Guy Pearce Net Worth is
$8 Million
Guy Pearce Biography
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Known for movies
Memento (2000)
as Leonard
L.A. Confidential (1997)
as Ed Exley
Iron Man Three (2013)
as Aldrich Killian
The Hurt Locker (2008)
as Sergeant Matt Thompson
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Guy Pearce |
| Net Worth | $8 Million |
| Date Of Birth | October 5, 1967, July 14, 1999 |
| Height | 1.8 m |
| Profession | Musician, Actor |
| Education | Geelong College |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Spouse | Kate Mestitz |
| Children | Monte Pearce |
| Parents | Stuart Pearce, Anne Cocking |
| Siblings | Tracy Pearce |
| Partner | Carice van Houten |
| http://www.twitter.com/theguypearce | |
| Awards | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble |
| Nominations | AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor, AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor, British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, Logie Award for Best Actor, Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actor, Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor |
| Movies | Iron Man 3, Memento, Lockout, Prometheus, The Rover, Lawless, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The Time Machine, L.A. Confidential, Equals, The King's Speech, The Count of Monte Cristo, Genius, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Brimstone, The Hurt Locker, Breathe In, Animal Kingdom, The Road, Seeking Justice, The Proposition, Death Defying Acts, Factory Girl, Two Brothers, Ravenous, Bedtime Stories, Traitor, Hateship, Loveship, Holding the Man, Results, Rules of Engagement, Jack Irish: Bad Debts, 33 Postcards, First Snow, Jack Irish: Black Tide, Dating the Enemy, In Her Skin, Winged Creatures, The Hard Word, Till Human Voices Wake Us, Jack Irish: Dead Point, A Slipping-Down Life, Heaven Tonight, Flynn, Woundings, Hunting, Mildred Pierce, Lorne, Thicker, Yellow Earth |
| TV Shows | The Man from Snowy River, Neighbours, Home and Away, Jack Irish |
Interesting Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Is in a relationship with Carice van Houten since 2015. |
| 2 | (March 19, 2016) announced that he and his girlfriend Carice van Houten are expecting 1st child together in august 2016. |
| 3 | As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: L.A. Confidential (1997), The Hurt Locker (2008) and The King's Speech (2010). The latter two are winners in the category. |
| 4 | His favorite movie is The Elephant Man (1980). |
| 5 | For his role in Prometheus (2012), he was required to sit in a make-up chair for five hours. The make-up and prosthetics would then take one hour to remove. |
| 6 | Was considered for the part of Henri Ducard/Ra's Al Ghul in Batman Begins (2005). However, he was considered too young for the part and Liam Neeson was cast instead. |
| 7 | His eldest sister, Tracy, has Cornelia de Lange syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects both intellectual and physical development. |
| 8 | Has an older sister. |
| 9 | Father was a test pilot who died in a crash in 1976. |
| 10 | During the filming of Factory Girl (2006), he became good friends with co-star Sienna Miller. |
| 11 | Turned down the title role in Daredevil (2003). |
| 12 | Growing up in regional Victorian town Geelong; he now resides in Melbourne, Australia. |
| 13 | Was ranked #20 in E's Most Sexiest Men in Entertainment 2003. |
| 14 | Was ranked #17 in E's Most Sexiest Men in Entertainment 2002. |
Trademarks
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Often plays smart but arrogant characters |
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | (2011, on Ravenous (1999)) It was a really harrowing experience making Ravenous (1999), because there was a whole lot of shit that went down that was awful to have to deal with. The first director was fired, then they brought in another director who we felt was highly inappropriate, so we had a mutiny, and they gave in and said, "Who do you want to direct this movie?" And this went on for a couple of weeks, and then thankfully Antonia Bird-who was in partnership with Robert Carlyle, and an old friend of his as well-had read the script and was able to step in and take over. But even then, the studio really was trying to gear the film in a particular direction, which was not at all the direction that I understood it to be in the beginning, so it was a very tense time, which kind of spoiled-well, maybe it added to it, I don't know. Maybe it added to the experience. But had it been a normal circumstance, then generally playing characters like this, who are in an extreme situation, is exciting and unusual, and I find it very appealing. But not all the time. I really enjoy doing things too that are more subtle and close to home-and literally close to home, where we're shooting in Australia, and I'm not having to worry about an accent, and where I feel I'm more able to actually achieve some subtlety. I can dance around the subtler, transparent aspects of psychology and personality with ease, because it's in my own voice rather than a voice I have to cultivate. So I really enjoy a variety of different work, and what I've just done may sometimes determine what I choose to do next. |
