Geoffrey Rush biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Geoffrey Rush

Author Name:

Geoffrey Rush

Born As:

Geoffrey Roy Rush

Other Names:

Born:

6 Jul 1951

Died:





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Selected Works:

Hoodwink - 1981
Menotti - 1981
Starstruck - 1982
Twelfth Night - 1987
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection - 1995	
Call Me Sal - 1995

Shine - 1996 - Academy Award for Best Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Mercury - 1996
Children of the Revolution - 1996
Frontier - 1997
Oscar and Lucinda - 1997,	Narrator

A Little Bit of Soul - 1997 - Nominated - Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Les Misérables - 1997

Elizabeth - 1998 - Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Shakespeare in Love - 1998 - Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Rolle, Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture

Mystery Men - 1998
House on Haunted Hill - 1999

Quills	Marquis de Sade - 2000 -	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor, Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama

The Magic Pudding - 2000, Voice
The Tailor of Panama - 2001	
Lantana - 2001	
Frida - 2002	
The Banger Sisters - 2002

Swimming Upstream - 2002 - Nominated - Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Ned Kelly - 2002	
Finding Nemo - 2002, Voice
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - 2003
Intolerable Cruelty - 2003

Harvie Krumpet - 2003, Narrator - Australian Film Institute Global Achievement Award

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers - 2004
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie

Munich - 2005	
Candy - 2006 - Nominated - Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - 2006
Elizabeth: The Golden Age	 - 2007	
$9.99 - 2007
Laundry Warrior - 2008.                          
Mother Merle Kiehne
Father Roy Baden Rush
Wife Jane Menelaus, two children, Angelica and James.                          
A Golden Globe-, BAFTA-, Emmy-, AFI- and Academy Award-winning Actor.