Geoffrey Rush is an Australian actor among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award.
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Geoffrey Rush was named the 2012 Australian of the Year. Geoffrey Rush made his Broadway debut in the absurdist comedy Exit the King in 2009, where he received a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance.
Geoffrey Rush gained prominence for his role as savant pianist David Helfgott in Shine (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Geoffrey Rush is also known for the films, Elizabeth (1998), Les Misérables (1998), Frida (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Munich (2005), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) and The Book Thief (2013).
Geoffrey Rush received a nomination for Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for Diary of a Madman in 2011. Rush’s other Oscar-nominated roles were in Shakespeare in Love (1998), Quills (2000), and The King’s Speech (2010).
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