Geoffrey Rush
Acting
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.
Born: July 6, 1951
Place of Birth: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Known For
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
A nightingale bird discovers a true lover when she witnesses a young university student talk with great passion about his beloved. The Nightingale goes on a quest to find the red rose the Student needs win his lovers heart, but this comes at a chilling price. Based on the classic fairytale by Oscar Wilde.
The Nature of Lantana
The making of Lantana, a 2001 Australian drama film directed by Ray Lawrence and starring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
When wily Captain Barbossa steals Jack Sparrow's ship and kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth, her childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack to save her and recapture Jack's ship, the Black Pearl.
Finding Nemo
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.
The Best Offer
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.
The King's Speech
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
Holding the Man
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
The Pixar Story
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Behind the scenes documentary of the making of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, featuring behind the scenes footage, interviews with cast and crew.
Filmography
as Stefan Mortensen
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
as Alberto Giacometti
as Hector Barbossa
as Albert Einstein
as Self
as Ra
as Henry
as Barry
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Oak Tree
as Hans Hubermann
as Himself - Narrator
as Virgil Oldman
as (archive footage)
as Basil Hunter
as Tomar-Re (voice)
as Hector Barbossa
as Ron
as Lionel Logue
as Ezylryb (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Father Benedictus
as Angel (voice)
as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
as Sir Francis Walsingham
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
as Barbossa
as Self
as Self
as Casper
as Ephraim
as Peter Sellers
as Narrator (voice)
as Donovan Donaly
as Nigel (voice)
as Superintendent Francis Hare
as Harold Fingleton
as Self
as Harry Plummer
as Leon Trotsky
as Self
as Geoff
as Self - Guest
as John Knox
as Harry Pendel
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
as Marquis de Sade
as Stephen Price
as Casanova Frankenstein
as Philip Henslowe
as Sir Francis Walsingham
as Javert
as Godfrey Usher
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
as Zachary Welch
as David as an adult
as Dave Rudd
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
as Floor Manager
as Self
as Dr. Lance Pickering