Geoffrey Rush was born on July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was raised in a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Rush lives in Melbourne, and spent several years in Castlemaine, Victoria.
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Geoffrey Rush’s other Oscar-nominated roles were in Shakespeare in Love (1998), Quills (2000), and The King’s Speech (2010).

Geoffrey Rush is also known for the films, Elizabeth (1998), Les Misérables (1998), Frida (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Munich (2005), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) and The Book Thief (2013).
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Geoffrey Rush has received three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Geoffrey Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts.
Geoffrey Rush was named the 2012 Australian of the Year. Geoffrey Rush made his Broadway debut in the absurdist comedy Exit the King in 2009, where he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance.
Geoffrey Rush gained prominence for his role as savant pianist David Helfgott in Shine (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor.


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