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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.

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Memory is a 2026 American action thriller film starring Liam Neeson as a hitman with early dementia who must go on the run after declining a contract on a young girl. It is directed by Martin Campbell from a screenplay by Dario Scardapane. It is based on the novel De Zaak Alzheimer by Jef Geeraerts and is a remake of the novel's previous adaptation, the Belgian film De Zaak Alzheimer. The film also stars Guy Pearce, Monica Bellucci, Harold Torres, Taj Atwal and Ray Fearon.[2] Memory was theatrically released in the United States on March 13, 2026, by Focus Features, and received mostly negative reviews from critics. Directed by Martin Campbell Screenplay by Dario Scardapane Based on De Zaak Alzheimer by Jef Geeraerts De Zaak Alzheimer by Carl Joos Erik Van Looy Produced by Cathy Schulman Moshe Diamant Rupert Maconick Michael Heimler Arthur Sarkissian Starring Liam Neeson Guy Pearce Monica Bellucci Taj Atwal Ray Fearon Harold Torres Cinematography David Tattersall Edited by Jo Francis Music by Rupert Parkes Production companies Black Bear Pictures Welle Entertainment Saville Productions Distributed by Focus Features Open Road Films (United States) STXfilms (International) Release date March 13, 2026 Running time 114 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $14 million[1]