| 2 | (2011 quote on filming The Proposition (2005)) That is by far my favorite of all the films that I've done. I've fortunately been involved in some really great films, like Memento (2000) and L.A. Confidential (1997), but the personal aspect of The Proposition... Look, I think The Proposition is a really exquisite piece of work by John Hillcoat, but the experience we had with that, being out in that location, being out in the wilderness-when you live in Australia, you can't help but be highly aware of the Aboriginal people and their history, so being out in that country where you see more people than you would here in Melbourne, for example, there is a vibe or a spirit or whatever you want to call it to that land, that culture, that is unbelievably powerful. I don't even know how to explain it, but it's awesome and overwhelming. I had a strange experience on that movie, because in the middle of the film, I had to go to Adelaide to do this conference, so in the schedule, they gave me almost two weeks off, primarily when they were filming the scenes between Ray Winstone and Emily Watson in the house. There were lots of scenes that we weren't in, so I took that opportunity to go to Adelaide and do the conference, and I thought, "Well, I'll come back to Melbourne on the way and catch up with things in Melbourne for a week before I go back to Queensland and carry on with the movie". And it was a really terrible thing to do. It was so odd and jarring that I really wished I hadn't done it. It didn't affect the film, but I was in such a zone up there that I regretted I did it, because breaking from that was really strange, and getting back into it was strange. I had underestimated what it would be like to do that. So I would say the experience of spending time with Aboriginal people and having their presence be quite prominent in that film was quite extraordinary. After we finished the film, I stayed up there for a few days, and some of the local people took me to some very remote places. We looked at cave paintings from many thousands of years ago, and places people wouldn't normally get to go. The whole experience, like I say, was so extraordinary. And I ended up driving home after that film, which took me five days. I sort of took my time doing it, but driving from the desert back south to Melbourne is probably the equivalent distance-wise of one side of America to the other, or something like that, going through complete changes of landscape. So that was a nicer way to actually come back to Melbourne than suddenly going bang in the middle of the film. When I wasn't in the desert, I felt like I sat in the corner of the house and didn't want to absorb anything at all, and just wanted to get on the plane and go back out there. Really extraordinary piece of work to be involved in, and obviously John Hillcoat and Nick Cave, together, make a great team. In fact, I'm about to go and do their next film. |
| 3 | (On L.A. Confidential (1997)) It was probably stranger for me because it was my first American film, while Russell [Russell Crowe] had experience working in the States prior to that. For me, it was all sort of new, and I was just trying to understand this new culture that I was submerged in. But it pretty quickly becomes about the internal stuff that's going on with these characters for an actor, and that's what you focus on. Fortunately for us, we had many, many weeks of marked rehearsal while they were still casting other people, so there were a few weeks there where it was only Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland-the scriptwriter-Russell, and I in a room together. Then Kim Basinger came along when she was cast, and then Danny DeVito would come along when he was cast. So they had a slow-building process going on outside that room, and we had a process of familiarization in that room, which really was great for me. It wasn't like I stepped off a plane and stepped on set and suddenly had to understand what I was doing. Obviously, having James Ellroy's book was the quintessential piece of research material, as well as everything else that Curtis and the team pulled together. Because even though our film only covered that Christmas period and the few months after in 1953, the book covers a nine-year period, so there's so much detail there about the nuances and minutiae of these various characters. There was a great wealth of material to work with. And you forget once you're in it that you're playing a character as iconic as an American cop. You get caught up in the emotional stuff. So that again was a great delight. Curtis Hanson is like Chris Nolan... and they're rare creatures, not all directors are like this. He has a great handle on the technical and visual aspects of filmmaking as well as the importance of performance. We all felt pretty good about what we managed to do. |
| 4 | [on playing roles with a different accent] I don't look at it as hiding my accent, I look at it as putting on another accent. |
