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Something wrong?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.
A life in dates
The Rule of Jenny PenFilm, Producer2017
GeniusSeries, Albert Einstein
Final PortraitFilm, 2017Alberto Giacometti2016
ChelseaSeries
Gods of EgyptFilm, 2016Ra2014Companion of the Order of AustraliaAward2013
The Best OfferFilm, Virgil Oldman2012Australian of the YearAward
Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenFilm, 2012(archive footage)2011BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleAward2010
LowdownSeries, Narrator (voice)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleFilm, 2010Ezylryb (voice)2009Theatre World AwardAwardTony Award for Best Actor in a PlayAward2007
The Graham Norton ShowSeries
Elizabeth: The Golden AgeFilm, 2007Sir Francis Walsingham2005Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward
The Colbert ReportSeries, 2005
MunichFilm, 2005Ephraim2004
The Life and Death of Peter SellersFilm, Peter Sellers2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series2002
Kath & KimSeries, Geoff
FridaFilm, 2002Leon Trotsky2001Centenary MedalAward
Friday Night with Jonathan RossSeries, 2001
LantanaFilm, 2001John Knox1999BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleAward
House on Haunted HillFilm, 1999Stephen Price1998BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleAward
ElizabethFilm, 1998Sir Francis Walsingham1997Academy Award for Best ActorAward1996MercurySeries, Bill Wyatt
ShineFilm, 1996David Helfgott - Adult1953
The OscarsSeries1951Born6 July 1951Also in Deutsch
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Rush portrayed Sir Francis Walsingham in Elizabeth (1998)
Rush at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
Rush at the Sydney premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in 2011
Rush portrayed Albert Einstein in the miniseries Genius (2017) earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination
Rush at TIFF in 2023In their own words 1
, But there is a scary side to acting for me, because I have always wanted to develop rather than plateau out.
Filmography 40
TPThe Rule of Jenny Pen
SBStorm Boy
PTPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No TalesFPFinal PortraitGEGods of Egypt
MIMinions
HMHolding the Man
TDThe Daughter
TTThe Book ThiefTOThe Best OfferFGFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
PTPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
GLGreen Lantern
TSThe King's SpeechLHLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
TWThe Warrior's Way
PEPirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndEAElizabeth: The Golden Age
TSThe Pixar Story
PCPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
CACandyMUMunichTSThe Life and Death of Peter Sellers
FNFinding Nemo
PPPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
ICIntolerable Cruelty
NKNed Kelly
HKHarvie KrumpetFRFrida
TSThe Banger Sisters
TPThe Tailor of PanamaLALantana
QUQuillsHHHouse on Haunted Hill
MMMystery Men
SLShakespeare in LoveELElizabeth
LMLes Misérables
OLOscar and LucindaSHShine83 credits on file
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GEGeniusCHChelsea
AEAustralian EncountersLOLowdownTSThe Graham Norton ShowTRThe Colbert ReportJLJimmy Kimmel Live!KKKath & KimFRFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
TVThe View
TTTwisted TalesTOThe Oscars
BBBeing BrendoAwards
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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 (2010) as Lionel Logue. He became Captain Barbossa across five Pirates of the Caribbean films, voiced a forgetful fish in Finding Nemo, and won the Primetime Emmy playing Peter Sellers in 2004. Rush was named 2012 Australian of the Year and remains the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts.
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