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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-07-06 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Geoffrey Rush

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

The Rule of Jenny Pen as Stefan Mortensen

2019

Storm Boy as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley

2017

Final Portrait as Alberto Giacometti
Genius as Albert Einstein

2016

Chelsea as Self

2015

The Daughter as Henry
Minions as Narrator (voice)
Unity as Narrator (voice)

2013

The Best Offer as Virgil Oldman
The Book Thief as Hans Hubermann
Australian Encounters as Himself - Narrator

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
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

2010

The King's Speech as Lionel Logue
Lowdown as Narrator (voice)

2009

Bran Nue Dae as Father Benedictus
$9.99 as Angel (voice)

2007

Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Sir Francis Walsingham
The Pixar Story as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)

2006

Candy as Casper

2005

Munich as Ephraim

2004

The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest

2003

Finding Nemo as Nigel (voice)
Ned Kelly as Superintendent Francis Hare
Harvie Krumpet as Narrator (voice)
Intolerable Cruelty as Donovan Donaly
Swimming Upstream as Harold Fingleton

2002

Frida as Leon Trotsky
The Banger Sisters as Harry Plummer
Kath & Kim as Geoff

2001

The Tailor of Panama as Harry Pendel
Lantana as John Knox

2000

Quills as Marquis de Sade
The Magic Pudding as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)

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 View as Self

1996

Shine as David as an adult
Mercury as Bill Wyatt

1995

1987

Twelfth Night as Sir Andrew Aguecheek

1982

Starstruck as Floor Manager

1981

1953

The Oscars as Self

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Raised Eyebrows as Groucho Marx
Being Brendo as Dr. Lance Pickering

Production

2019

Storm Boy as Executive Producer

2011

The Eye of the Storm as Executive Producer

2010

The King's Speech as Executive Producer