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Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce
Guy Pearce Cannes 2012.jpg
Pearce in 2012
Born Guy Edward Pearce
(1967-10-05) 5 October 1967 (age 49)
Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK
Nationality British and Australian
Occupation Actor, musician
Years active 1986–present
Home town Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Spouse(s) Kate Mestitz (m. 1997–2015)
Partner(s) Carice van Houten (2015-present)
Children 1

Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian actor and musician. He is well known for having starred in the role of Mike Young in the Australian television series Neighbours and in films such as The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), L.A. Confidential (1997), Memento (2000), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), The Road (2009), The King's Speech (2010), Prometheus (2012), and Iron Man 3 (2013). In Australian cinema, he has appeared in The Proposition (2005), Animal Kingdom (2010), The Rover (2014), Holding the Man (2015) and The Wizards of Aus (2016). He has won an Emmy Award and received nominations for Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and AACTA Awards. Since 2012 he has played the title role in the TV adaptations of the Jack Irish stories by Australian crime writer Peter Temple.

Pearce was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK His mother, Anne Cocking (born as Pickering), was from County Durham, England; she was a schoolteacher specialising in needlework and home economics. His father, Stuart Pearce, was a New Zealand-born RAAF test pilot who died flying a GAF Nomad when Pearce was eight. When he was three years old, Pearce moved to Geelong, Victoria, Australia, where his mother ran a deer farm. He attended the Geelong College, a local private school, and was a member of the GSODA Junior Players. From the age of 15 to 22, he was a competitive amateur bodybuilder, leading to the title of Junior Mr. Victoria. He also took part in fencing. He lived in Box Hill North, Victoria in the late 1980s while working on the Australian drama series Neighbours.


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