The Geoffrey Rush Handbook - Everything you need to know about Geoffrey Rush

Louise Eggers

Description

Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. As of November 2009, he is one of 25 people to have won the "Triple Crown of Acting": an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award. He has also won the Golden Globe, the BAFTA, the Screen Actors Guild and the Australian Film Institute awards.

This book is your ultimate resource for Geoffrey Rush. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away: Menotti, Starstruck (1982 film), Twelfth Night, Shine (film), Mercury (TV series), Children of the Revolution (film), Frontier, Oscar and Lucinda, Elizabeth (film), Les Misérables (1998 film), Shakespeare in Love, Mystery Men, House on Haunted Hill (1999 film), Quills, The Magic Pudding, The Tailor of Panama, Lantana (film), Frida, The Banger Sisters, Swimming Upstream, Ned Kelly (2003 film), Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Intolerable Cruelty, Harvie Krumpet, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Munich (film), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Candy (2006 film), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, $9.99, Bran Nue Dae (film), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, The King's Speech, Lowdown (TV series), The Warrior's Way, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.

Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.

Sujets

• Performing Arts
• Biography
• Entertainment
• Autobiography

Informations

• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486435685
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 12 Mo

Extrait

Geoffrey Rush

Topic relevant selected content from the highest rated wiki entries, typeset, printed and shipped.

Combine the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books.

A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission: to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally.

The content within this book was generated collaboratively by volunteers. Please be advised that noth- ing found here has necessarily been reviewed by people with the expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information. Some information in this book maybe misleading or simply wrong. The publisher does not guarantee the validity of the information found here. If you need speciîc advice (for example, medical, legal, înancial, or risk management) please seek a professional who is licensed or knowledgeable in that area.

Sources, licenses and contributors of the articles and images are listed in the section entitled “Refer- ences”. Parts of the books may be licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. A copy of this license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License”

All used third-party trademarks belong to their respective owners.

Contents

Articles Geoffrey Rush Menotti Starstruck (1982 film) Twelfth Night Shine (film) Mercury (TV series) Children of the Revolution (film) Frontier Oscar and Lucinda

Elizabeth (film) Les Misérables (1998 film) Shakespeare in Love Mystery Men House on Haunted Hill (1999 film) Quills The Magic Pudding The Tailor of Panama Lantana (film) Frida The Banger Sisters

Swimming Upstream

Ned Kelly (2003 film)

Finding Nemo Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Intolerable Cruelty Harvie Krumpet The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Munich (film) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Candy (2006 film) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Elizabeth: The Golden Age $9.99 Bran Nue Dae (film)

1 8 12 14 23 27 28 29 34 36 43 46 55 59 64 72 75 78 81 87 89 90 94 102 110 115 117 120 130 140 143 153 162 164

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole The King's Speech Lowdown (TV series) The Warrior's Way Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

170 177 185 190 193

200 206

208

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Rush at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival

BornGeoffrey Roy Rush6 July 1951Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia OccupationActor Years active1981–present Spouse19.`88enaJneMualem(s–present)

Geoffrey Roy Rush(born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. As of November 2009, he is one of 25 people to have won the "Triple Crown of Acting": an Academy Award, a Tony Award and an Emmy Award. He has also won the [1] Golden Globe, the BAFTA, the Screen Actors Guild and the Australian Film Institute awards.

Early life Rush was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Merle (nae Kiehne), a department store sales assistant, and [2] [3] Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. His parents divorced when he was five and [4] his mother subsequently took him to live with her parents in suburban Brisbane. Before he began his acting career, [5] Rush attended Everton Park State High School. He also has an arts degree from the University of Queensland. While at university he was talent-spotted by Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) in Brisbane. Rush began his career in with QTC in 1971, appearing in 17 productions. In 1975, Rush went to Paris for a couple of years and studied mime and pantomime at the famous L'bcole [3] Internationale de Thactre Jacques Lecoq, before returning to Australia to resume his stage career with QTC. In 1979, he shared an apartment with actor Mel Gibson for four months while they co-starred in a stage production of [3] [4] [5] Waiting for Godot.

