PEARCE Guy (Guy Pearce)

Guy Edward Pearce was born October 5, 1967 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, the son of a military pilot and a teacher. When he was three years, the family emigrated to Australia. Five years later, his father, while the pilot of a New Zealand company, was killed in a plane crash.

From childhood, Guy Pearce became interested in theater, with eleven, he played in a local theater troupe. The future actor both suffered from its thinness, which started bodybuilding, and 15 achieved the title of "Mister young Victoria".

In seventeen years, two days after school, Guy auditioned and was soon invited to a role in the TV series "Neighbors". This made him the idol of teenagers. Then work began on TV and in movies. Attention to the actor drew the picture "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" (1994). The role of the transvestite Felicia Guy brought international renown and contributed to the invitation to Hollywood.

. Already being in the U.S., in 1997, Guy Pearce played a major role in the film of the novel by James Elroya "LA Confidential" (1997), created by Curtis Hanson
. His partners were Danny De Vito, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe.

The success of this film contributed to a new successful work of the actor, for example, in the mystical thriller "Ravenous" (1999) by Antonia Bird, "The rules of battle" (2000) William Friedkin and "Remember" (2000) directed by Christopher Nolan. For his role in Guy's last film received numerous nominations and awards from Boston, Las Vegas and San Diego Society of Film Critics.

Now Pierce compensates participating in the 80 millionth "Time Machine" work on the Australian scene. Guy is playing in the Melbourne Theater Company in the play by Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth ".

FACTS:
Guy Pearce does not like to talk about his personal life.

He is a vegetarian.

Has a house in Melbourne and a small apartment in West Hollywood.

Guy's wife Kate Mestits - his former classmate, whom he married in 1997.

Today, Pierce says that his dream - to play in a comedy. Moreover, in the continuation of "Priscilla"!

. FILMOGRAPHY:
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. Time Machine
. Time Machine, The, 2002
. The Count of Monte Cristo
. Count of Monte Cristo, The, 2002
. Remember
. / Memento, 2000
. Rules battlefield
. / Rules Of Engagement, 2000
. Ravenous
. / Ravenous, 1999
. LA Confidential
. / L
. A. Confidential, 1997
. Flynn
. / Flynn, 1996
. Their bodies changed
. / Dating The Enemy, 1996
. The Adventures of Priscilla - Queen of the Desert
. / Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, The, 1994
. Hunting
. / Hunting, 1991
. Paradise Now
. / Heaven Tonight, 1990