By Tennille Ayers
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Geoffrey Roy Rush AC (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. Known for often playing eccentric roles on both stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award, making him the only Australian to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, in addition to three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.
Rush began his professional acting career with the Queensland Theatre Company in 1971. He studied for two years at the L’École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq starting in 1975. Rush starred in international productions of Oleanna, Waiting for Godot, The Winter’s Tale and The Importance of Being Earnest. He made his Broadway debut in the absurdist comedy Exit the King in 2009 earning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He received a nomination for Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for Diary of a Madman in 2011.
Rush won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of David Helfgott in the drama Shine (1996). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Philip Henslowe in Shakespeare in Love (1998), the Marquis de Sade in Quills (2000), and Lionel Logue in The King’s Speech (2010). He played Captain Hector Barbossa in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (2003–2017), and Francis Walsingham in Elizabeth (1998) and its 2007 sequel. He also acted in Les Misérables (1998), Frida (2002), Finding Nemo (2003), Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Munich (2005), and The Book Thief (2013).
Rush is also known for his performances in television receiving Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nominations for his portrayals of comedian Peter Sellers in the HBO television film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), and scientist Albert Einstein in National Geographic anthology series Genius (2017), winning for the former.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Died
- Henry II of England –
- Alexander II of Scotland –
- Sir Thomas More (author, martyr) –
- Edward VI, King of England –
- Louis Armstrong (musician) –
- Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys –
- John Frankenheimer (director) –
- William Ruger (founder of Sturm, Ruger) –
- Buddy Ebsen (actor) –
- Kasey Rogers (actress) –
- James Caan (actor ) –
Born
- John Flaxman (sculptor) –
- Verner Von Heidenstam (poet) –
- LaVerne Andrews (singer) –
- Nancy Davis Reagan (U.S. First Lady) –
- Bill Haley (musician) –
- Merv Griffin (entertainer) –
- Della Reese (singer and actress) –
- Vladimir Ashkenazy (pianist) –
- George W. Bush (43rd U.S. president) –
- Sylvester Stallone (actor) –
- Geoffrey Rush (actor) –
- Ronald Duguay (hockey player) –
- Jennifer Saunders (actress) –
- 50 Cent (rapper) –
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
- Notorious pirate Captain William Kidd (“Captain Kidd”) seized in Boston –
- Pennsylvania Evening Post first newspaper to publish Declaration of Independence –
- French scientist Louis Pasteur successfully tested a vaccine against rabies on a boy bitten by an infected dog –
- First east-to-west Atlantic crossing by a dirigible (R34) completed, Scotland to N.Y. –
- First major league All-Star baseball game was played at Chicago’s Comiskey Park –
- The main tent of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus went up in flames during a performance in Hartford, Connecticut; over 165 people died and many more were injured –
- Candid Microphone made its radio debut –
- Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon championship becoming the first African American athlete to do so –
- A nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site caused the largest manmade crater in the United States (Sedan Crater). –
- The first Beatles film, A Hard Day’s Night, premiered –
- Fires in Quebec brought smoke to northeastern U.S. –
- Queen Elizabeth II dedicated and formally opened a $6.5 million oval granite water fountain in honor of Princess Diana in Hyde Park –
Weather
- A hailstone measuring 5.5 inches in diameter and weighing 1.5 pounds fell from the sky in Potter, Nebraska –
- Steele, North Dakota, was 121 degrees F –
- Moorhead, Minnesota, was 114 degrees F –
- Skies over Greater Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, were lit up by over 7,000 lightning strikes. –
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