Geoffrey Rush

Gained prominence on stage in 1972 as Snoopy in the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown . Lived in Paris from 1975 to '77 and attended the Jacques Lecoq School of Mime, Movement and Theater. Shared an apartment with Mel Gibson in 1979 while appearing on stage with him in a Sydney production of  Waiting for Godot . Suffered a nervous breakdown in 1992 which he claims provided the insight for his Oscar-winning performance in Shine . Actively involved in Melbourne community groups and regularly… Show more turns down high-paying parts in Hollywood in favor of directing and performing on stage in Australia. Earned his first executive-producer credit for The King's Speech, which he helped develop into a film after the work was first presented to him as a stage play. ~ Rovi

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