ITV’s thrilling new thriller, A Spy Among Friends, which opens on Sunday night, tells the true story of British spies and close friends Nicholas Elliott and Kim Philby.
The film stars Guy Pearce as Kim Philby alongside Damian Lewis, who plays Nicholas Elliott. Actor known for his role as Mike Young Neighboras well as his various roles on the big screen, including in damaged locker And Memory. But did you know that he is in a relationship with a famous actress?
WATCH: Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis star in Friends Spy
Who is Guy Pearce?
Guy Pearce is a 55-year-old actor born in Ely, Cambridgeshire and raised in Geelong, Australia.
He rose to fame playing the role of Mike Young in an Australian soap opera Neighbora role he played for three years from 1986 and then reprised in 2022 for the series’ final episode.
© ITV Star of Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce in Spy Between Friends
From there, he landed leading roles in films, playing Andy Warhol in the 2006 TV series. A woman working in a factoryand also starred in the 2009 post-apocalyptic drama Time.
Some of his other movie credits include Bedtime Story, King’s Speech, Mary Queen of Scots And Iron Man 3.
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Who is Guy Pearce’s partner?
Guy Pearce is in a relationship with Dutch actress Carice van Houten.
The 46-year-old is perhaps best known for her role as Melisandre, also known as the Red Woman, on HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance, as well as two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Group in a Drama Series. long picture.
© SkyCarice van Houten as Melisandre in Game of Thrones
Carice has appeared in many Dutch films and TV series over the years, and first rose to fame after starring in the 1999 film. Suzy Q.
Her other English-language appearances include the 2010 science fiction film starring Jude Law, Male repoas well as an action thriller, black deathh, was also released in 2010 starring Sean Bean and Eddie Redmayne.
She recently appeared in the medical crime series, Temple, starring Mark Strong. She also starred in the historical drama Starz, Dangerous connections.
© Sky UK / Ludovic RobertCarice van Houten and Mark Strong at Temple
Guy and Carice met on the set of Western Psycho, sulfurwas released in 2016. In August of the same year, Carice gave birth to their first child, a son named Monte Pearce.
The pair went on to star together in the 2019 crime thriller. dominoeswhere Carice is Game of Thrones Colleague Nikolaj Coster-Waldau also appeared.
© ShutterstockGuy Pearce and Carice van Houten met on the set of the 2016 film Brimstone.
Prior to his relationship with Carice, Guy was married to psychologist Kate Mestitz from 1997 until their divorce in 2015.
Spies between friends what are you talking about?
The six-part film is a tale of friendship and betrayal, and dramatizes the true story of British spies and lifelong friends, Nicholas Elliott and Kim Philby.
The synopsis continues: “Philby is the most notorious British defector and Soviet double agent in history. This is a story of intimate overlap; of loyalty, of trust. Philby’s profound personal betrayal, exposed at the height of the Cold War, led to the destruction of British and American intelligence services.”
Who starred in Spy Among Friends? Meet the actors
Anna Maxwell Martin stars alongside Damian and Guy as Lily Thomas, while Stephen Kunken plays James Jesus Angleton.
© Rob Youngson Anna Maxwell-Martin Starring in Spy Among Friends
The cast also includes Adrian Edmondson as Sir Roger Hollis, Lucy Akhurst as Elizabeth Elliott and Gershwyn Eustache Jnr as Robert.
The cast includes Lucy Akhurst, Anastasia Hille, Anna Andresen and Jennifer Marsala.
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