Guy Pearce Biography

Guy Pearce is an Australian actor and musician. Pearce was born in Ely Cambridgeshire. 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 partook in fencing. He lived in Box Hill North Victoria in the late 1980s while working on the Australian drama series Neighbours.
Pearce starred in several theatre productions when he was young. At 17 years of age whilst still at school at Geelong College he auditioned for his first film role; a part in Life and Study at University a promotion for university study produced and directed by Peter Lane of Deakin University.
Pearce transitioned to television when he was cast in the Australian soap opera Neighbours in 1985 playing the role of Mike Young for several years. Pearce also found roles in other television series such as Home and Away (1988) and Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1993). The director/producer/writer Frank Howson cast Pearce in his first three films and paid for him to go to the Cannes Film Festival in 1991 for the premiere of the Howson-directed Hunting. The accompanying Howson-funded publicity campaign brought Pearce to the attention of the international film industry. He made his first major film breakthrough shortly after with his role as a drag queen in The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert in 1994. Since then he has appeared in several US productions including L.A. Confidential Ravenous Rules of Engagement Memento The Count of Monte Cristo and The Time Machine. Pearce portrayed pop artist Andy Warhol in Factory Girl and Harry Houdini in Death Defying Acts. He also appeared in The Road and in Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler.

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