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| 3 | ->''"I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity."'' |
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| 5 | Geoffrey Roy Rush, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever AC]] (born 6 July 1951 in Toowoomba, Australia) is a popular Academy Award-winning Australian actor and [[LargeHam finely seasoned ham]]. |
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| 7 | Starting out on the stage in his native land, he made the move to Hollywood productions in the mid-1990s, making his reputation with his performance as troubled pianist David Helfgott in ''{{Film/Shine}}'', which won him the Oscar for Best Actor. A slew of roles in popular films followed, including ''Film/{{Elizabeth}}'' and its sequel (alongside fellow mid-1990s breakthrough Australian Creator/CateBlanchett), ''Film/ShakespeareInLove'', ''Film/{{Quills}}'', the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' films and ''Film/TheKingsSpeech''. |
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| 9 | Also following were two additional Academy Award nominations, an Emmy, and a Tony, making him a rare winner of the Triple Crown of Acting. In 2012, he won the Australian of the Year award for his innumerable contributions to culture and the arts. [[MediaNotes/TheEGOTs Still not as good as a Grammy]], though YMMV on that. |
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| 12 | !! Notable films and roles: |
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| 14 | * David Helfgott in ''{{Film/Shine}}'' (1996) |
| 15 | * InspectorJavert in ''[[Film/LesMiserables1998 Les Miserables]]'' (1998) |
| 16 | * Sir Francis Walsingham in ''Film/{{Elizabeth}}'' (1998) |
| 17 | ** Reprised the role in ''Film/ElizabethTheGoldenAge'' (2007) |
| 18 | * Philip Henslowe in ''Film/ShakespeareInLove'' (1998) |
| 19 | * Casanova Frankenstein in ''Film/MysteryMen'' (1999) |
| 20 | * Stephen Price in ''Film/{{House on Haunted Hill|1999}}'' (1999) |
| 21 | * The Marquis de Sade in ''Film/{{Quills}}'' (2000) |
| 22 | * Harry Pendel in ''Film/TheTailorOfPanama'' (2001) |
| 23 | * John Knox in ''Film/{{Lantana}}'' (2001) |
| 24 | * Leon Trotsky in ''Film/{{Frida}}'' (2002) |
| 25 | * Nigel in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' (2003) |
| 26 | * Narrator, ''WesternAnimation/HarvieKrumpet'' (2003) |
| 27 | * Captain Barbossa in ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' |
| 28 | ** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' (2003) |
| 29 | ** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' (only in the Australian Dub) |
| 30 | ** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMansChest'' (2006) |
| 31 | ** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'' (2007) |
| 32 | ** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' (2011) |
| 33 | ** ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'' (2017) |
| 34 | * Donovan Donaly in ''Film/IntolerableCruelty'' (2003) |
| 35 | * Francis Hare in ''[[Film/NedKelly2003 Ned Kelly]]'' (2003) |
| 36 | * Creator/PeterSellers in ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfPeterSellers'' (2004) |
| 37 | * Ephraim in ''Film/{{Munich}}'' (2005) |
| 38 | * Casper in ''Film/{{Candy|2006}}'' (2006) |
| 39 | * Lionel Logue in ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' (2010) |
| 40 | * Ron in ''Film/TheWarriorsWay'' (2010) |
| 41 | * The voice of Tomar Re in ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' (2011) |
| 42 | * Hans Hubermann in ''Film/TheBookThief'' (2013) |
| 43 | * Virgil Oldman in ''Film/TheBestOffer'' (2013) |
| 44 | * The narrator of ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' (2016) |
| 45 | * Ra in ''Film/GodsOfEgypt'' (2016) |
| 46 | * UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein in ''Series/{{Genius}}'' (2017) |
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| 49 | !! Tropes associated with Geoffrey Rush: |
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| 51 | * ClassicallyTrainedExtra: He's one of the most well-respected actors around and can convincingly mix playing murderous pirates and tortured Musical geniuses. |
| 52 | * EvilSoundsDeep: When he's playing Barbossa, his voice seems to get even raspier. |
| 53 | * FakeBrit: Much like fellow Aussie Creator/CateBlanchett, so many of his famous roles are British that quite a few people doubtless think he is one. |
| 54 | * LargeHam: Constantly gets roles which allow him to have fun (including [[EvilIsHammy villains]] such as [[Film/MysteryMen Casanova Frankenstein]] and [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Barbossa]], where it's proven Mr. Rush is the only man hammy enough to go [[HamToHamCombat head to head]] with Creator/JohnnyDepp). Also amusingly played with in ''The King's Speech'' where he's mostly quite subdued, but the character is a terrible ham in-universe and sounds distinctly like Barbossa while playing with his kids. |
| 55 | * MaleFrontalNudity: In ''Quills''. |
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