List of awards and nominations received by Geoffrey Rush

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Geoffrey Rush awards and nominations
Geoffrey Rush Cannes 2011.jpg
Rush at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011
Award Wins Nominations
Academy Awards
 1 4
Tony Award
 1 1
Primetime Emmy Award
 1 2
Golden Globe Awards
 2 6
Screen Actors Guild Awards
 4 9

Geoffrey Rush is an Australian actor of the stage and screen. He has received what is known as the Triple Crown of Acting, meaning an Academy Award, Tony Award and Emmy Award, which represent film, theatre and television respectively. Over his career he has also received three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.[1][2][3]

Rush received his Oscar for his performance in Shine in 1996. He has received three other nominations for his roles in Shakespeare in Love (1998), Quills (2000), and The King's Speech (2010). For his work in television he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Television Movie for his performance as Peter Sellers in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2003). Rush received his Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in the French absurdist comedy Exit the King (2009).

Triple Crown of Acting[]

Academy Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Best Actor Shine Won [4]
1998 Best Supporting Actor Shakespeare in Love Nominated
2000 Best Actor Quills Nominated
2010 Best Supporting Actor The King's Speech Nominated

Tony Award[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2009 Best Actor in a Play Exit the King Won [5]

Primetime Emmy Award[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2005 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Won [6]
2017 Genius Nominated

Major associations[]

Australian Academy Film Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Best Actor in a Leading Role Shine Won [4]
1998 Best Actor in a Supporting Role A Little Bit of Soul Nominated
2002 Best Actor in a Leading Role Swimming Upstream Nominated
2006 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Candy Nominated
2011 Best Actor in a Leading Role The Eye of the Storm Nominated

British Academy Film Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1997 Best Actor in a Leading Role Shine Won [4]
1999 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Elizabeth Nominated
Shakespeare in Love Won
2001 Best Actor in a Leading Role Quills Nominated
2011 Best Actor in a Supporting Role The King's Speech Won

Golden Globe Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1997 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Shine Won [7]
1999 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Shakespeare in Love Nominated
2001 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Quills Nominated
2005 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Won
2011 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture The King's Speech Nominated
2018 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Genius Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1996 Best Actor Shine Won [4]
Best Cast Nominated
1998 Best Supporting Actor Shakespeare in Love Nominated
Best Cast Won
2000 Best Actor Quills Nominated
2004 Best Actor in a Miniseries of TV Movie The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Won
2010 Best Supporting Actor The King's Speech Nominated
Best Cast Won
2017 Best Actor in a Miniseries of TV Movie Genius Nominated

Theatre Awards[]

Drama Desk Award[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2009 Outstanding Actor in a Play Exit the King Won [8]
2011 Diary of a Madman Nominated

Outer Critics Circle Award[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2009 Outstanding Actor in a Play Exit the King Won

Helpmann Award[]

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2001 Best Male Actor in a Play The Small Poppies Nominated [9]
2008 Exit the King Nominated [10]
2010 Best Male Actor in a Musical The Drowsy Chaperone Nominated [11]
2011 Best Male Actor in a Play Diary of a Madman Won [12]
2013 Best Male Actor in a Musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Won [13]

Other associations[]

Annie Awards[]

Year Category Project Result Ref.
2012 Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Nominated

References[]

  1. ^ "Geoffrey Rush". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Australian of the Year Awards 2012 – Recipients Announced". 25 January 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012.
  3. ^ Singer, Jill (24 March 2008). "Rush to flat earth". Herald Sun.
  4. ^ a b c d "Geoffrey Rush – Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. ^ "2009 Tony Award Winner: Geoffrey Rush For 'Best Leading Actor in a Play'". Broadway World. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Geoffrey Rush – Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins". Emmys.com. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Winners & Nominees – Geoffrey Rush". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Geoffrey Rush - Awards". IBDB. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  9. ^ "2001 Past nominees and winners". Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  10. ^ "2008 Past nominees and winners". Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  11. ^ "2010 Past Nominees and winners". Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  12. ^ "2011 Past Nominees and winners". Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  13. ^ "2013 Past Nominees and winners". Helpmann Awards. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

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New title President of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Australian of the Year
2012 		Succeeded by
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