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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

Samuel Sterns
for Samuel Sterns in Iron Man and War Machine - Phase 2 Film 5 (My MCU)
Suggested by biggord

Synopsis: After Tony's return from China, he has maintained his routines very well. He does not drink as much and he has invested money in a home gym. Tony has started meeting Rhodey much more often and has even made a suit for Rhodey, this he calls the 'War Machine' suit. However, one thing that has made Tony furious is that other companies have tried to replicate his invention, his Iron Man suits. Tony has told J.A.R.V.I.S to report all new cases of a company copying his suits. One day, J.A.R.V.I.S tells him that a new company has copied his idea. J.A.R.V.I.S reports that the company's name is Hammer Industries, and sighs afterwards. Justin Hammer, owner of Hammer Industries is a good friend of Tony and was also a good friend of Tony's father Howard. Tony, who is starting to get really pissed off at these copycats, decides to contact Hammer and book an appointment. Happy drives Tony to a local pub a few hours later where he will meet Justin. The two friends start talking, and Hammer tells Stark about the suits and claims that he is Iron Man and that the other companies copy his invention. This makes Tony even more frustrated and he storms out of the pub. Tony, who feels like Justin has betrayed both him and his father, comes up with a plan to stop Justin and all the other copycats. He calls Rhodey and explains his plan over the phone.