| 5 | [1997] I was a small, skinny guy and had a lot of insecurities about my body, so I got into weight training when I was young. I won the Junior Mr. Victoria bodybuilding competition when I was 15, which is a really odd claim to fame. |
| 6 | [2000, on living in Melbourne] I'm much happier spending more time at home, I just love it here. There is a competitive quality to LA, and by the time I leave I always feel a bit anxious. I never really realized what it was about Melbourne I liked until I spent time away. I don't like the smog in LA, I don't like the fact that there is no real community anywhere, I don't like the fact that people don't look at you when they are talking to you and get so frustrated with you because you have an Australian accent. They're very narrow-minded as far as other cultures (go) and I don't have the energy to play the game. |
| 7 | [2000] After I did L.A. Confidential (1997), I had a lot of people say to me, 'Right, so you're now an A-list American actor?' You say, 'No, Tom Cruise, who earns $20 million a movie is an A-list American actor, I am one of the six gazillion actors who people have seen in one movie and who they kind of liked. |
| 8 | [2000] I'm more than happy to do little independent films for the rest of my life. Interesting and unusual films, because I really get off on doing it and I feel much more confident in that sort of surrounding. |
| 9 | [2001, on finding roles] There are so many films out there, if you can't find stuff that's interesting, then there's got to be something wrong with you. There's a certain sort of aim that certain actors have, which is to get yourself in a No. 1 position where they think they'll get offered everything, you know? I'm just happy to flit around in the background and find stuff that interests me. It's not necessarily about a career choice, it's finding stuff I'm interested in. |
| 10 | [on getting into drag for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)] You sit there looking at yourself in the mirror for two hours in the morning while they are making you up and you think, 'This is the female version of me'. It's really complex because you can see yourself but it's female. I can really see my mother. I didn't feel like a woman as such, but getting into touch with your feminine side was really at the forefront. It was an amazing experience, it was actually fantastic, I really enjoyed it. But I'm not sure if I'm good-looking. I don't think I'd fancy myself if I saw myself walking down the street looking like that. I would probably look twice because I looked more odd than anything. |
| 11 | [on The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)] People ask what it was like playing a woman, but I don't think I was actually playing a woman. I was playing an over-the-top queen who likes to dress up in drag and has his own insecurities and problems with women. Adam is a misogynistic little brat, anyway, so I wasn't playing someone who is openly a woman. He is less open about being a woman than I, Guy, could be. Often, when playing other characters, you look to your feminine side to find out what you might be wanting to play. But this is not a real perception of a female character, because it is an exaggerated, colored, colorful view of a female. It was a very liberating experience for me. The boundaries were completely left at home and a lot of that was to do with the nature of Stephan Elliott. I think what he wanted to do was to bring along with him and with us this openness, this complete life experience rather than saying, 'This is the film crew, you are the actors and we are filming now'. It wasn't like that at all. Some of Stephan's direction was incredible. He would stop the camera, tell us we were awful and demand we ham it up. We had to get into a completely different way of thinking. But once we got on the merry-go-round, it was great. As an actor, you are constantly trying to get away from yourself, which is the same as trying to find yourself. This thing that you're trapped in, you get to leave behind, and do stuff that you would normally get arrested for. |
| 12 | [1997] Most American movies are about some guy that's kind of living on the edge and saves the world and has the chick and does the gun stuff. And it's full of all those stupid one-liners that mean nothing. I want something a lot more than that. Have you seen Face/Off? I hate slagging off other movies but I thought it was fucking ridiculous. Banal chase scenes, trained shooters missing their targets. |
| 13 | [1997, on his early fame in Australia] It's embarrassing. I mean you spend your life dealing with your insecurities and your paranoia's and your fears and you go out in public and people scream and do crazy things and say crazy things, like 'sex symbol,' and you go, that's not me they're talking about. I've had girls want me to sign their breasts. I guess it made them feel a little closer to me. It made me feel a little closer to them, that's for sure. |
