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Geoffrey Roy Rush was born on July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to Merle (Bischof), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. His mother was of German descent and his father had English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. He was raised in Brisbane, Queensland, after his parents split up.
Rush attended Everton Park State High School during his formative years. His early interest in the theatre led to his 1971 stage debut at age 20 in "Wrong Side of the Moon" with the Queensland Theatre Company.
Known for his classical repertory work over the years, he scored an unexpected hit with his Queensland role as Snoopy in the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown". A few years later he moved to France to study but subsequently returned to his homeland within a short time and continued work as both actor and director with the Queensland company ("June and the Paycock," "Aladdin," "Godspell," "Present Laughter," "The Rivals"). In the 1980s Rush became a vital member of the State Theatre Company of South Australia and showed an equally strong range there in such productions as "Revenger's Tragedy," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Mother Courage...and Her Children," "Blood Wedding," "Pal Joey," "Twelfth Night" and as The Fool in "King Lear".
Rush made an inauspicious debut in films with the feature Hoodwink (1981), having little more than a bit part, and didn't carry off his first major role until playing Sir Andrew Aguecheek in a movie production of Twelfth Night (1986). Yet, he remained a durable presence on stage with acclaimed productions in "The Diary of a Madman" in 1989 and "The Government Inspector" in 1991.
Rush suffered a temporary nervous breakdown in 1992 due to overwork and anguish over his lack of career advancement. Resting for a time, he eventually returned to the stage. Within a few years film-goers finally began taking notice of Geoffrey after his performance in Children of the Revolution (1996). This led to THE role of a lifetime as the highly dysfunctional piano prodigy David Helfgott in Shine (1996). Rush's astonishing tour-de-force performance won him every conceivable award imaginable, including the Oscar, Golden Globe, British Film Award and Australian Film Institute Award.
"Shine" not only put Rush on the international film map, but atypically on the Hollywood "A" list as well. His rather homely mug was made fascinating by a completely charming, confident and captivating demeanor; better yet, it allowed him to more easily dissolve into a number of transfixing historical portrayals, notably his Walsingham in Elizabeth (1998) and Leon Trotsky in Frida (2002). He's also allowed himself to have a bit of hammy fun in such box office escapism as Mystery Men (1999), House on Haunted Hill (1999), The Banger Sisters (2002), Finding Nemo (2003) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). More than validating his early film success, two more Oscar nominations came his way in the same year for Quills (2000) (best actor) and Shakespeare in Love (1998) (support actor) in 2000. Geoffrey's amazing versatility continued into the millennium with his portrayal of the manic, volatile comedy genius Peter Sellers in the biopic The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). He also merited attention as Lionel Logue in The King's Speech (2010), Basil Hunter in The Eye of the Storm (2011), Hans Hubermann in The Book Thief (2013), artist/sculptor Alberto Giocometti in Final Portrait (2017) and Michael Kingley Storm Boy (2019).
Rush's intermittent returns to the stage have included productions of "Marat-Sade," "Uncle Vanya," "Oleanna," "Hamlet" and "The Small Poppies". In 2009 he made his Broadway debut in "Exit the King" co-starring Susan Sarandon. His marriage (since 1988) to Aussie classical actress Jane Menelaus produced daughter Angelica (1992) and son James (1995). Menelaus, who has also performed with the State Theatre of South Australia, has co-starred on stage with Rush in "The Winter's Tale" (1987), "Troilus and Cressida" (1989) and "The Importance of Being Earnest" (as Gwendolyn to his Jack Worthing). She also had featured roles in a few of his films, including Quills (2000) and The Eye of the Storm (2011).- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Judy Morris was born in 1947 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. She is an actress and writer, known for Happy Feet (2006), The Picture Show Man (1977) and The Eye of the Storm (2011).- Shane Withington was born on 22 August 1958 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He is an actor, known for A Country Practice (1981), Home and Away (1988) and Water Rats (1996).
- Harold Hopkins was born on 6 March 1944 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was an actor, known for Gallipoli (1981), The Club (1980) and Moby Dick (1998). He died on 11 December 2011 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Sonia Kruger was born on 21 January 1962 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. She is an actress, known for Strictly Ballroom (1992), The Quiet American (2002) and Dancing with the Stars (2004). She was previously married to James Davies.- Cinematographer
- Producer
- Camera and Electrical Department
John Radel is an Award winning ACS accredited Producer / Cinematographer, he has received over 35 film industry awards for his visually stunning films, having worked on projects with acclaimed film makers such as Michael Mann and Ridley Scott.
He won over twenty-five ACS awards for his work at the Australian Cinematographers Society. He has also taken out the Australia wide Kodak Cinematography competition for a record two years running, the Critic's Circle Award for Best Cinematography, the top cinematography award at The Temecula Valley International Film Festival in California USA and has been nominated for the emerging talent award by the Film Critics Circle Of Australia. John's films have been selected to screen at various international film festivals including the Cannes International film festival in France, Camerimage in Poland, Shanghai Film Festival and The Sundance Film Festival.
