Peter Weyland

Peter Weyland

Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) is the elderly founder and owner of Weyland Corporation, Meredith Vickers' estranged father and the creator of David, Weyland wants to meet the Engineers so his youth can be restored. Convinced of the veracity of Shaw and Holloway's findings and hypothesis, Weyland finances the voyage of the Prometheus to LV-223. On the ship, he orders David to "try harder" to uncover the Engineers' secrets. Shaw enters Weyland's quarters, where he prepares to meet the last Engineer (who is in cryosleep). On the Engineer ship, he has David talk to the Engineer; Shaw interferes, and Weyland orders her subdued and shot if necessary. When the Engineer learns about Weyland's intentions, he decapitates David and uses his head to beat Weyland to death. Dying, Weyland tells David that the voyage was in vain. A younger Weyland appears in a flashback in Alien: Covenant, engaging in conversation with a newly activated David.