Geoffrey Rush

2005 Emmy Nominated: Lead Actor, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

"If there are two baskets that you put actors into, I'd like to be put into the serious, deep actor basket rather than the personality basket." -Geoffery Rush

Born on July 6 1951 in Toowoomba, Australia, Geoffrey Rush made his 1971 stage debut in "Wrong Side of the Moon," a production of the Queensland Theatre Company. He briefly moved to France before returning to Australia. In college, he shared a room with Mel Gibson. In 1996 he blew everyone away with his performance in "Shine;" winning a Golden Globe, a British Film Award, an Australian Film Institute Award, and an Oscar. Rush continues to keep close to his Australian roots, and recently appeared in "Ned Kelly," a film about the legendary Irish-Australian outlaw of the same name.

Geoffrey Rush is nominated for 2005's Outstanding Lead Actor In A Mini Series Or A Movie for the role of Peter Sellers in the HBO movie "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers."

Geoffrey Rush Videography

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 2006
Candy, 2005
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, 2004
Intolerable Cruelty, 2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003
Finding Nemo, 2003 (voice)

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