| 14 | [1997, on playing "Ed Exley" in L.A. Confidential (1997)] To contain everything like Ed does, and keep it really still, is difficult. Ed suffers from pent-up emotions. I felt like I was a block of wood sometimes. I was desperate to see the dailies. I don't know whether I should be giving away my acting insecurities, but I always find it difficult to have faith in what I do. |
| 15 | [2001] The thing is I have a lot of pride in is my ability to be responsible. But I must admit that as I get older I am wanting to be the 18-year-old I never was. Which is embarrassing: I'm 33, and now I want to do irresponsible things? As everyone else I know is getting older and becoming responsible, I'm going, 'Fuck kids. I'm not having fucking kids! |
| 16 | [2001] I actually had Gary Oldman tell me he was a big fan of mine, and I'm like, 'I don't know if I can accept this'. I just never thought, for some reason or other, that I would ever get that respect, let alone work with people like Kevin Spacey and Tommy Lee Jones. |
| 17 | [2001] If I can just find a line somewhere between the independents and the mainstream, I'll be happy. Quite often people will say to me that this or that is not a good career move. But the people who work for me know I will do what I want to do. And when I come across something like Memento and see that it takes me into another world, that it's original and innovative, well of course I will want to go there. It's funny, you know, a lot of people say to me, 'Oh God, you've obviously given up acting after L.A. Confidential. Russell went on, but you didn't?' 'No mate. You've really got no idea why I do what I do, or how I operate at all' I just love the idea of coming out of the woodwork, saying, 'Here I am, this is what I am offering: whammo! Seen it? OK. Goodbye'. |
| 18 | [1996, on Los Angeles] I like to just go there for a short time, I don't think I could live there. I go there for two weeks and do 20 auditions. At school I was always the sprinter, not the long distance runner. I sort of go in, hit hard and get out of there. |
| 19 | [1996] I love to wake up in the morning and smell the fresh air, go and potter at the piano, and feel relaxed. I'm a really nervy person, so I need to feel calm and so on. Part of being an actor is to learn about as many people as I can, to take it all on board...and there is a need for me to do that. But when that need has been fulfilled I guess I won't do that anymore. |
| 20 | [2008] I've got a T-shirt that says, 'Jesus saves,' and the 's' in 'Jesus' is a big dollar sign. I've worn it here [in America] and had people come up on the street and go, 'You can't wear that.' People in Australia think it's funny. I'm fascinated by religion. I don't believe in God, but the thing I do believe in is that we're all connected. And I guess that's what other people might call God. I don't know enough about religion to really say, but on some level, doesn't everyone just believe in a different version of the same thing? |
| 21 | [2002, GQ Magazine] I can get pretty angry. I have a lot of people say, 'You're so nice,' then three days later they see. It's all about myself. My inability to deal with arrogance or narrow-mindedness. If I'm in an intellectual corner with somebody, my natural response is to get quite childish. Or, you know, shitty. That's why I became an actor, I suppose. People pay you to do it." |
| 22 | [2002] I look at my two cats and I can see myself evenly distributed between them. One is quite insecure. Needing constant attention. Very fragile. The other is a real arrogant shit. Of course they piss each other off continually. |
| 23 | [on starring in Neighbours (1985)] It can do something for one's ego, good and bad, to have teenage girls chasing after you, trying to rip your clothes off and offer you sexual favors. |
| 24 | [2001] People think to be an actor, you have to study your back story and remember all these elements. I don't operate like that at all. I read something and feel completely inspired by it and for some reason or other, it just kind of takes over and I move with it. Doing Memento (2000), I could let go of everything; it was a really freeing experience because Leonard was the one doing all the acting; it's not me at all...I find it a really difficult thing to explain, but it was a really pure experience making that movie. When they'd call 'cut', I'd kind of come out the other side and go, 'What happened?'. |
| 25 | [2003] I'm always saying to my Australian agent that I want to know what's going on in Australia. I think the more time I spend and work away, my urge to actually express myself through Australian characters becomes stronger. To be part of the industry at home and to express myself through it is really important to me. |
| 26 | [2003] I find it so much easier to work at home (in Australia) because I understand the communication we have between each other. Even though Americans speak English, we all speak a very different language. There's a real difference in the way we relate to each other. I guess there's just a bit of shorthand that I slip into when I'm working in Australia. It's also more intimate. There are smaller crews. Basically, we don't have the money for 300 people on a set. |