John Originally studied production and film making at the prestigious College of the Arts, for three years. During this time he collected his first Gold ACS award. He Then accepted the head position as the production manager of Cameraquip; the largest Australian owned film and television equipment company. He would run the Head office of Cameraquip in Australia for a successful five years before going freelance, shooting music clips for Sony Music, plus numerous commercials and dramas, winning various awards for his work, He continued to work on several feature films in the camera department including the motion picture Queen Of The Damned until he was one of only four to be accepted into the national film school in Sydney; The Australian Film Television and Radio School for 2 years, where he specialized in cinematography, receiving his masters degree. While at the school John was the cinematographer on 20 productions.
His love for European and Asian cinema led him to travel to Budapest to learn from master cinematographers Vilmos Zsigmond ASC HSC (The Deer Hunter/Close Encounters Of The Third Kind) and Laszlo Kovacs ASC HSC (Easy Rider). Later to move to Asia to work for over 15 years in Indonesia, Singapore, Korea, China, Philippines, Thailand and Hong Kong on various commercials, Features and Documentaries.
With his vast experience in Motion picture Production within Asia, John travels between Asia, USA and Australia working on various international projects, including Line Producing Michael Mann's feature film Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth (Thor, Avengers), The Ridley Scott produced Sci-Fi film Equals starring Kristen Stewart (Twilight), The Japanese Action Film Joker Game starring Japanese superstar Kazuya Kamenashi, the Sci-Fi / Action film Beyond Skyline starring Frank Grillo (Captain America) and Iko Uwas (The Raid), HBO Asia's new action series Halfworlds season one and two, the Australian feature drama Journey, the action Thriller Headshot directed by the Mo Brothers, The Netflix commissioned action film The Night Comes For Us starring Joe Taslim (Fast & Furious 6), The HBO action series "Grisse", Director of Photography on the Asian Western Action Film Buffalo Boys, The US Feature Film After The Dark produced by George Zakk (XXX, A Man Apart, The Chronicles of Riddick), starring Bonnie Wright (Harry Potter), HBO Asia's first feature action / thriller Dead Mine starring Japanese actress Miki Mizuno, he has also completed shooting and co-producing the motion picture Dance Of The Dragon starring Jason Scott Lee, Korean superstar Jang Hyuk and Fann Wong, which took out 10 awards at the West Hollywood International film Festival, including best Cinematography, as well as the feature length docu/drama Unfolding Florence for acclaimed director Gillian Armstrong which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and the Southern Star television drama series The Surgeon. He has also traveled to New York to shoot In Our Name the controversial feature Length Docu/Drama for Director Chris Tuckfield which received a gold award at the 2009 acs awards.
At the NSW 2009 Australian Cinematography Society awards night John was presented with his ACS accreditation for his successful career to date.- Location Management
- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Stephen Osborne was born on 11 March 1990 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He is a writer, known for Roommate Wanted for the End of the World (2018), Jane (2017) and Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019).- Alix Bidstrup was born in 1983 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. She is an actress, known for Sea Patrol (2007), All Saints (1998) and Project Vega (2014).
- Will Power was born on 1 March 1979 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He is an actor, known for Turbo (2013), Expanded Minds Only (2023) and The Champion Within (2017).
- Caleb Lloyd was born on 6 October 1985 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He is an actor, known for My Good Friend (1995), Civvies (1992) and Loaded (1994).
- Don Bennett was born on 14 September 1910 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was married to Elsa "Ly" Gubler. He died on 15 September 1986 in Slough, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Penelope Wensley was born on 18 October 1946 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. She has been married to Thomas Stuart McCosker since 31 August 1974. They have two children.
- Cate McGregor was born on 24 May 1956 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
- Shirley Thoms was born on 12 January 1925 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. She was married to George Bystrynski and John Sole. She died on 1 July 1999 in Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
- Daniel Leahy was born in 1912 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He died on 25 November 1991.
- Make-Up Department
- Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
Tenille Copson was born on 21 May 1988 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. She is an actress, known for Do Over (2013), Red Light (2012) and Echoes of Silence (2017).- Colin Boyce was born on 30 October 1962 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He has been married to Terri since 1987. They have three children.
- Colin Wills was born on 17 January 1906 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was a writer, known for Goodbye Yesterday (1941), Frontline (1983) and Memory of the Camps (2014). He died in 1965 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Bill Brown was born on 31 July 1912 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He died on 16 March 2008 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- Will Power was born on 1 March 1981 in Toowoomba, Australia.
- James McGrath was born on 14 May 1974 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
- Pat Weir was born on 25 February 1960 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
- Laurel Martyn was born on 23 July 1916 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. She was an actress, known for Le lac des cygnes (1937), Ballet Studio (1959) and Ballet Studio (1958). She was married to Lloyd David Lawton. She died on 16 October 2013 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Mick Leahy was born on 26 February 1901 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was married to Jeannette Best. He died on 7 March 1979 in Zenag, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.