Jack Palance

He currently resides in Tehachapi, California in retirement. It is interesting to note that in both Neighbours and Memento Pearce's character suffers a head injury that results in a change of his demeanour. According to the legend, this mistake was considered too embarrassing to correct. However he continues to act in Australian theatre productions as well as Australian films such as The Hard Word (2002) and makes his home in Melbourne. There is an urban legend that Palance liked Marisa Tomei so much that in 1992 he announced her as an Oscar winner for her part in My Cousin Vinny while there actually was another name on his note. Since then, he has appeared in several US productions including L.A. Confidential, Ravenous, Rules of Engagement, Memento, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Time Machine. During World War II, Palance, a bomber pilot, crash and received severe burns that led to extensive facial surgery, resulting in his gaunt, pinched face. His first major breakthrough into film came with his over-the-top role as a transvestite in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 1994.

He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1991 for City Slickers. He started in several plays when he was young, and moved his way into television when he was hired for Neighbours in 1985. Of Ukrainian descent, Palance was born in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania. Pearce has always been interested in performing, and he excelled at mimicking accents. Jack Palance (born Vladimir Palanuik) (born 18 February 1919) is an American actor. His father died in a plane crash when Guy was 9 years of age. Guy Pearce (born October 5, 1967) is an English-born Australian actor. He was born in England, but his parents (father a New Zealander pilot, mother a British school-teacher) moved to Australia (Geelong) when he was 3 years of age.