Geoffrey Rush is an Australian Academy Award and Emmy Award winning actor. While at university, he roomed with Mel Gibson.

Geoffrey Rush appeared in the William Shakespeare plays, "The Winter's Tale" (1987) and "Troilus and Cressida" ( 1989). He also appeared in an on-going production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" as "John Worthing".

Geoffrey Rush's film debut was in the Australian film Hoodwink in 1981. His next film was in Gillian Armstrong's Starstruck. In 1996, he starred in Shine, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1998 he appeared in three major films: Les Misérables; Elizabeth, and Shakespeare in Love and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

In September, 1998, Geoffrey played the title role in the Beaumarchais play "The Marriage of Figaro" .He starred in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, as Captain Barbossa, also appearing in its sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and assumed to appear in the third title.

Public Name: Geoffrey Rush
Birth Name: Geoffrey Rush
Date of Birth: 6 July 1951
Place of Birth: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Filmography

• Number 13, 2008 
• The Golden Age, 2007 
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, 2007 
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 2006
• Candy, 2006
• Munich, 2005
• "Kath & Kim", 2004 TV Episode
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, 2004
• Harvie Krumpet, 2003 (voice)
• Intolerable Cruelty, 2003
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003
• Finding Nemo, 2003 
• Ned Kelly, 2003
• Swimming Upstream, 2003
• The Banger Sisters, 2002
• Frida, 2002
• Lantana, 2001
• The Tailor of Panama, 2001
• The Magic Pudding, 2000 (voice)
• Quills, 2000 House on Haunted Hill, 1999
• Mystery Men, 1999
• Shakespeare in Love, 1998
• Elizabeth, 1998
• Misérables, Les, 1998
• A Little Bit of Soul, 1998
• Oscar and Lucinda, 1997 (voice)
• "Frontier", 1997 (mini) TV Series
• "Mercury", 1996 TV Episodes
• Children of the Revolution, 1996
• Shine, 1996
• "Twisted Tales", 1996 TV Episode
• Call Me Sal, 1996
• Dad and Dave: On Our Selection, 1995
• Twelfth Night, 1987
• Starstruck, 1982
• "Menotti", 1981 TV Series
• Hoodwink, 1981

Awards

• Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" 2005
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Mini Series or TV Movie "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" 2005
• Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" 2005
• Golden Satellite Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) "Quills" 2000
• Las Vegas Film Critics Award Best Actor "Quills" 2000
• New York Film Critics Online Award Best Actor "Quills" 2000
• BAFTA Award Best Supporting Actor "Shakespeare in Love" 1999
• The Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture "Shakespeare in Love" 1998
• Australian Film Institute Award Best Actor "Shine" 1996
• BAFTA Award Best Actor "Shine" 1996
• Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Actor "Shine" 1996
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "Shine" 1996
• Film Critics Circle of Australia Award Best Actor "Shine" 1996
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) "Shine" 1996
• Golden Satellite Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) "Shine" 1996
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "Shine" 1996
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor "Shine" 1996
• Oscar Best Actor "Shine" 1996
• The Actor Outstanding Male Actor in a Leading Role "Shine" 1996
• Sydney Myer Performing Arts Award 1994
• Victorian Green Room Award Best Actor "The Diary of a Madman" 1990
• Sydney Critics Circle Award Most Outstanding Performance "The Diary of a Madman" 1989
• Variety Club Award Best Actor "The Diary of a Madman" 1989