| 27 | [2003, on turning down a lot of movies after L.A. Confidential (1997)] I did the things I wanted to do-the things I found interesting. I certainly got offered all sorts of big studio movies, but I found most of them pretty stupid and predictable. I kept thinking, 'I can't do something interesting with this. This is not really interesting on the page'. I'm sure there are actors out there who can turn something dull into something really interesting, but I can't do that. I've tried and I end up pulling tricks out of a box of tricks that are just lame. I feel like I need great inspirational directors and great inspirational scripts in order for me to say, 'Okay, I will surf this wave with you'. Don't expect me to invent anything. I can't invent stuff. I have to latch onto the character that you've presented me with. And once I understand it, I'll do it...I have very little self-confidence, anyway. I'm not one of those people who can go, 'Yeah, I'm going to take the film and I'm going to turn it into this and that'. If there's nothing there, all I'm going to show you is that there's nothing there. And that's going to be bad for all of us. I just felt like I couldn't do anything with those big films. Of course, I'm quite fascinated by a lot of those roles that require the actor to be the hero. But I so don't feel like a heroic leading man. I just don't have the confidence to do them. I'm getting better, don't get me wrong. I'm not as insecure as I was when I was 24. But that stuff is what led me to do the things that I did. |
| 28 | [2003, on what keeps him passionate about acting] Making sure that I've had time off in between things. I really need to regenerate and rejuvenate my batteries, and learn from the experience I've had when I get back to being me at home. I like experiencing how different I feel, which I think inspires a desire to go off and work again. It's the shift back and forth between being somebody else, then coming home and being myself. |
| 29 | [2008] On stage, you've got dialogue you've learned. You've got a paying audience. It couldn't be better, you know? My therapist would say it's probably because of having lost my dad when I was really young and, that being a really tragic thing, that [I was] worried about what was potentially around the corner being really disastrous. So in doing a play or doing some structured work as an actor, it's set. That's probably why I was drawn to it, in a way. |
| 30 | I'm a cat person actually, and my dogs are a lot like cats because they don't bark, they hate water and they climb trees. They are aloof and very feline. I see myself as a cat. I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate. |
| 31 | [2007, on not wanting children] I don't even need them. There are enough babies in the world. Besides, I don't think I would be good for babies. I'd be on and off. I think they need more consistent affection than I would be able to give. |
| 32 | [2007, on his sister with Cornelia de Lange syndrome] The fact that my sister is intellectually disabled, that in itself has played a huge part not only in my relationship with her, but in my relationship with anybody. I know I have achieved things that she could never hope to, and I have a huge sense of responsibility for her. |
| 33 | [2007] Most studio films don't end up being a pure experience because you're not working with the director. You're answering to producers who have a lot of money at stake. Corners will be shaved off to make something slightly safer so they can make back their $100m. |
| 34 | [2007, on his music] I don't want to make music to get into the pop charts and make a career out of it. I just want to play music with other people. Sometimes I record it. I think there is a value in recording it in the same way that you might write a diary. Writing a diary does not mean that you want to publish it. If this is my diary, I'm not sure that I want it to be read. And anyway, I think there is an automatic disdain for somebody who is too ambitious. People think as an actor you are gifted and don't have any troubles in life. You are lucky to be doing this thing where all you have to do is go around telling lies and you get to kiss beautiful women. So how dare you want to be able to do this other thing. I am not interested in releasing music to a skeptical audience. |
| 35 | I don't act because I'm some supremely confident being. I don't want to be that guy. There are leading men who tell producers, 'I do my thing. Do you want me or not in your movie?' I still see acting as getting into character. |
| 36 | I don't want to be a celebrity. The little amount that I've had in the past - it was fun going into it. But once you realize you're in, you realize you don't actually want to be in it anymore. |
| 37 | I love being at home in Melbourne, reading scripts, doing the gardening and running around after my wife. |
| 38 | A lot of people are going to hate me for saying this, but one of my least favorite kinds of music, or the kind of music that I feel I've so got out of my system, is musicals music. |
