ACTOR

Guy Pearce

1967 - Today

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Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award as well as a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. He started his career portraying Mike Young in the Australian television series Neighbours (1986–1989). Pearce received international attention for his breakout role in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) and subsequently took starred as Ed Exley in Curtis Hanson's crime noir L.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy Pearce has received more than 14,701,909 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Guy Pearce is the 1,306th most popular actor (down from 1,074th in 2019), the 1,377th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,201st in 2019) and the 181st most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Guy Pearce ranks 1,306 out of 13,578. Before him are Chazz Palminteri, Vahide Perçin, Jack Hawkins, Simon Baker, Zbigniew Cybulski, and Patrick Bauchau. After him are Steven Berkoff, Yuen Siu-tien, Felicity Huffman, Ida Kamińska, Alyssa Milano, and Dragan Nikolić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Guy Pearce ranks 39. Before him are Richard Z. Kruspe, Carrie-Anne Moss, Denis Villeneuve, Yingluck Shinawatra, Laura Dern, and Andrés Escobar. After him are David Ginola, Paul Gascoigne, François Ozon, Rhys Ifans, Will Ferrell, and Ken Block.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Guy Pearce ranks 1,377 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary de Bohun (1369), Rupert Everett (1959), Penda of Mercia (606), Jack Hawkins (1910), Alan Walker (1997), and Norman Lockyer (1836). After him are Steven Berkoff (1937), W. T. Stead (1849), John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), John Newton (1725), Williamina Fleming (1857), and John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Guy Pearce ranks 181. Before him are Geraldine McEwan (1932), Edmund Kean (1787), Eileen Essell (1922), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Rupert Everett (1959), and Jack Hawkins (1910). After him are Steven Berkoff (1937), Hannah Chaplin (1865), Peter Mayhew (1944), Victor McLaglen (1886), Vinnie Jones (1965), and Michael Redgrave (1908).

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Television and Movie Roles

Memento
Leonard
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
Oct 11o 20008.2 / 10
Iron Man 3
Aldrich Killian
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Apr 18o 20136.9 / 10
L.A. Confidential
Edmund 'Ed' Exley
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Sep 19o 19977.8 / 10