List of awards and nominations received by Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush is an Australian actor of the stage and screen. He has received what is known as the Triple Crown of Acting, meaning an Academy Award, Tony Award and Primetime Emmy Awards, which represent film, theatre and television respectively. Over his career he has also received three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.^[1][2][3]

Geoffrey Rush awards and nominations

Rush at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 4 BAFTA Awards 3 5 Emmy Awards 1 2 Golden Globes 2 6 SAG Awards 4 9 Tony Awards 1 1
Totals[a]
Wins	10
Nominations	20
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Rush received the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of pianist David Helfgott in the biographical film Shine (1996). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Philip Henslowe in the romantic period film Shakespeare in Love (1998), the Marquis de Sade in the period drama Quills (2000), and Lionel Logue in the historical drama The King's Speech (2010). He won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Shine. He also won the BAFTA Awards for Shakespeare in Love (1998), and The King's Speech (2010).

For his work in television he received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for his performance as Peter Sellers in the HBO film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2003). Rush was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his portrayal of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein in the National Geographic anthology miniseries Genius (2017).

On stage, Rush received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance as King Berenger in the French absurdist comedy Exit the King (2009). For his roles in theatre he also received a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and two Helpmann Awards. He was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for playing Poprishchin in the Russian farce Diary of a Madman (2011).

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1997	Best Actor	Shine	Won	[4]
1999	Best Supporting Actor	Shakespeare in Love	Nominated	[5]
2001	Best Actor	Quills	Nominated	[6]
2011	Best Supporting Actor	The King's Speech	Nominated	[7]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1997	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Shine	Won	[8]
1999	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Elizabeth	Nominated	[9]
		Shakespeare in Love	Won
2001	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Quills	Nominated	[10]
2011	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The King's Speech	Won	[11]

Emmy Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2005	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Won	[12]
2017		Genius	Nominated	[13]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Shine	Won	[14]
1998	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Shakespeare in Love	Nominated	[14]
2000	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama	Quills	Nominated	[14]
2004	Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Won	[14]
2010	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	The King's Speech	Nominated	[14]
2017	Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture – Television	Genius	Nominated	[14]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Shine	Won	[15]
	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture		Nominated
1998	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Shakespeare in Love	Nominated	[16]
	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture		Won
2000	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Quills	Nominated	[17]
2004	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Won	[18]
2010	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	The King's Speech	Nominated	[19]
	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion		Won
2017	Outstanding Actor in Miniseries or TV Movie	Genius	Nominated	[20]

Tony Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Actor in a Play	Exit the King	Won	[21]

Other theatre awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Drama Desk Award	2009	Outstanding Actor in a Play	Exit the King	Won	[22]
	2011		Diary of a Madman	Nominated
Outer Critics Circle Award	2009	Outstanding Actor in a Play	Exit the King	Won
Helpmann Award	2001	Best Male Actor in a Play	The Small Poppies	Nominated	[23]
	2008		Exit the King	Nominated	[24]
	2010	Best Male Actor in a Musical	The Drowsy Chaperone	Nominated	[25]
	2011	Best Male Actor in a Play	Diary of a Madman	Won	[26]
	2013	Best Male Actor in a Musical	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Won	[27]

Miscellaneous associations

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Australian Academy Film Awards	1996	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Shine	Won
	1998	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	A Little Bit of Soul	Nominated
	2002	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Swimming Upstream	Nominated
	2006	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Candy	Nominated
	2011	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Eye of the Storm	Nominated
Annie Awards	2012	Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Nominated
Mo Awards	2006	Actor in Play	Geoffrey Rush	Won	[28]

Honorary awards

Organizations	Year	Award	Result	Ref.
Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards	1994	Statue	Honored
University of Queensland	1998	Bachelor of Arts, Honorary Doctorate	Honored	[29]
the Queen's New Year's Honours List	2001	Australian Centenary Medal	Honored	[30]
Australian Film Institute Award	2003	Global Achievement Award	Honored	[31]
Brisbane International Film Festival	2004	Chauvel Award	Honored	[32]
American Film Institute	2009	Longford Life Achievement Award	Honored	[33]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival	2011	Montecito Award	Honored	[34]
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts	2012	Australian of the Year	Honored	[35]
Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)	2014	Medal	Honored	[36]
the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival	2022	Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema	Honored	[37]