| 39 | I always look at films as real stories with real people in real situations. That's why I struggle with the whole notion of calling someone the 'good guy' or the 'bad guy,' because I think we all have potential to do good things and all have the potential to do bad things. |
| 40 | "Well, if you'd like to get technical, I'm English, and Russell's from New Zealand." (when asked about the studio's reluctance to hire "two Australians" for roles in the period piece L.A. Confidential (1997).) |
| 41 | You meet these people who are confident all the time. They annoy me. And I wonder if it's because I'm envious or if it's because they're shallow. |
Pictures
Won Awards
Won awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Mildred Pierce (2011) | |
| 2011 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actor | Mildred Pierce (2011) | |
| 2011 | Jury Award | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Best Motion Picture Ensemble of the Year | The King's Speech (2010) | Anthony Andrews Claire Bloom Helena Bonham Carter Jennifer Ehle Colin Firth Michael Gambon Derek Jacobi Geoffrey Rush Timothy Spall |
| 2011 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The King's Speech (2010) | Anthony Andrews Helena Bonham Carter Jennifer Ehle Colin Firth Michael Gambon Derek Jacobi Geoffrey Rush Timothy Spall |
| 2009 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Best Ensemble Performance | The Hurt Locker (2008) | Jeremy Renner Anthony Mackie Brian Geraghty Ralph Fiennes David Morse Evangeline Lilly |
| 2002 | Sierra Award | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor | Memento (2000) | |
| 2001 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Actor of the Year | Memento (2000) | |
| 2001 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Breakthrough Performance of the Year | Memento (2000) | |
| 2001 | Feature Film Award | New York International Independent Film & Video Festival | Best Actor | Woundings (1998) | |
| 2001 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor | Memento (2000) |
Nominated Awards
Nominated awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | AFCA Award | Australian Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | The Rover (2014) | |
| 2015 | AACTA Award | Australian Film Institute | Best Lead Actor | The Rover (2014) | |
| 2015 | FCCA Award | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actor | The Rover (2014) | |
| 2015 | Gold Panda | Sichuan TV Festival | Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Jack Irish (2016) | |
| 2013 | AACTA Award | Australian Film Institute | Best Lead Actor | 33 Postcards (2011) | |
| 2013 | Silver Logie | Logie Awards | Most Outstanding Actor | Jack Irish: Bad Debts (2012) | |
| 2012 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Mildred Pierce (2011) | |
| 2012 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries | Mildred Pierce (2011) | |
| 2011 | FCCA Award | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Supporting Actor - Male | Animal Kingdom (2010) | |
| 2011 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Mildred Pierce (2011) | |
| 2011 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Mildred Pierce (2011) | |
| 2010 | AFI Award | Australian Film Institute | Best Supporting Actor | Animal Kingdom (2010) | |
| 2010 | British Independent Film Award | British Independent Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The King's Speech (2010) | |
| 2010 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Ensemble Acting | The King's Speech (2010) | Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush Helena Bonham Carter Timothy Spall Derek Jacobi Jennifer Ehle Michael Gambon |
| 2009 | AFI International Award | Australian Film Institute | Best Actor | Bedtime Stories (2008) | |
| 2009 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | The Hurt Locker (2008) | Jeremy Renner Anthony Mackie Brian Geraghty Ralph Fiennes David Morse Evangeline Lilly |
| 2009 | DFCS Award | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Acting Ensemble | The Hurt Locker (2008) | Jeremy Renner Anthony Mackie Brian Geraghty Christian Camargo Evangeline Lilly Ralph Fiennes David Morse |
| 2008 | AFI Award | Australian Film Institute | Best Lead Actor | Death Defying Acts (2007) | |
| 2007 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Actor | The Proposition (2005) | |
| 2005 | AFI Award | Australian Film Institute | Best Lead Actor | The Proposition (2005) | |
| 2005 | FCCA Award | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actor in a Lead Role | The Proposition (2005) | |
| 2005 | IF Award | IF Awards | Best Actor | The Proposition (2005) | |
| 2002 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Actor | Memento (2000) | |
| 2002 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Memento (2000) | |
| 2002 | FCCA Award | Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards | Best Actor - Male | The Hard Word (2002) | |
| 2002 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor | Memento (2000) | |
