Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce is my favorite kind of actor: the shapeshifter who never chases stardom. Born in Ely and raised in Australia, he has spent three decades disappearing into wildly different roles, earning an Emmy along the way and even recording music on the side. What fascinates me is his allergy to the obvious career move; with his looks he could have coasted on leading-man parts, yet he keeps choosing thorny, complicated characters instead. The result is one of the most reliable filmographies of his generation. He may not dominate headlines, but ask any film lover to name actors who never phone it in, and Pearce makes the list every time.

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Name (English)

Guy Pearce

Name (Japanese)

ガイ・ピアース

Reading

がい・ぴあーす

Born

October 5, 1967 (age 59)

Origin

Ely, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / stage actor / film actor / musician / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Goat

University

The Geelong College

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.guypearce.net
• Xhttps://x.com/TheGuyPearce
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%20Pearce
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223745

Tags

• actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.