Geoffrey Rush

Acting

Born: 1951-07-06

From: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Gender: Male

Popularity: 2.3

Also Known As

Geoffrey Roy Rush

Biography

Geoffrey Roy Rush AC (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. He also received three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.

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Awards & Nominations15 won · 5 nominated

🏆 Won

Companion of the Order of Australia

Mr Geoffrey RUSH

2014

🏆 Won

Australian of the Year

2012

🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

The King's Speech

2011

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

The King's Speech

2011

Nominated

European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film

The King's Speech

2011

🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

Exit the King

2009

🏆 Won

Theatre World Award

2009

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

2005

🏆 Won

Centenary Medal

2001

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Quills

2001

🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Elizabeth

1999

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Shakespeare in Love

1999

🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Shine

1998

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Actor

Shine

1997

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Shine

1997

🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

🏆 Won

Drama League Award

🏆 Won

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

🏆 Won

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

🏆 Won

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Acting72 titles

Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose

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Cartoon

Geoffrey Rush

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations15 won · 5 nominated

Acting72 titles

Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose

Twisted

The Nature of Lantana

Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort

Twisted Tales

Finding Nemo

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

The Best Offer

The King's Speech

Holding the Man

The Pixar Story

The Book Thief

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Unity

Genius

Frida

Harvie Krumpet

Shine

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Kath & Kim

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Les Misérables

Elizabeth

The Graham Norton Show

Munich

Candy

Quills

Storm Boy

The Oscars

The Colbert Report

Shakespeare in Love

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

Swimming Upstream

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Lantana

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The Warrior's Way

Minions

Oscar and Lucinda

Twelfth Night

The Daughter

The Rule of Jenny Pen

Ned Kelly

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

The Tailor of Panama

Intolerable Cruelty

Final Portrait

A Little Bit of Soul

Mystery Men

$9.99

Gods of Egypt

House on Haunted Hill

The Banger Sisters

Children of the Revolution

Whaledreamers

Bran Nue Dae

Starstruck

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Magic Pudding

Green Lantern

Chelsea

Hoodwink

The Eye of the Storm

Lowdown

The View

Being Brendo

The Man Inside Dame Edna

Shearing the Love

Australian Encounters

Production5 titles

The King's Speech