Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Roy Rush AC (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is amongst 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting: an Academy Award for film, a Primetime Emmy Award for television, and a Tony Award for theatre.
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| Full name at birth | Geoffrey Roy Rush
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| Claim to fame | Shine, Pirates of the Caribeean
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| Date of birth | 6 July 1951
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| Place of birth | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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| Occupation | Actor, Writer, Voice Over Artist
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PERSONAL DETAILS
| Height | 5' 11½" (182 cm)
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| Distinctive feature | Large Nose
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Residence | Camberwell, Victoria
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| Net worth | $40,000,000 USD
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| High school | Everton Park State High School
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- He was named Alumnus of the Year by the University of Queensland (Australia) in 1998.
- Has an Arts Degree from the University of Queensland.
- Attended the Jacques Lecoq School of Mime, Movement and Theater.
- He won an Oscar for playing David Helfgott in Shine (1996), making him one of eleven actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2007). The other ten actors and their respective performances are: Spencer Tracy for playing Father Edward Flanagan in Boys Town (1938), Gary Cooper for playing Alvin C. York in Sergeant York (1941), Patty Duke for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker (1962), Jason Robards for playing Benjamin Bradlee in All the President's Men (1976), Robert De Niro for playing Jake La Motta in Raging Bull (1980), Sissy Spacek for playing Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), Susan Sarandon for playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking (1995), Julia Roberts for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000), Jim Broadbent for playing John Bayley in Iris (2001/I) and most recently Helen Mirren for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006).
- Once lived with Mel Gibson while they were in college.
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