Geoffrey Rush Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Family, Career, Lifestyle & Net Worth – Geoffrey Roy Rush AC is an Australian actor. Rush is amongst 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting: an Academy Award, a Prime time Emmy Award and a Tony Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting, three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Geoffrey Rush Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Family, Career, Lifestyle & Net Worth
Geoffrey Rush Celebrity Profile
NameGeoffrey RushNicknameGeoff RushBirth / Real NameGeoffrey Roy RushProfessionActorDate of BirthFriday 6th of July 1951Age (as of 2021)70 years oldGenderMaleBirth Place
Toowoomba, Queensland,
Australia
Currently Living In
Camberwell, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia
NationalityAustralianZodiac / Star SignCancerProfessional debut
QTC’s production of
Wrong Side of the Moon
1971
LanguagesEnglish
Geoffrey Rush Financial
SalaryUnknownNet worth$40 million
Geoffrey Rush Education
School
Everton Park State
High School
College
University of
Queensland (BA)
Educational Qualification
Bachelor’s degree
in Arts
Geoffrey Rush Family Information
FatherRoy Baden RushMotherMerle KiehneReligionUnknownMarital StatusMarriedRelationshipJane Menelaus Wife
Jane Menelaus
since 1988
Children
James (Son),
Angelica (Daughter)
Geoffrey Rush Physical Stats
Height Meters (approx.)183 cm, 1.83 mHeight Feet/Inches (approx.)6 feetWeight in Kg (approx.)73 kgWeight in Pounds (approx.)160.6 lbsEye ColorBlueHair ColorGreyChest in InchesUnknownBiceps in InchesUnknownWaist in InchesUnknown
Geoffrey Rush Social Media
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Geoffrey Rush Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Family, Career, Lifestyle & Net Worth
Geoffrey Rush Other Information
Hobbies UnknownFavourite FoodUnknownFavourite ActorUnknownFavourite ActressUnknownFavourite DirectorUnknownFavorite movieUnknownFavorite ColorUnknownFavorite SingerUnknownFeet/Shoe SizeUnknownSmokingYesDrinkingYesAwards
1996 Best Actor and
Best Actor in a Leading Role – Shine,
1998 Best Actor in a
Supporting Role – Elizabeth,
2004 Best Actor – Miniseries
or Television Film –
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers,
2010 Best Actor in a
Supporting Role –
The King’s Speech
Known for?
He role in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, as Captain Hector Barbossa, reprising the role in its sequels, Dead Man’s Chest, At World’s End, On Stranger Tides and Dead Men Tell No Tales.
Career and Lifestyle Info:
Rush made his theatre debut in the QTC’s production of Wrong Side of the Moon. He worked with the QTC for four years, appearing in roles ranging across classical plays and pantomime, from Juno and the Paycock to Hamlet on Ice. Following these, Rush left for Paris where he studied further.
Rush’s acting credits include William Shakespeare’s plays The Winter’s Tale (with the State Theatre Company of South Australia in 1987 at The Playhouse in Adelaide) and Troilus and Cressida (at the Old Museum Building in 1989). He also appeared in an ongoing production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest as John Worthing (Ernest) (in which his wife, Jane Menelaus, appeared as Gwendolen). Rush made his film debut in the Australian film Hoodwink in 1981. His next film was Gillian Armstrong’s Starstruck, the following year. In the coming years he appeared in small roles on television dramas, including a role as a dentist in a 1993 episode of the British television series Lovejoy. He made his breakthrough performance in 1996 with Shine, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. That same year, James L. Brooks flew him to Los Angeles to audition for the part of Simon Bishop in As Good as It Gets, and offered him the role, but Rush declined it (it went to Greg Kinnear).
In the beginning of 2009, Rush appeared in a series of special edition postage stamps featuring some of Australia’s internationally recognised actors. He, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, and Nicole Kidman each appear twice in the series. Rush’s image is taken from Shine. In 2010, Rush played speech therapist Lionel Logue in The King’s Speech, a part that earned him a BAFTA and nominations for the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actor. Rush returned as Captain Hector Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, starring Johnny Depp, in 2011. Rush is also preparing for a film version of The Drowsy Chaperone, an award-winning stage musical. In addition, he voiced the alien Tomar-Re in the film adaptation of the Green Lantern comic book series.
Family and Personal Info:
Rush was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Merle (Bischof), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. His father was of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, and his mother was of German descent. His parents divorced when he was five, and his mother subsequently took him to live with her parents in suburban Brisbane. Before he began his acting career, Rush attended Brisbane State High School, and graduated from the University of Queensland with a bachelor’s degree in Arts. While at university, he was talent-spotted by Queensland Theatre Company (QTC) in Brisbane.
Since 1988, Rush has been married to actress Jane Menelaus, with whom he has a daughter, Angelica (born 1992), and a son, James (born 1995). Rush lives in Melbourne, in the suburb of Camberwell.
