 Rush at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| Award | Wins | Nominations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | |
| 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | 9 | |
Geoffrey Rush is an Australian actor of the stage and screen. He has received what is known as the Triple Crown of Acting, meaning an Academy Award, Tony Award and Emmy Award, which represent film, theatre and television respectively. Over his career he has also received three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.[1][2][3]
Rush received his Oscar for his performance in Shine in 1996. He has received three other nominations for his roles in Shakespeare in Love (1998), Quills (2000), and The King's Speech (2010). For his work in television he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Television Movie for his performance as Peter Sellers in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2003). Rush received his Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in the French absurdist comedy Exit the King (2009).
- ^ "Geoffrey Rush". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "Australian of the Year Awards 2012 – Recipients Announced". 25 January 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012.
- ^ Singer, Jill (24 March 2008). "Rush to flat earth". Herald Sun.
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