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Actor Geoffrey Rush nets Australian of the Year award

The Australian of the Year for 2012 is acclaimed actor Geoffrey Rush - and he gave one of his first post-award interviews on 7.30....

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Defamation case. He was awarded $850,000 in general damages and about $2 million in special damages to cover past and future economic loss. The ruling was upheld on appeal in July 2020. In Karlovy Vary, Rush spoke about the case, but made it clear he didn't want to talk about it in depth.
Geoffrey Rush (born July 6, 1951, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian film and theatre actor who deployed his craggy features and sly wit to memorable effect, particularly as villainous or unbalanced characters. Rush was raised in a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Awards and honours. Rush received his Oscar for his performance in Shine (1996). He has received three other nominations for his roles in Shakespeare in Love (1998), Quills (2000), and The King's Speech (2010).
Rush was awarded Australian of the Year in 2012 for his contribution to the arts.
According to Rush, he shares the same sentiments about many Pirates fans, emphasizing that no one else could handle the role of Jack Sparrow like Johnny Depp. What is this? Here's what he shared with Collider: “Whoever takes over from Johnny, I don't know what's gonna happen there,” Rush said.