ACTOR

Geoffrey Rush

1951 - Today

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Geoffrey Roy Rush (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Rush has received more than 7,929,358 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Geoffrey Rush is the 196th most popular actor (up from 220th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Australia (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Actor.

Geoffrey Rush is most famous for his role as Albert Einstein in the film "A Beautiful Mind."

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Geoffrey Rushes by language

Over the past year Geoffrey Rush has had the most page views in the with 882,611 views, followed by Russian (160,526), and German (116,897). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (386.75%), Simple English (133.40%), and Sinhalese (108.17%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Geoffrey Rush ranks 196 out of 13,578. Before him are Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lloyd, Romina Power, Monica Vitti, Jerry Lewis, and Harvey Keitel. After him are Paulette Goddard, Christopher Plummer, Timothy Dalton, Jeanne Moreau, Annie Girardot, and Michael Clarke Duncan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Geoffrey Rush ranks 14. Before him are Phil Collins, Anatoly Karpov, Mohamed Morsi, Stellan Skarsgård, John Deacon, and Romina Power. After him are Claudio Ranieri, Bonnie Tyler, Michelle Bachelet, Kurt Russell, Michael Keaton, and Akhmad Kadyrov.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Geoffrey Rush ranks 3 out of 1,143. Before him are Lawrence Bragg (1890), and Gough Whitlam (1916). After him are Rod Laver (1938), Sia (1975), Rupert Murdoch (1931), George Lazenby (1939), Truganini (1812), Cate Blanchett (1969), Elton Mayo (1880), Chris Hemsworth (1983), and Alexander Prokhorov (1916).

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Among ACTORS In Australia

Among actors born in Australia, Geoffrey Rush ranks 1. After him are George Lazenby (1939), Cate Blanchett (1969), Chris Hemsworth (1983), Margot Robbie (1990), Heath Ledger (1979), Paul Hogan (1939), Errol Flynn (1909), Hugh Jackman (1968), Lionel Logue (1880), John Noble (1948), and Rod Taylor (1930).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Book Thief
Hans Hubermann
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Hector Barbossa
Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 18th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
Jul 9o 20037.796 / 10
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Hector Barbossa
Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
May 15o 20116.539 / 10