| 2002 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor | Memento (2000) | |
| 2002 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Memento (2000) | |
| 2002 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama | Memento (2000) | |
| 2001 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Memento (2000) | |
| 2001 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Favorite Celebrity of the Year | ||
| 2001 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Coolest Character of the Year | Memento (2000) | |
| 1998 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Most Promising Actor | L.A. Confidential (1997) | |
| 1998 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Actor | L.A. Confidential (1997) | |
| 1998 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast | L.A. Confidential (1997) | Kim Basinger James Cromwell Russell Crowe Danny DeVito Kevin Spacey David Strathairn |
| 1996 | Silver Logie | Logie Awards | Most Popular Actor | Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1993) |
3rd Place Awards
3rd place awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Award shared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Memento (2000) |
Filmography
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Slipping-Down Life | 1999 | Drumstrings Casey | |
| Woundings | 1998 | Jimmy Compton | |
| The Devil Game | 1997 | TV Movie | Michael |
| Halifax f.p. | 1997 | TV Series | Daniel Viney / Richard Viney |
| L.A. Confidential | 1997 | Ed Exley | |
| Dating the Enemy | 1996 | Brett | |
| Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | 1994-1996 | TV Series | Rob McGregor |
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | 1994 | Adam / Felicia | |
| Flynn | 1993 | Errol Flynn | |
| Bony | 1992 | TV Series | Craig |
| Home and Away | 1991-1992 | TV Series | David Croft |
| The Late Show | 1992 | TV Series | Constantly upstaged actor |
| Hunting | 1991 | Sharp | |
| Friday on My Mind | 1990 | ||
| Heaven Tonight | 1990 | Paul Dysart | |
| Neighbours | 1986-1989 | TV Series | Mike Young |
| Alien: Covenant | 2017 | post-production | Peter Weyland |
| When We Rise | 2017 | TV Mini-Series post-production | Cleve Jones |
| Flammable Children | filming | ||
| Brimstone | 2016 | The Reverend | |
| Jack Irish | 2016 | TV Series | Jack Irish |
| Genius | 2016 | F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
| The Wizards of Aus | 2016 | TV Series | Morgan Wright |
| Lorne | 2015 | Short | Lorne |
| Equals | 2015 | Jonas | |
| Holding the Man | 2015 | Dick Conigrave | |
| Results | 2015 | Trevor | |
| The Rover | 2014 | Eric | |
| Jack Irish: Dead Point | 2014 | TV Movie | Jack Irish |
| Hateship Loveship | 2013 | Ken | |
| Iron Man Three | 2013 | Aldrich Killian | |
| Breathe In | 2013 | Keith Reynolds | |
| Jack Irish: Bad Debts | 2012 | TV Movie | Jack Irish |
| Jack Irish: Black Tide | 2012 | TV Movie | Jack Irish |
| Lawless | 2012 | Charlie Rakes | |
| Prometheus | 2012/I | Peter Weyland | |
| Lockout | 2012 | Snow | |
| Seeking Justice | 2011 | Simon | |
| 33 Postcards | 2011 | Dean Randall | |
| Mildred Pierce | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Monty Beragon |
| Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | 2010 | Alex | |
| The King's Speech | 2010 | King Edward VIII | |
| Animal Kingdom | 2010 | Detective Senior Sgt Nathan Leckie | |
| The Road | 2009/I | Veteran | |
| In Her Skin | 2009 | Mr. Barber | |
| Bedtime Stories | 2008 | Kendall | |
| The Hurt Locker | 2008 | Sergeant Matt Thompson | |
| Traitor | 2008 | Roy Clayton | |
| Fragments | 2008 | Dr. Bruce Laraby | |
| Death Defying Acts | 2007 | Harry Houdini | |
| Factory Girl | 2006 | Andy Warhol | |
| First Snow | 2006 | Jimmy Starks | |
| The Proposition | 2005 | Charlie Burns | |
| Two Brothers | 2004 | Aidan McRory | |
| Till Human Voices Wake Us | 2002 | Dr. Sam Franks | |
| The Hard Word | 2002 | Dale Twentyman | |
| The Time Machine | 2002 | Alexander Hartdegen | |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | 2002 | Fernand Mondego | |
| Memento | 2000 | Leonard | |
| Rules of Engagement | 2000 | Maj. Mark Biggs | |
| Ravenous | 1999 | Capt. John Boyd |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite | 2015 | TV Movie documentary performer: "Jingle Bells" - uncredited | |
| Results | 2015 | performer: "Storm" / writer: "Storm" | |
| Bedtime Stories | 2008 | performer: "At The Nottingham Broadway Mega Resort" | |
| Rage | 2008 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | 1994 | performer: "A Desert Holiday", "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine", "This Old Man", "Ten Fat Trannies" - uncredited | |
| Heaven Tonight | 1990 | performer: "HEAVEN TONIGHT", "DANGER CALLING", "SLEEPING AND DYING", "MINUTES AFTER MIDNIGHT", "CALL OF THE WIND" | |
| Neighbours | 1986 | TV Series performer - 1 episode |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Backyard Story | 2010 | grateful acknowledgment | |
