Guy Edward Pearce is an Australian actor. Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire and raised in Geelong, Pearce started his career portraying Mike Young in the Australian television series
Neighbours. He received international attention for his breakout role in
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) and subsequently took starring roles in Curtis Hanson's
L.A. Confidential (1997), Christopher Nolan's
Memento (2000) and Simon Wells's
The Time Machine (2002). Pearce is known for his performances in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's
The Road (2009), Kathryn Bigelow's war drama
The Hurt Locker (2009) and Tom Hooper's historical drama
The King's Speech (2010). He has appeared in Ridley Scott's
Prometheus (2012), the Marvel action film
Iron Man 3 (2013),
Alien: Covenant (2017), and the historical biopic
Mary Queen of Scots (2018).