1

Geoffrey Rush

Stage career Rush made his theatre debut in the Queensland Theatre Company's production ofWrong Side of the Moon. He worked with the QTC for four years, appearing in roles ranging across classical plays to pantomime, fromJuno and the PaycocktoHamlet on Ice. Following these early years in Brisbane, Rush left for Paris where he studied further. Rush's acting credits include Shakespeare's plays,The Winter's Tale(with the State Theatre Company of South Australia in 1987 at The Playhouse in Adelaide), andTroilus and Cressida(at the Old Museum Building in 1989). He also appeared in an on-going production of Oscar Wilde'sThe Importance of Being Earnestas John Worthing (Ernest) (in which his wife, Jane Menelaus, appeared as Gwendolen). In September 1998, Rush played the title role in the Beaumarchais playThe Marriage of Figarofor the QTC. This was the opening production of the Optus Playhouse, at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre at South Bank in Brisbane. A pun on Geoffrey Rush's name (and the circumstances), was used in the opening prologue of the play with the comment that the "Optus Playhouse was opening with a Rush". In 2007, he starred as King Berenger in a production of Eugène Ionesco'sExit the Kingat the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne and Company B in Sydney, directed by Neil Armfield. d Rush has appeared on stage for the Brisbane Arts Theatre and in many other theatre venues. He has also worked as a theatre director. Rush made his Broadway debut in a restaging ofExit the Kingunder Malthouse Theatre's touring moniker Malthouse Melbourne. This restaging featured a new American cast including Susan Sarandon. The show opened on 26 March 2009 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Rush won the Outer Critics Circle Award, Theatre World Award, and Drama Desk Award, as well as the Distinguished Performance Award from the Drama League Award, and was the winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play.

Film career Rush's film debut was in the Australian filmHoodwinkin 1981. His next film was Gillian Armstrong'sStarstruck, the following year. In 1996, he starred inShine, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, becoming the first Australian-born actor to win an Oscar. In 1998, he appeared in three major films:Les Misérables, in which he played Inspector Javert;Elizabeth, in which he played the suspicious Sir Francis Walsingham, for which he won a BAFTA Award; andShakespeare in Lovein which he played Philip Henslowe, the acting company manager who remained calm in the midst of chaos (and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor). In 1999, Rush departured from his usual dramatic stint and took the lead role as Steven Price in the horror film House on Haunted Hill. In 2000, he received his third Academy Award nomination, forQuills, in which he played the Marquis de Sade.

2

Geoffrey Rush

Rush's career continued at a fast pace, with nine films released from 2001 through 2003. He starred in the filmPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, as Captain Hector Barbossa, also appearing in its sequels,Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestandPirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

Rush reprised his character's voice for the enhancements at the Pirates of the Caribbean attractions at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom theme parks, which involved an Audio-Animatronic with Rush's likeness being installed (including one at Tokyo Disneyland). He also voiced Nigel the pelican inFinding Nemo. Rush at the premiere ofPirates of the Caribbean: At Rush played actor Peter Sellers in the television filmThe Life and World's End, May 2007 Death of Peter Sellers. For this performance, he won an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Mini-series or Movie, a SAG Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture made for Television. In 2005, he starred in Steven Spielberg's filmMunichas Ephraim, a cold Mossad officer.

In 2006, Rush hosted the Australian Film Institute Awards for the Nine Network. He was the Master of Ceremonies again at the 2007 AFI Awards. In 2010, Rush played Speech Therapist Lionel Logue inThe King's Speech. Rush has confirmed that he is returning as Captain Hector Barbossa inPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, starring Johnny Depp, who has signed on to return as Captain Jack Sparrow as of September 2008. The probable story will be them going to find the fountain of youth, a story revealed at the end ofPirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Rush is also preparing for a film version ofThe Drowsy Chaperone, an award-winning stage musical, in which he'll be portraying The Man in the Chair. In the beginning of 2009, Rush appeared in a series of special edition postage stamps featuring some of Australia's internationally recognised actors. He, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, and Nicole Kidman each appear twice in the [6] series, in a contemporary portrait, and as one of their notable characters. Rush's film image is taken fromShine.

Personal life Since 1988, Rush has been married to actress Jane Menelaus, with whom he has a daughter, Angelica (born 1992), [2] and a son, James (born 1995).

