Geoffrey Roy Rush AC was born on July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Australia. Geoffrey Rush is 72 years old as of 2023. Geoffrey Rush began his acting career in the 1970s with the Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) in Brisbane, Australia.
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Geoffrey Rush is an Australian actor among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award.

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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Geoffrey Rush gained mainstream popularity for his role as Captain Hector Barbossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (2003–2017).
Geoffrey Rush received a nomination for Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for Diary of a Madman in 2011. Geoffrey Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts.
Geoffrey Rush’s other Oscar-nominated roles were in Shakespeare in Love (1998), Quills (2000), and The King’s Speech (2010).


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