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Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an Australian actor and musician. He has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a nomination for an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA 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). Subsequently, he starred as Ed Exley in Curtis Hanson's crime noir L.A. Confidential (1997) and a man suffering short-term memory loss in Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller Memento (2000). He also acted in The Time Machine (2002), Bedtime Stories (2008), The Road (2009), The Hurt Locker (2009), The King's Speech (2010), and Lawless (2012). He portrayed Peter Weyland in Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), Aldrich Killian in the Marvel action film Iron Man 3 (2013) and William Cecil in the biopic Mary Queen of Scots (2018). In Australian cinema, Pearce has acted in The Proposition (2005), Animal Kingdom (2010), and The Rover (2014). For his performance in The Brutalist(2024), he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Since 2012, he has played the title role in the TV adaptations of the Jack Irish stories by Australian crime writer Peter Temple. Pearce starred in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011) and Mare of Easttown. The former won him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor.
Guy Pearce
Aldrich Killian
for Aldrich Killian in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Hellfire (2011)
Suggested by mrnotsure
Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne continue their mission to dismantle advanced weapons tied to the remnants of AIM. Their investigation leads to Aldrich Killian, a volatile super-weapon created through experimental AIM enhancements and unleashed to prove the organization’s power. As Killian’s destructive abilities threaten cities and expose the dangers of uncontrolled science, Hank becomes increasingly consumed by fear—aware that every battle puts Janet in greater danger. Tracking AIM to a heavily fortified research facility, Ant-Man and the Wasp launch a high-risk assault, shrinking into the heart of the complex to sabotage its systems from within. In a final confrontation, they defeat Killian and kill MODOK, collapsing AIM’s leadership once and for all. In the aftermath, Janet reveals she is pregnant. The revelation fills Hank with pride—but also paranoia—as he begins to question whether their life as heroes is worth the risks to their future family
