Claim: Memento is a work.

Guy Edward Pearce -LRB- born 5 October 1967 -RRB- is an Australian actor and musician . He is well known for having starred in the role of Mike Young in the Australian television series Neighbours and in films such as The Adventures of Priscilla , Queen of the Desert -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , L.A. Confidential -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , Memento -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , The Count of Monte Cristo -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , The Road -LRB- 2009 -RRB- , The King 's Speech -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , Prometheus -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , and Iron Man 3 -LRB- 2013 -RRB- . In Australian cinema , he has appeared in The Proposition -LRB- 2005 -RRB- , Animal Kingdom -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , The Rover -LRB- 2014 -RRB- , Holding the Man -LRB- 2015 -RRB- and The Wizards of Aus -LRB- 2016 -RRB- . He has won an Emmy Award and received nominations for Golden Globe Awards , Screen Actors Guild Awards , and AACTA Awards . Since 2012 he has played the title role in the TV adaptations of the Jack Irish stories by Australian crime writer Peter Temple .