GUY PEARCE HAS something he wants to show me ... he won the Junior State Bodybuilding Championship at the age of 16. "There it is!" he says with excitement as he flashes a photo on his phone ...

In an industry that likes to pigeonhole actors into particular roles, Guy Pearce has ... to Australia when Pearce was 3 years old, and he became a competitive bodybuilder as a teen.

teenage bodybuilding – this is Junior Mr Victoria 1983 before me – he found a place to be playful. His talent landed him a part in Neighbours, when it debuted in 1985. Pearce was 18. Guy ...