But there is a scary side to acting for me, because I have always wanted to develop rather than plateau out.
Australian actor (born 1951)
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He's the only Australian to win the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony — the Triple Crown — and he did it playing eccentrics: a unhinged pianist, a profane pirate captain, a king's speech therapist, Peter Sellers losing his mind.
Geoffrey Roy Rush was born 6 July 1951 and started with the Queensland Theatre Company in 1971, then spent two years at Jacques Lecoq's Paris acting school from 1975. He built a career in international stage work — Waiting for Godot, The Importance of Being Earnest — before winning the Tony for Exit the King in 2009. His film breakthrough came at forty-five: the 1996 drama Shine, where his portrayal of pianist David Helfgott won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Three more Oscar nominations followed — for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Quills (2000) as the Marquis de Sade, and The King's Speech (…
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