Geoffrey Rush
Date of birth: 1951-07-06
Place of birth: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Geoffrey Rush, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Finding Nemo
2003-05-30
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a de
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003-07-09
After Port Royal is attacked and pillaged by a mysterious pirate crew, capturing the governor's daug
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006-07-06
Captain Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones'
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007-05-19
Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann join forces with the revived Captain Barbossa to free Jack Sparrow f
Frida
2002-08-29
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous
Munich
2005-12-23
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a
Ned Kelly
2003-03-22
After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ne
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011-05-15
Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love — or i
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004-10-01
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings
Shakespeare in Love
1998-12-11
Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daugh
An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003-12-02
Behind the scenes documentary of the making of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, f
The Tailor of Panama
2001-02-11
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there
Les Misérables
1998-05-01
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless po
Candy
2006-05-25
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of
Quills
2000-11-22
In early 19th-century France, the Marquis de Sade is confined to an asylum where his forbidden writi
Elizabeth
1998-09-13
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endle
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007-09-09
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army,
Harvie Krumpet
2003-10-23
The odd biography of Harvie Krumpet, a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial job
House on Haunted Hill
1999-10-29
An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a d
Intolerable Cruelty
2003-10-10
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making
Shine
1996-08-15
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns t
The Banger Sisters
2002-09-20
In the late '60s, the self-proclaimed belles of the rock 'n' roll ball, rocked the worlds of every m
Lantana
2001-10-04
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is
The Magic Pudding
2000-12-14
Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bil
Mystery Men
1999-08-06
When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova
Children of the Revolution
1996-12-26
A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010-07-10
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995-07-20
Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spiri
Swimming Upstream
2003-02-27
A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment
Green Lantern
2011-06-14
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to ke
Bran Nue Dae
2009-08-09
In the Summer of 1965 a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome -
The Warrior's Way
2010-12-01
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a missi
Hoodwink
1981-11-05
Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the me
$9.99
2009-04-29
Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing que
Raised Eyebrows
Based on Steve Stoliar’s memoir Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House.
The Eye of the Storm
2011-09-15
In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, atte
The Best Offer
2013-01-01
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a so
Gods of Egypt
2016-02-25
A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.
The Book Thief
2013-11-08
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and shar
The King's Speech
2010-11-26
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabet
The Pixar Story
2007-08-28
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's p
Twelfth Night
1987-06-01
Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she
The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025-03-07
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, a
Twisted
1997-01-01
Four unsuspecting victims find themselves beyond "The Twilight Zone" in a twisted and altered realit
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017-05-23
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortu
Verona Spies
Verona, a lovable hot mess, is hired as an escort/assassin through a case of mistaken identity. Her
The Daughter
2015-10-09
In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’
Final Portrait
2017-08-03
Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and res
Minions
2015-06-17
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her
Unity
2015-08-12
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of th
Holding the Man
2015-08-27
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the foo
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
2015-02-09
A nightingale bird discovers a true lover when she witnesses a young university student talk with gr
A Little Bit of Soul
1998-03-19
Richard and Kate are former lovers who are now working independently to find the secret of the aging
Starstruck
1982-04-08
A Sydney teen tries to make it as a rock singer, with help from her odd 14-year-old cousin.
Storm Boy
2019-01-17
Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a
Oscar and Lucinda
1997-12-31
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican mini
Whaledreamers
2006-06-15
"Whaledreamers" - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient crea
The Nature of Lantana
2002-08-13
The making of Lantana, a 2001 Australian drama film directed by Ray Lawrence and starring Anthony La
The Man Who Could Not Dream
2012-02-08
Samuel is 9 years old, he will be remembered as a thief, an arsonist and a murderer.
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
"A Vietnam War centered scenario." Geoffrey Rush plays a psychotherapist dealing with a man sufferin
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008-01-09
A character portrait of the enigmatic comedian Barry Humphries on his most recent Australian tour an
Shearing the Love
Set against New Zealand’s Golden Shears – the Olympics of competitive sheep shearing – Brian Castleh