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Also Known As	Geoffrey Roy Rush
Born	July 6, 1951 (age 73) • Toowoomba • Australia
Awards And Honors	Tony Awards • Australian of the Year (2012) • Academy Award (1997) • Academy Award (1997): Actor in a Leading Role • Emmy Award (2005): Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie • Golden Globe Award (2005): Best Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television • Golden Globe Award (1997): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama • Tony Award (2009): Best Actor in a Play
Married To	Jane Menelaus (1988–present)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Quills" (2000) • "Lantana" (2001) • "Children of the Revolution" (1996) • "Les Misérables" (1998) • "Ned Kelly" (2003) • "Gods of Egypt" (2016) • "Shakespeare in Love" (1998) • "Frontier" (1997) • "Frida" (2002) • "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" (2010) • "Menotti" (1980–1981) • "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" (2007) • "Storm Boy" (2019) • "Intolerable Cruelty" (2003) • "The Tailor of Panama" (2001) • "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (2017) • "Munich" (2005) • "Bran Nue Dae" (2009) • "Mercury" (1996) • "House on Haunted Hill" (1999) • "Mystery Men" (1999) • "$9.99" (2008) • "Final Portrait" (2017) • "Starstruck" (1982) • "Kath & Kim" (2004) • "La migliore offerta" (2013) • "Lowdown" (2010–2012) • "Genius" (2017) • "The Book Thief" (2013) • "Holding the Man" (2015) • "The Magic Pudding" (2000) • "Twisted Tales" (1996) • "The Eye of the Storm" (2011) • "The Warrior's Way" (2010) • "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003) • "Green Lantern" (2011) • "Elizabeth" (1998) • "Minions" (2015) • "Shine" (1996) • "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (2011) • "The King's Speech" (2010) • "Swimming Upstream" (2003) • "Hoodwink" (1981) • "Twelfth Night" (1987) • "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" (2004) • "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (2007) • "Oscar and Lucinda" (1997) • "A Little Bit of Soul" (1998) • "Finding Nemo" (2003) • "Candy" (2006) • "Being Brendo" (2012) • "The Daughter" (2015) • "Dad and Dave: On Our Selection" (1995) • "The Banger Sisters" (2002)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"At the Movies" (2011)