Geoffrey Rush is an Australian film, television, stage and voice actor and producer. He is known for his stage roles in Oscar Wilde’s The Urgency To Be Serious and Shakespeare’s plays The Winter’s Tale , Hamlet , The Marriage of Figaro , Abandon the King , The Sleepy Companion , among others. Geoffrey has acted in films such as Starstruck , Love Joy , Shine , Les Miserables , Shakespeare in Love , Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Talesamong other. He has also lent his voice as a narrator in the films Pirates of the Caribbean , Finding Nemo , Harvey Krumpet , etc.

Rush has received a number of awards and nominations, including the 1997 Best Actor award and Best Actor in a Leading Role award for the film Shine , Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the Filmed 1999 and 2011 Elisabeth and The Speech of the King among others. His list of awards doesn’t stop there, he’s also taken home Golden Globe Awards , Helpmann Awards , Hollywood Film Festival , Australian Film Institute Awards , Brisbane International Film Festivals and many more.

He has an honorary doctorate from the University of Queensland , the Australian Centenary Medal for his service in the arts, Companion of the Order of Australia and the Q150 Icons of Queensland for his influence as an artist.

Born name

Geoffrey Roy Rush

nickname

Geoff

Sun sign

Krebs

Place of birth

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Residence

Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

nationality

training

Geoffrey Rush was in attendance at Everton Park State High School and the University of Queensland as well as L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq .

occupation

Film, TV, Stage and Dubbing Actor, Producer

family

• Father – Roy Baden Rush (Accountant)
• Mother – Merle Rush (Department Store Clerk)
• Siblings – He has one sister.

Manager

Geoffrey Rush is managed by –

• Shanahan Management Pty Ltd. (Talent Management Company), New South Wales, Australien
• Creative Artists Agency (CAA) (Speaker/Commercial), Los Angeles, California, USA
• Stan Rosenfield & Associates (publicist), Los Angeles, California, USA
• Bloom Hergott Diemer Rosenthal Laviolette Feldman Schenkman & Goodman (Legal Representative), Beverly Hills, California, USA

To build

Average

Height

5 feet 11½ inches or 181.5 cm

weight

70 kg or 154.5 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Geoffrey Rush dated –

1. Jane Menelaus (1988-Present) – Rush and Jane, an Australian actress, have been together since 1988. They got married on November 20, 1988 and have been living happily ever since. They have two children together, Angelica (born 1992) and James (born 1995).

race/ethnicity

White

He is of English, Irish and Scottish ancestry on his father’s side and of German ancestry on his mother’s side.

hair colour

dark brown

Due to his advancing age, his hair has turned gray.

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• prominent nose
• long face
• Lugubrian Mannerism

brand promotion

Geoffrey Rush endorsed –

• Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
• Mandarin Oriental Hotels

Known for

• Stage actor in plays such as The Urgency to Be Serious , Shakespeare’s play The Winter’s Tale , Hamlet , The Marriage of Figaro , Abandon the King , The Sleepy Companion , among others
• Voice acting roles in films such as Pirates of the Caribbean , Finding Nemo , Harvey Krumpet , among others
• Appearances in film and TV roles such as Starstruck , Love Joy , Shine , Les Miserables , Shakespeare in Love , Pirates of the Caribbean , Dead Men Tell No Tales , among others
• Produce the film The King’s Speech in 2010

first movie

Geoffrey Rush made his big screen debut as Detective 1 in the 1981 film Hoodwink .

First TV show

He made his TV show debut as Father Peter Fuller in the TV series Menotti in 1980.

Geoffrey Rush favorite things

• Movie – City Lights
• Actor – Johnny Depp
• word – bobble

Geoffrey Rush Facts

1. His father was an accountant with the Royal Australian Air Force.
2. When he was 5 years old, his parents divorced.
3. He lived in Brisbane with his mother and maternal grandparents.
4. Geoffrey was discovered by the Queensland Theater Company when he was in college.
5. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland .
6. Rush lived in Paris for 2 years where he studied pantomime, theater and movement at L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq .
7. He co-starred with Mel Gibson in the 1979 film Waiting for Godot and they shared an apartment for 4 months.
8. The film Schein gave him international recognition.
9. He turned down an offer for the film As Good As It Gets .
10. He made three major films in 1998 namely Shakespeare in Love , Elizabeth , and Les Misérables .
11. Geoffrey made a total of 9 films between 2001 and 2003 including Dead Men Tell No Tales , Dead Man’s Chest , At World’s End , Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl among others.
12. He is very versatile and can take on a variety of roles, including historical portrayals.
13. He filed a defamation lawsuit, according to The Telegraph in 2017, when they told a story about Rush behaving inappropriately on stage.
14. Geoffrey has also been accused of s*xual misconduct by Yael Stone, an Australian actress who claimed Rush texted her inappropriately, touched her, looked at her while showering and danced naked in front of her. The story was published in the New York Times on December 16, 2018.
15. He is involved in causes such as the Melbourne Community Group for the Preservation of Historic Landscapes.
16. An accomplished pianist, he played all the piano pieces in the film Schein where he played a pianist.
17. He said that he will take on roles that involve some risk because he “has to occasionally jump off a cliff and do things that aren’t immediately within your reach”.
18. Johnny Depp is one of his favorite actors because of his imagination and skills.
19. He was the star and executive producer of The King’s Speech (2010).
20. He met his wife on the set of The Urgency To Be Serious, where they were both actors.
21. Geoffrey has a very booming voice.
22. Rush is a “Triple Crown Actor” having won an Emmy , a Tony , and an Oscar .
23. He has played hosting roles for Australian Film Institute Awards and AFI Awards.
24. He was featured in special issues of postage stamps featuring Australian protagonists.
25. Geoffrey recalls his childhood in Queensland with nostalgia and says it was the happiest days of his life.
26. One of his greatest fears is a recurring dream in which he is alone in a room with a tiger.
27. He doesn’t like that he gives in to false melancholy.
28. He does not appear to be active on social media.