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Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Acting1951Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

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.

Acting History

Future
Raised Eyebrows
as Groucho Marx
Being Brendo
TVas Dr. Lance Pickering
2025
The Rule of Jenny Pen
as Stefan Mortensen
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Executive Producer
2019
Storm Boy
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
Storm Boy
Executive Producer
2017
Final Portrait
as Alberto Giacometti
Chelsea
TVas Self• 1 eps
Genius
TVas Albert Einstein• 10 eps
2016
2015
The Daughter
as Henry
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Minions
as Narrator (voice)
2013
The Best Offer
as Virgil Oldman
The Book Thief
as Hans Hubermann
Australian Encounters
TVas Himself - Narrator
2012
The Man Who Could Not Dream
as Narrator / Talking Bird
2011
Green Lantern
as Tomar-Re (voice)
The Eye of the Storm
as Basil Hunter
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Eye of the Storm
Executive Producer
2010
The King's Speech
as Lionel Logue
Lowdown
TVas Narrator (voice)
The King's Speech
Executive Producer
2009
Bran Nue Dae
as Father Benedictus
$9.99
as Angel (voice)
2008
The Man Inside Dame Edna
as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
2007
The Pixar Story
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Sir Francis Walsingham
2006
Candy
as Casper
2005
Munich
as Ephraim
2004
The Tony Danza Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
Kath & Kim
TVas Geoff• 1 eps
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
2003
Swimming Upstream
as Harold Fingleton
Intolerable Cruelty
as Donovan Donaly
Finding Nemo
as Nigel (voice)
Ned Kelly
as Superintendent Francis Hare
Harvie Krumpet
as Narrator (voice)
2002
The Banger Sisters
as Harry Plummer
Frida
as Leon Trotsky
2001
The Tailor of Panama
as Harry Pendel
Lantana
as John Knox
2000
The Magic Pudding
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
Quills
as Marquis de Sade
1999
House on Haunted Hill
as Stephen Price
Mystery Men
as Casanova Frankenstein
1998
Shakespeare in Love
as Philip Henslowe
Elizabeth
as Sir Francis Walsingham
A Little Bit of Soul
as Godfrey Usher
1997
Twisted
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Oscar and Lucinda
as Narrator (voice)
The Oscars
TVas Self• 4 eps
The View
TVas Self
1996
Shine
as David as an adult
Mercury
TVas Bill Wyatt
1995
1987
Twelfth Night
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
1982
Starstruck
as Floor Manager
1981

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/6/1951(74 years old)
Place of Birth
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia