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Geoffrey Rush (born July 6, 1951) is an Australian
actor.  Born in Toowoomba, Queensland|Toowoomba,
Queensland, he began his acting career with the
Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane,
Queensland|Brisbane.  He also has an Arts Degree
from the University of Queensland.  While in
college, he roomed with Mel Gibson.

Rush's film debut was in the Australian film
Hoodwink in 1981.  His next film was in Gillian
Armstrong's Starstruck, the following year.  In
1996, he starred in Shine (film)|Shine, for which
he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.  From
that point on, his career skyrocketed.  In 1998 he
appeared in three major films -- Les Miserables
(1998)|Les Misérables, in which he played
Inspector Javert; Elizabeth (movie)|Elizabeth, in
which he played the suspicious Sir Francis
Walsingham; and Shakespeare in Love in which he
played the acting company manager who remained
calm in the midst of chaos (and received an
Academy Award nomination for Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor).

In 1999, Geoffrey Rush appeared in the title role
of Figaro in the play "The Marriage of Figaro" (on
which the opera was based) for the premiere
(opening) production of the Optus Playhouse, at
South Bank Parklands, Brisbane|South Bank in
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.  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 2000, he received his third Academy Award
nomination, for Quills, in which he played the
Marquis de Sade.

Rush's career continues at an amazingly fast pace,
with nine films released from 2001 through 2003.
Rush also starred in the movie Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, as
Captain Barbossa. He also played actor Peter
Sellers in the TV movie The Life and Death of
Peter Sellers.

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