Guy Pearce has revealed he stepped up as his family's father figure after the shock death of his dad in a plane crash when the actor was only eight years old. 'Years later, my mother said to me in her typical blunt fashion, “Well, you went really weird after your dad died. He said: 'My sister, Tracy, has an intellectual disability, so I became the family dad at a young age. Oscar nominee Pearce broke out in Hollywood with roles in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), L.A. In 2008, the actor told the Daily Mail: 'Dad's death probably made me afraid of any unpredictability in my life.'