Portrait of Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Acting

Biography

Geoffrey Roy Rush AC (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He 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. He 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Geoffrey Rush, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: July 6, 1951

Place of Birth: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Filmography

2025
The Rule of Jenny Pen

as Stefan Mortensen

2019
Storm Boy

as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley

2017
Final Portrait

as Alberto Giacometti

2017
Genius

as Albert Einstein

2016
Chelsea

as Self

2016
2015
The Daughter

as Henry

2015
2015
Unity

as Narrator (voice)

2015
Minions

as Narrator (voice)

2013
The Book Thief

as Hans Hubermann

2013
Australian Encounters

as Himself - Narrator

2013
The Best Offer

as Virgil Oldman

2012
2011
The Eye of the Storm

as Basil Hunter

2011
Green Lantern

as Tomar-Re (voice)

2010
The King's Speech

as Lionel Logue

2010
Lowdown

as Narrator (voice)

2009
Bran Nue Dae

as Father Benedictus

2009
$9.99

as Angel (voice)

2008
The Man Inside Dame Edna

as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)

2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

as Sir Francis Walsingham

2007
The Pixar Story

as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)

2006
2006
Candy

as Casper

2005
Munich

as Ephraim

2003
Harvie Krumpet

as Narrator (voice)

2003
Intolerable Cruelty

as Donovan Donaly

2003
Finding Nemo

as Nigel (voice)

2003
Ned Kelly

as Superintendent Francis Hare

2003
Swimming Upstream

as Harold Fingleton

2002
The Banger Sisters

as Harry Plummer

2002
Frida

as Leon Trotsky

2002
Kath & Kim

as Geoff

2001
Lantana

as John Knox

2001
The Tailor of Panama

as Harry Pendel

2000
The Magic Pudding

as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)

2000
Quills

as Marquis de Sade

1999
House on Haunted Hill

as Stephen Price

1999
Mystery Men

as Casanova Frankenstein

1998
Shakespeare in Love

as Philip Henslowe

1998
Elizabeth

as Sir Francis Walsingham

1998
1998
A Little Bit of Soul

as Godfrey Usher

1997
Oscar and Lucinda

as Narrator (voice)

1997
The View

as Self

1997
Twisted

as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')

1996
1996
Shine

as David as an adult

1987
Twelfth Night

as Sir Andrew Aguecheek

1982
Starstruck

as Floor Manager

1953
The Oscars

as Self

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Being Brendo

as Dr. Lance Pickering