Born July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Australia, Geoffrey Rush began his acting career at Brisbane's Queensland Theatre Company. During his lengthy and successful time in stage work, he made his film bow in Hoodwink (1981).Rush became an international celebrity with his portrayal of pianist David Helfgott in Shine (1996), for which he won the Best Actor Oscar. He followed with a series of costume dramas, including the 1998 films Elizabeth and Shakespeare in Love (receiving an Oscar nod for his supporting turn) and 2000's Quills (earning another Best Actor Oscar nomination).
Rush has also played a wide variety of parts in Frida (2002), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and the title character in HBO's The Life & Death of Peter Sellers. The latter netted him Golden Globe and Emmy awards in 2005. Rush's later work includes a superb performance in The King's Speech (2010), which brought him Golden Globe and Oscar nods.
ShineA richly deserved Oscar went to Geoffrey Rush for his riveting portrayal of Australian virtuoso David Helfgott and his ultimate triumph over a domineering father (Armin Mueller-Stahl, who also earned Academy honors for his supporting turn); schizophrenia; and an obsession with the Rachmaninoff Piano... Read More
Brand New DayIn an idyllic port town on Australia's west coast in the summer of 1969, carefree 16-year-old Willie (Rocky McKenzie) enjoys hanging out with his pals and wooing a beautiful singer named Rosie (Jessica Mauboy) -- until his mom ships him back to a Catholic boarding school in Perth. An act of... Read More
Swimming UpstreamJesse Spencer ("House M.D.") stars in the true-life drama of Australian swimming champion Tony Fingleton. Desperate to escape his tortuous older brother and alcoholic father (Geoffrey Rush), Tony finds sanctuary and his life's calling at the local public pool. And though his new passion is marred by... Read More
House on Haunted HillWhen Eddie (Taye Diggs), Melissa (Bridgette Wilson), Sara (Ali Larter), Donald (Peter Gallagher) and Watson (Chris Kattan) accept tycoon Steven Price's (Geoffrey Rush) $1 million proposal to stay one night in a former insane asylum, they think it's child's play until Price's rigged antics are... Read More
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The Eye of the Storm (2011) | NR | |
R | ||
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PG | ||
Brand New Day (2009) | PG-13 | |
$9.99 (2008) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
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PG-13 | ||
Candy (2006) | R | |
Whaledreamers (2006) | NR | |
R | ||
Ned Kelly (2004) | R | |
NR | ||
Finding Nemo (2003) | G | |
PG-13 | ||
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) | PG-13 | |
Swimming Upstream (2003) | PG-13 | |
Harvie Krumpet (2003) | TV-14 | |
R | ||
The Banger Sisters (2002) | R | |
The Tailor of Panama (2001) | R | |
Lantana (2001) | R | |
Quills (2000) | R | |
Mystery Men (1999) | PG-13 | |
House on Haunted Hill (1999) | R | |
Elizabeth (1998) | R | |
Shakespeare in Love (1998) | R | |
Les Misérables (1998) | PG-13 | |
A Little Bit of Soul (1998) | R | |
Children of the Revolution (1996) | R | |
Shine (1996) | PG-13 | |
Mercury (1996) | NR | |
Starstruck (1982) | PG | |
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