Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce was born on Oct 05, 1967 in UK. Guy Pearce's big-screen debut came with Heaven Tonight directed by Pino Amenta in 1989, strarring Paul Dysart. Guy Pearce is known for A Spy Among Friends directed by Nick Murphy, Guy Pearce stars as Kim Philby and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Elliott. Guy Pearce has got 12 awards and 41 nominations so far. The most recent award Guy Pearce achieved is Logie Awards. The upcoming new tvshow Guy Pearce plays is The Clearing - Season 1 which will be released on May 24, 2023.

Guy Edward Pearce was born 5 October, 1967 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK to Margaret Anne and Stuart Graham Pearce. His father was born in Auckland, New Zealand, to English and Scottish parents, while Guy's mother is English. Pearce and his family initially traveled to Australia for two years, after his father was offered the position of Chief test pilot for the Australian Government. Guy was just 3-years-old. After deciding to stay in Australia and settling in the Victorian city of Geelong, Guy's father was killed 5 years later in an aircraft test flight, leaving Guy's mother, a schoolteacher, to care for him and his older sister, Tracy.Having little interest in subjects at school like math or science, Guy favored art, drama and music. He joined local theatre groups at a young age and appeared in such productions as "The King and I", "Fiddler on the Roof" and "The Wizard of Oz". In 1985, just two days after his final high school exam, Guy started a four-year stint as "Mike Young" on the popular Aussie soap Les voisins (1985). At age 20, Guy appeared in his first film, Heaven Tonight (1990), then, after a string of appearances in film, television and on the stage, he won the role of an outrageous drag queen in Priscilla, folle du désert (1994).Most recently, he has amazed film critics and audiences, alike, with his magnificent performances in L.A. Confidential (1997), Memento (2000), The Proposition (2005), Portrait d'une muse (2006), Démineurs (2008), Le discours d'un roi (2010) and the HBO mini-series, Mildred Pierce (2011). Next to acting, Guy has had a life-long passion for music and songwriting.Guy likes to keep his private life very private. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, which is also where he married his childhood sweetheart, Kate Mestitz in March 1997.