-05) 5 October 1967 (age 57) Ely, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse | Kate Mestitz (m. 1997; div. 2015) |
| Partner | Carice van Houten (2015–2025) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Full list |
Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian[1] actor. He has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, AACTA Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.
Pearce started his career portraying Mike Young in the Australian television series Neighbours (1986–1989). Pearce received international attention for his breakout roles in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), Ed Exley in Curtis Hanson's crime noir L.A. Confidential (1997) and a man