• Name: Geoffrey Rush
  
• Height: 6' 1"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: Australian
  
• Birth Date: July 6, 1951
  
• Birth Place: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
  
• Profession: actor, director.
  
• Education: Attended University of Queensland in Queensland, Australia. (majored in English)
  
•   : Jacques Lecoq School of Mime, Movement, and Theater in Paris, France. (from 1975 until 1977)
  
• Husband/Wife: Jane Menelaus (actress;married in 1988 to present)
  
• Father: Roy Rush (accountant)
  
• Mother: Merle Rush (sales clerk)
  
• Son: James Rush (born in 1992)
  
• Daughter: Angelica Rush (born in 1995)
  

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• "He got to make love to Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett. All I got was an Oscar nomination." [regarding he and Joseph Fiennes appearing in both SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE and ELIZABETH].
• My career has been in theatre for 23 years, with spits and coughs in bits and pieces of films. Scott [Hicks] very nicely said my entire career had been my audition [for the role in 'Shine']

• Australian Film Institute: Global Achievement Award (2003)
• Hollywood Film Festival: Supporting Actor of the Year (2003)
• Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, QUILLS (2001)
• Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, QUILLS (2001)
• Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, QUILLS (2001)
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Sierra Award - Best Actor, QUILLS (2000)
• BAFTA Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, ELIZABETH (1999)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1999)
• London Critics Circle Film Awards: Actor of the Year, SHINE (1998)
• Academy Awards: Best Actor, SHINE (1997)
• BAFTA Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, SHINE (1997)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, SHINE (1997)
• Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards: Best Actor - Male, SHINE (1997)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, SHINE (1997)
• Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, SHINE (1997)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, SHINE (1997)
• Australian Film Institute Award: Best Actor, SHINE (1996)
• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actor, SHINE (1996)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, SHINE (1996)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, SHINE (1996)
• Sydney Myer Perfoming Arts Award (1994)
• Victorian Green Room Award: Best Actor, THE DIARY OF A MADMAN (1990)
• Sydney Critics Circle Award: Most Outstanding Performance, THE DIARY OF A MADMAN (1989)
• Variety Club Award: Best Actor, THE DIARY OF A MADMAN

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