Geoffrey Rush is an Australian actor known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. 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’s other Oscar-nominated roles were in Shakespeare in Love (1998), Quills (2000), and The King’s Speech (2010). Rush gained mainstream popularity for his role as Captain Hector Barbossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (2003–2017).
Geoffrey Rush 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.
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Geoffrey Roy Rush AC Rush starred in international productions of Waiting for Godot, The Winter’s Tale, and The Importance of Being Earnest.
Geoffrey Rush has 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.
Geoffrey Rush is also known for the films, Elizabeth (1998), Les Misérables (1998), Finding Nemo (2003), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Munich (2005), and The Book Thief (2013).
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