Filmography

3

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor–Comedy/Romance Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor (also for Elizabeth) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor–Motion Picture Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor–Motion Picture Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

TV series

Oscar and Lucinda

Children of the Revolution

Frontier

Twelfth Night

1987

Starstruck

1982

Menotti

1981

Year

Geoffrey Rush

Stephen H. Price

1999

House on Haunted Hill

1998

1997

1998

Les Misérables

Elizabeth

1996

1997

BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor (also for Shakespeare in Love)

Title

Inspector Javert

4

TV Series

Notes

Detective 1

Narrator

1981

Floor Manager

Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Hoodwink

Philip Henslowe

1996

Shine

Bill Wyatt

Mercury

A Little Bit of Soul

Role

David Helfgott (adult)

1999

Mystery Men

(voice)

1998

Shakespeare in Love

1998

1996

Casanova Frankenstein

Godfrey Usher

Academy Award for Best Actor Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for Best Actor–Male Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Drama London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Satellite Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Drama Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Society of Texas Film Critics Awards for Best Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Sir Francis Walsingham

Soldier Administrator David Collins

Zachary Welch

TV mini-series

Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

(voice)

5

Narrator

Captain Hector Barbossa

Captain Hector Barbossa

Nominated—Washington DC Area Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actor

(voice)

Harold 'Harry' Pendel

2006

Donovan Donaly

2007

2006

Peter Sellers

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Quills

Mossad case officer Ephraim

2000

2000

The Magic Pudding

2002

2002

Frida

Lantana

2001

Marquis de Sade

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Casper

2001

The Tailor of Panama

2003

Swimming Upstream

Candy

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

(voice)

Bunyip Bluegum

The Banger Sisters

Harry Plummer

Munich

2005

2004

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Harvie Krumpet

Captain Hector Barbossa

Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Satellite Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor–Miniseries or a Movie Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Miniseries or Television Film Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated—British Independent Film Award for Best Actor Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor–Miniseries or Television Film

Harold Fingleton

Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for Best Actor– Male Nominated—Inside Film Awards for Best Actor

Geoffrey Rush

Nigel

2003

John Knox

Leon Trotsky

2003

2003

Intolerable Cruelty

2003

2003

Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Villain Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor–Motion Picture Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor

Superintendent Francis Hare

Ned Kelly

Finding Nemo

Geoffrey Rush

2007

2008

2009

2010

2010

2010

2010

2010

2011

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

$9.99

Bran Nue Dae

The Eye of the Storm

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

The King's Speech

Lowdown

The Warrior's Way

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

|+Film and television

Sir Francis Walsingham

Angel

Father Benedictus

Basil Hunter

Ezylryb (voice only)

Lionel Logue

Narrator

Ron

Captain Hector Barbossa

(voice)

(voice) Nominated—Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor–Motion Picture Nominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Awards for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor–Motion Picture Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor

(voice)

6

Geoffrey Rush

Other awards • Awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Queensland, in Australia. • Awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queen's New Year's Honours List for his services to the arts especially through a distinguished acting career. • 2009—Australian Film Institute Longford Life Achievement Award • 2003—Australian Film Institute Awards–Global Achievement Award • 2004—Brisbane International Film Festival–Chauvel Award • 2003—Hollywood Film Festival for Supporting Actor of the Year • 1994—Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards

References [1] imdb Awards page (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001691/awards) [2]Geoffrey Rush biography(http://www.filmreference.com/film/79/Geoffrey-Rush.html). Film Reference.com. [3]Geoffrey Rush Biography(http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/geoffrey_rush_biog.html). Tiscali.film & tv. [4]Geoffrey Rush biography(http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018920/bio). Yahoo! Movies. [5]Geoffrey Rush, 1997Academy award winner(http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=286). Alumni at University of Queensland. [6] Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman Happy to Be Licked—On Stamps (http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20256753,00.html) People.com, February 4, 2009

External links • Geoffrey Rush (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001691/) at the Internet Movie Database • Geoffrey Rush (http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=482527) at the Internet Broadway Database • Geoffrey Rush (http://www.afc.gov.au/faqs/osaustralians/actors/geoffrey_rush.aspx)—Australian Film Commission • Geoffrey Rush (http://www.ausstage.edu.au/indexdrilldown.jsp?xcid=59&f_contrib_id=482& f_event_id=14306)—Stage acting credits • The Cinematic Hats of Geoffrey Rush (http://www.93950.com/rush/) • Professional photographs of Geoffrey Rush (http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/ picturescatalogue?action=PCSearch&mode=search&attribute2=Aggregation&term2=BIB&op1=AND& attribute1=any+field&term1=geoffrey+rush&x=17&y=14)—National Library of Australia

7