# List of awards and nominations received by Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush is an Australian actor of the stage and screen. He has received what is known as the Triple Crown of Acting, meaning an Academy Award, Tony Award and Primetime Emmy Awards, which represent film, theatre and television respectively. Over his career he has 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.
Rush received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of pianist David Helfgott in the biographical film Shine (1996). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Philip Henslowe in the romantic period film Shakespeare in Love (1998), the Marquis de Sade in the period drama Quills (2000), and Lionel Logue in the historical drama The King's Speech (2010). He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Shine. He also won the BAFTA Awards for Shakespeare in Love (1998), and The King's Speech (2010).
For his work in television he received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for his performance as Peter Sellers in the HBO film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2003). Rush was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein in the National Geographic anthology miniseries Genius (2017).
On stage, Rush received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as King Berenger in the French absurdist comedy Exit the King (2009). For his roles in theatre he also received a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and two Helpmann Awards. He was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for playing Poprishchin in the Russian farce Diary of a Madman (2011).

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1997 | Best Actor | Shine | Won |
| 1999 | Best Supporting Actor | Shakespeare in Love | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Actor | Quills | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | The King's Speech | Nominated |

### BAFTA Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1997 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Shine | Won |
| 1999 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Elizabeth | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Shakespeare in Love | Won |
| 2001 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Quills | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The King's Speech | Won |

### Emmy Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2005 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Won |
| 2017 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Genius | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1996 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Shine | Won |
| 1998 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Shakespeare in Love | Nominated |
| 2000 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Quills | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Won |
| 2010 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | The King's Speech | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television | Genius | Nominated |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1996 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Shine | Won |
| 1996 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Shine | Nominated |
| 1998 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Shakespeare in Love | Nominated |
| 1998 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Shakespeare in Love | Won |
| 2000 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Quills | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Won |
| 2010 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | The King's Speech | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion | The King's Speech | Won |
| 2017 | Outstanding Actor in Miniseries or TV Movie | Genius | Nominated |

### Tony Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Best Actor in a Play | Exit the King | Won | |

## Other theatre awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Drama Desk Award | 2009 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Exit the King | Won |
| Drama Desk Award | 2011 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Diary of a Madman | Nominated |
| Outer Critics Circle Award | 2009 | Outstanding Actor in a Play | Exit the King | Won |
| Helpmann Award | 2001 | Best Male Actor in a Play | The Small Poppies | Nominated |
| Helpmann Award | 2008 | Best Male Actor in a Play | Exit the King | Nominated |
| Helpmann Award | 2010 | Best Male Actor in a Musical | The Drowsy Chaperone | Nominated |
| Helpmann Award | 2011 | Best Male Actor in a Play | Diary of a Madman | Won |
| Helpmann Award | 2013 | Best Male Actor in a Musical | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Won |

## Miscellaneous associations

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Australian Academy Film Awards | 1996 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Shine | Won |
| Australian Academy Film Awards | 1998 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | A Little Bit of Soul | Nominated |
| Australian Academy Film Awards | 2002 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Swimming Upstream | Nominated |
| Australian Academy Film Awards | 2006 | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Candy | Nominated |
| Australian Academy Film Awards | 2011 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Eye of the Storm | Nominated |
| Annie Awards | 2012 | Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Nominated |
| Mo Awards | 2006 | Actor in Play | Geoffrey Rush | Won |

## Honorary awards

| Organizations | Year | Award | Result |
| Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards | 1994 | Statue | Honored |
| University of Queensland | 1998 | Bachelor of Arts, Honorary Doctorate | Honored |
| the Queen's New Year's Honours List | 2001 | Australian Centenary Medal | Honored |
| Australian Film Institute Award | 2003 | Global Achievement Award | Honored |
| Brisbane International Film Festival | 2004 | Chauvel Award | Honored |
| American Film Institute | 2009 | Longford Life Achievement Award | Honored |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival | 2011 | Montecito Award | Honored |
| Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts | 2012 | Australian of the Year | Honored |
| Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) | 2014 | Medal | Honored |
| the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | 2022 | Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema | Honored |