Guy Pearce
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Guy Edward Pearce (born October 5, 1967) is an English-born Australian actor.
Born in Ely, England, his parents (his father a New Zealander pilot, his mother an English school-teacher) moved to Geelong, Australia when he was 3 years old. His father died in a plane crash when Pearce was 9. He was a competitive amateur bodybuilder from age 16-22 culminating in a Mr. Natural Victoria title.
Pearce has always been interested in performing, and he excelled at mimicking accents. He starred in several plays when he was young, and graduated to television when he was cast in the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 1985. Pearce also found roles in other television series such as Home and Away (1988) and Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1993).
His first major breakthrough into film came with his role as a drag queen in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 1994. Since then, he has appeared in several US productions including L.A. Confidential, Ravenous, Rules of Engagement, Memento (his highest-praised film to date), The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Time Machine. However, he continues to act in Australian theatre productions as well as Australian films, such as The Hard Word (2002) and the critically lauded The Proposition (2005). Pearce will next be seen portraying legendary pop artist Andy Warhol in the upcoming film Factory Girl.
He was cast as Harvey Dent in 2005's summer blockbuster Batman Begins, but Director Christopher Nolan decided against the character's inclusion. It is unknown whether he will be cast for its sequel due mid-2008.
Pearce currently lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Filmography
- Friday on my Mind (1990)
- Heaven Tonight (1990)
- Hunting (1991)
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
- Flynn (1996)
- Dating the Enemy (1996)
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- Woundings (1998)
- A Slipping-Down Life (1999)
- Ravenous (1999)
- Memento (2000)
- Rules of Engagement (2000)
- Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002)
- The Hard Word (2002)
- The Time Machine (2002)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
- Deux frères (2004)
- The Proposition (2005)
- Death Defying Acts (2006) (pre-production)
- Factory Girl (2006) (post-production)
- First Snow (2006) (post-production)
Trivia
- In both Neighbours and Memento, Pearce's character suffers a head injury that results in a change of demeanour.
- Pearce is a long-time supporter of the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League [link].
- Turned down the title role in Daredevil.
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