• Geoffrey Rush is an Australian actor best known for such films as Shine, Elizabeth, and the role as Captain Hector Barbossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born July 6, 1951
  2. Rush has an Art degree from the University of Queensland
  3. Won an Academy Award for Shine in 1996.
  4. Rush was the first Australian actor to win an Academy Award

• Early Life

  Geoffrey Roy Rush was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia on July 6, 1951. He attended Everton Part State High School before he starting his acting career. He went to the acting school Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane. In 1975, he attended a mime and pantomine school.

• Geoffrey Rush Timeline

  • July 6, 1951 Born
  • 1997: Wins Academy Award for Shine
  • 1998: Elizabeth
  • 1999: Academy Award Nomination for Shakespeare in Love
  • 2001: Academy Award Nomination for Quills
  • 2001: The Tailor of Panama
  • 2003: Finding Nemo
  • 2003: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • 2005: Wins Emmy Award for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
  • 2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • 2007: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

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