Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Roy Rush,  (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor who has won Academy and Emmy awards, as well as several others. He was the first Australian actor to win an Academy Award for acting.Geoffrey Rush named Australian of the Year at Zeenews.com

Rush was born in Toowoomba, Queensland.Geoffrey Rush Biography . Tiscali.film & tv. He studied at Everton Park State High School and at University of Queensland.Geoffrey Rush, 1997 Academy award winner . Alumni at University of Queensland. Rush was raised in Brisbane.Geoffrey Rush biography . Yahoo! Movies.

He has won one Academy Award for acting (from four nominations), three British Academy Film Awards (from five nominations), two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. 

He is the foundation President of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.

In 1975, Rush went to Paris for two years and studied mime, movement and theatre at the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, before returning to continue his stage career with QTC. In 1979, he shared an apartment with actor Mel Gibson for four months while they co-starred in a stage production of Waiting for Godot.

Rush is known for his roles in Shine, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Shakespeare in Love, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Quills, Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The King's Speech and Minions.

Since 1988, Rush has been married to actress Jane Menelaus, with whom he has a daughter, Angelica (born 1992), and a son, James (born 1995). Geoffrey Rush lives at Camberwell station, Camberwell, Victoria.

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 Geoffrey Rush  – Stage acting credits
 Professional photographs of Geoffrey Rush – National Library of Australia

Category:Academy Award winning actors
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Category:Australian movie actors
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