6 Quotes & Sayings By Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush is an Australian actor of film, stage, and television. He is known for his roles as Dr. Watson in the BBC TV series Sherlock, George Bailey in the 2002 film adaptation of It's a Wonderful Life, and Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music. His other notable roles include the lead role in the musical The King and I (for which he won the Tony Award), My Favorite Year (for which he won an Academy Award), Shine (for which he won an Academy Award), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Read more

He also starred in Shine (2008) as Geoffrey Rush. Rush was born in Melbourne, Australia, the only child of Lindy (née Perkins), a former model, and Bruce Rushin, an actor who appeared with Joan Crawford in Patterns (1950). He was educated at St Kevin's College, which is now part of Sydney Grammar School, where he was a classmate of fellow actor Nicholas Lyndhurst. At the age of 12 he appeared on a number of Australian television series.

In 1984, he made his Broadway debut as right-hand man to Richard Attenborough's John Hammond in "The Boys from Syracuse". He went on to appear as Vanya in New York City Center Encores!' production of "Three Sisters" opposite Carrie Fisher and Meryl Streep. He has also performed extensively around Australia and New Zealand, including a Tony-nominated performance at the Perth Theatre Company as Herbie Worthington in "The Music Man".

In 1996, he played the role of Denny Ricks in "". In 1998 he played William Shakespeare's lover Lord Chamberlain Thomas Wriothesley in BBC Two's "Elizabeth I" opposite Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth I. In 2001 he co-starred as Lord Byron in BBC's mini-series "Byron". In 2003 Rush appeared as Albert Einstein at the opening ceremony of the World Expo in Aichi.

That same year, Rush played the role of William Pitt the Younger in BBC1's eight-part serial "The Young Victoria" written by Abi Morgan and directed by Richard Loncraine. In 2008 Rush played Horatio Nelson alongside Clive Owen as Lord Nelson and Rachel Ward as Lady Hamilton for BBC One's three-part series "Hornblower: The Battle for San Juan" based on C S Forester's Hornblower novels. In 2008 Rush guest starred as Captain Jellicoe on NBC's "" episode

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People tend to think of Brisbane as a sleepy, sub-topical place. I don't know. It's like Baltimore or something. I don't know. You would hear the family dramas going on behind closed doors. Geoffrey Rush
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I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form. Geoffrey Rush
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You had to be into sport and, sad to say, I'm a traitor to my country because I don't have a sporting bone in my body. Geoffrey Rush
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I did not want to put myself on the line, as an Australian playing Britain's greatest comic actor. The fans of Sellers are obsessive, possessive - and aggressive. I did not want to risk their anger - or my own reputation. Geoffrey Rush
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Within our culture, every school has a swimming pool. We lived on the coast. People swam in the surf. It's a very sporty nation and at that particular time anyone who had an artistic bent was very much an outsider. So if you liked reading or ideas or playing the piano then your dad viewed you as a sissy, basically. Geoffrey Rush