Geoffrey Rush
Biography
Geoffrey Rush is an Australian actor, born in Toowoomba, Queensland, who is known for playing eccentric characters on stage and screen. He first worked with Brisbane's Queensland Theatre Company in 1971, then trained at the Jacques Lecoq school in Paris, and later appeared in productions of Oleanna and Waiting for Godot. His film breakthrough came with Shine (1996), which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, and he was Oscar-nominated again for Shakespeare in Love (1998), Quills (2000) and The King's Speech (2010). He played Captain Hector Barbossa across the Pirates of the Caribbean series from 2003 to 2017, and his other films include Elizabeth (1998), Frida (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), Munich (2005) and The Book Thief (2013). On television he won an Emmy for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) and was Emmy-nominated for Genius (2017), while his Broadway debut in Exit the King brought him a Tony Award.
75years old
Turns 76 on July 6in 267 days
- Born Toowoomba
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Geoffrey Roy Rush (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 38
- Career span
- 23 years1996 to 2019
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A first
Geoffrey Rush is the only Australian to have won the Triple Crown of Acting, taking an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award.
Getting ready for a role
Rush learned piano until he was fourteen, then took lessons again thirty years later for Shine, choosing to play most of the piano himself instead of using a hand double.
A role that slipped away
James L. Brooks brought Rush to Los Angeles to try out for Simon Bishop in As Good as It Gets and gave him the role, but Rush said no, so Greg Kinnear got it.
Early training
Rush trained in mime, movement and theater at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, where he studied under master clown Philippe Gaulier.
First role
Rush was talent-spotted by the Queensland Theatre Company while at university and began his career with it in 1971, appearing in 17 productions.
Languages
Rush spoke his lines in Polish for a cameo in The Potato Peeler, a commercial for the Melbourne International Film Festival, playing a Polish farmer.
Geoffrey Rush movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl2003 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Barbossa
IMDb rating 8.11.3M votes
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Captain Hector Barbossa
IMDb rating 7.2753K votes
Most often with
Gore Verbinski directed two of these films, Shekhar Kapur two and Neil Armfield two. Three actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Gore VerbinskiDirector, 2 films, 2003 to 2007
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All films by Shekhar Kapur
Neil ArmfieldDirector, 2 films, 2006 to 2015
All films by Neil Armfield
Also three films together3 more actors
- Abbie CornishLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) and Candy (2006)
- Mackenzie CrookPirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- Edward Tudor-PoleThe Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Quills (2000) and Les Misérables (1998)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Geoffrey Rush's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$7.4 billion
31 of the 38 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 38 films: 31 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 31Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 85% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.2B15.7% of the total
- 2$1.0B14.2% of the total
- 3$962M13.1% of the total
- 4$940M12.8% of the total
- 5$796M10.8% of the total
- 6$655M8.9% of the total
- 7$414M5.6% of the total
- 8$289M3.9% of the total
$1.1 billionfrom the other 23 films with a worldwide figure, 15% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1997 to 2014, nine of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1997 | Best Actor | Shine | Won |
| BAFTA | |||
| 2011 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The King's Speech | Won |
| 1999 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Elizabeth | Won |
| 1998 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Shine | Won |
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 2005 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Won |
| SAG Awards | |||
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Won | ||
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Won | ||
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Won | ||
| Tony Awards | |||
| 2009 | Best Actor in a Play | Exit the King | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2014 | Companion of the Order of Australia | Won | |
| 2012 | Australian of the Year | Won | |
| 2009 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.