Geoffrey Rush's biography

Geoffrey Rush is 71 years old actor born at Toowoomba. He was born on Friday 6th of July 1951. According to year of birth 1951 he belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 6th of July means he is Cancer. Cancer is a watery sign. They are very friendly and show motherly love to everyone. According to ascendant calculator, an important trait of these natives is their sensitive nature.

He is citizen of Australia. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as stage actor, film actor, film producer. He is recently known as voice actor.

Geoffrey Rush's family

Geoffrey Rush's spouse

She is known as actor. His spouse was born in 1959 in Australia.

Geoffrey Rush's ex spouse

Geoffrey Rush's schools

We found 3 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: University of Queensland, Everton Park State High School, L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq.

Detailed informations about his schools

Attended the Jacques Lecoq School of Mime, Movement and Theater.

Geoffrey Rush's career

His main focus is to be actor. You could see him also in Shine, Exit the King, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Elizabeth, The King's Speech and many more.

Awards and competitions

Geoffrey Rush's Awards

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Queensland, in Australia.
He won an Oscar for playing David Helfgott in Shine (1996), making him one of 12 actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2007).
He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to the arts especially through a distinguished acting career.
He was awarded the 2009 Tony Award for Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the play, "Exit the King" on Broadway in New York City.
Became the 19th actor to win the triple crown of acting: In 2009 won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (Exit the King) to go with his Oscar for Shine (1996), and his Emmy for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).
Rush was awarded the Australian of the Year for 2012 by Australian PM Julia Gillard.
He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Shakespeare in Love (1998) and The King's Speech (2010). Colin Firth also appeared in both films.
He was awarded the AC (Companion of the Order of Australia) in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours LIst for his services and contributions to performing arts as an actor and producer.

Geoffrey Rush's Nominations

He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for work Shakespeare in Love in 1998
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
He was nominated for European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film for work The King's Speech in 2011

What Geoffrey Rush has done for a first time

Became the fourth actor to appear in 2 films to gross $1 billion with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). He is the first actor from the southern hemisphere to achieve this feat.

Geoffrey Rush's quotes

[Regarding he and Joseph Fiennes appearing in both Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Elizabeth (1998)] "He got to make love to Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett. All I got was an Oscar nomination".
"My career has been in theatre for 23 years, with spits and coughs in bits and pieces of films. Scott [Hicks] very nicely said my entire career had been my audition [for the role in Shine (1996)]".
[about Quills (2000)] When you get to tongue kiss Kate Winslet and get paid for it, you say: I'll sign!
[on performing with Colin Firth] [He] made me better. I didn't have to act listening. I was mesmerized by the hidden areas of truth he was uncovering.
[on accepting roles that might be considered risky] Occasionally you need to jump off a cliff and do things you know are not immediately within your grasp.
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Geoffrey Rush's body shape

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Geoffrey Rush