| L.A. Confidential: Off the Record... | 1998 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| Ladies Please! | 1995 | Documentary special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Between a Frock & a Hard Place | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Today | 2012-2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Mike Young |
| 4th AACTA Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2009-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| HuffPost Live Conversations | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Made in Hollywood | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| IMDb: What to Watch | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rencontres de cinéma | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Le grand journal de Canal+ | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Iron Man 3 Unmasked | 2013 | Video short | Himself |
| ES.TV HD | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023 | 2012 | Video short | Himself |
| Weyland Corp Archive: The Making of 'Prometheus' | 2012 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Chelsea Lately | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Lock-Out Chronicle 1.0: Breaking Into Lockout | 2012 | Video short | Himself |
| Janela Indiscreta | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2008-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| HBO First Look | 2002-2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Tavis Smiley | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Last Call with Carson Daly | 2007-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie |
| The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie |
| The King's Speech: An Inspirational Story of an Unlikely Friendship | 2011 | Video documentary short | Himself - David / King Edward VIII |
| The King's Speech: A Courageous Journey | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Creating Animal Kingdom | 2010 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The 82nd Annual Academy Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Xposé | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Hurt Locker: Behind the Scenes | 2010 | Video short | Himself |
| The Movie Loft | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Spicks and Specks | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Action! The Stunts and Special Effects of 'Traitor' | 2008 | Video short | Himself |
| International Espionage: An In-Depth Look at Traitor's Exotic Locations | 2008 | Video short | Himself |
| The Bonnie Hunt Show | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| A True Ensemble: The Cast of L.A. Confidential | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| L.A. Confidential: From Book to Screen | 2008 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Film '72 | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Young Turks | 2005 | TV Series | Himself (2008) |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Guy Pearce's Ultimate Guide to Tigers | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Memento: Interview with Guy Pearce | 2004 | Video short | Himself |
| Service Natur | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Aidan McRory |
| Dennis Miller | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Enough Rope with Andrew Denton | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2002-2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Daily Show | 1997-2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Count of Monte Cristo: An Epic Reborn | 2002 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 2002 | TV Series | Himself |
| Anatomy of a Scene | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Australian Story | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Behind the Rules of Engagement | 2000 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Film-Fest DVD: Issue 1 - Sundance | 1999 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Panel | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| L.A. Confidential: Off the Record... | 1998 | Video documentary short | Himself - 'Ed Exley' |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ladies Please! | 1995 | Documentary | Himself Adam Whitely Felicia Jollygoodfellow |
| Donahue | 1994 | TV Series | Himself |
| Going Live! | 1990 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Adam / Felicia |
| Gogglebox | 2015 | TV Series | Mike Young |
| Made in Hollywood | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Morning | 2010 | TV Series | Mike Young |
| 5 Second Movies | 2008 | TV Series | Leonard Shelby |
| 'Neighbours' on Five | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Mike Young (uncredited) |
| The Real Edie | 2007 | Video documentary short | Andy Warhol (uncredited) |
| 20 to 1 | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Adam / Felicia |
| MythBusters | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Fernand Mondego |
| Neighbours | 1997-2005 | TV Series | Mike Young |
| Home and Away: Romances | 2005 | Video | David Croft (uncredited) |
| Sendung ohne Namen | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Alexander Hartdegen |
| Neighbours: A 10th Anniversary Celebration | 1995 | Video documentary | Himself / Mike Young |