High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Guy Edward Pearce (born 5 October 1967) is an English-born Australian actor and musician, known for his roles as Leonard Shelby in Christopher Nolan`s Memento, Lieutenant Ed Exley in L.A. Confidential, a drag queen in the The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Mike Young in the Australian television series Neighbours and King Edward VIII ("David") in The King`s Speech.