Editing Geoffrey Rush (section)

=== 2003–2011: Established actor ===
[[File:Geoffrey Rush Cannes 2011.jpg|thumb|170px|left|Rush at the 2011 [[Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Rush appeared in several films released in 2003. He played Superintendent Francis Hare in ''[[Ned Kelly (2003 film)|Ned Kelly]]'' with [[Heath Ledger]], [[Orlando Bloom]] and [[Naomi Watts]]. He voiced Nigel the [[brown pelican]] in the [[Disney]]/[[Pixar]] animated film ''[[Finding Nemo]]''. Late in the year, he appeared in the [[Coen Brothers]] romantic comedy, ''[[Intolerable Cruelty]]'' alongside [[George Clooney]] and [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]]. Rush starred in the film ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'', released in summer 2003, as Captain [[Hector Barbossa]]. The film was a massive financial success earning $654.3 million.<ref name="BOM">{{cite web|title=Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=piratesofthecaribbean.htm |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=May 21, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509222948/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=piratesofthecaribbean.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2013 }}</ref> Rush would continue to reprise the role in its sequels, ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest|Dead Man's Chest]]'' (2006), ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End|At World's End]]'' (2007), ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides|On Stranger Tides]]'' (2011) and ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales|Dead Men Tell No Tales]]'' (2017). In addition, Rush reprised his character's voice for the enhancements at the ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' attractions at the [[Disneyland]] and [[Magic Kingdom]] theme parks, which involved an [[Audio-Animatronics|audio-animatronic]] with Rush's likeness being installed (including one at [[Tokyo Disneyland]]).

Rush played actor [[Peter Sellers]] in the [[HBO]] television film ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]''. For this performance, he won various awards including the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/geoffrey-rush|title=Geoffrey Rush|work=Television Academy}}</ref> [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film]], and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie]]. In 2005, he appeared in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Munich (2005 film)|Munich]]'' as Ephraim, a [[Mossad]] agent. The film is an account of [[Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre]], the Israeli government's secret retaliation against the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] after the [[Munich massacre]] at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]]. It was a critical and financial success earning five [[Academy Award]] nominations including for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]. In 2017, the film was named the 16th "Best Film of the 21st Century So Far" by ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/09/movies/the-25-best-films-of-the-21st-century.html|title=The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century...So Far|last1=Dargis|first1=Manohla|access-date=8 July 2017|last2=Scott|first2=A.O.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=9 June 2017 }}</ref> In 2006, Rush hosted the [[AACTA Awards|Australian Film Institute Awards]] for the [[Nine Network]]. He was the [[master of ceremonies]] again at the 2007 AFI Awards.
[[File:GeoffreyRushMay2011.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Rush at the Sydney premiere of ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]'' in 2011]]

Rush has appeared on stage for the [[Brisbane Arts Theatre]] and in many other theatre venues. He has also worked as a theatre director. In 2007, he starred as King Berenger in a production of [[Eugène Ionesco]]'s ''[[Exit the King]]'' at the [[Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne|Malthouse Theatre]] in Melbourne and [[Company B (theatre)|Company B]] in Sydney, directed by [[Neil Armfield]]. For this performance, he received a [[Helpmann Award]] nomination for best male actor in a play.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2008/past-nominees-and-winners/theatre|title=2008 Past nominees and Winners|website=Helpmann Awards|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref> In the beginning of 2009, Rush appeared in a series of special edition postage stamps featuring some of Australia's internationally recognised actors. He, [[Cate Blanchett]], [[Russell Crowe]], and [[Nicole Kidman]] each appear twice in the series. Rush's image is taken from ''Shine''.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20256753,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205150210/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20256753,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 February 2009|title=Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman Happy to Be Licked – On Stamps|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=February 4, 2009}}</ref> He also appeared in the musical film ''[[Bran Nue Dae (film)|Bran Nue Dae]]'' as Father Benedictus alongside [[Rocky McKenzie]], [[Ernie Dingo]], [[Jessica Mauboy]], [[Missy Higgins]], [[Deborah Mailman]], [[Dan Sultan]], and [[Magda Szubanski]].

In 2009, Rush made his Broadway debut in a re-staging of ''Exit the King'' under [[Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne|Malthouse Theatre's]] touring moniker Malthouse Melbourne and Company B [[Belvoir (theatre company)|Belvoir]]. This re-staging featured a new American cast including [[Susan Sarandon]]. The show opened on 26 March 2009 at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]]. Rush won the [[Outer Critics Circle Award]], [[Theatre World Award]], [[Drama Desk Award]], the Distinguished Performance Award from the [[Drama League Award]] and the 2009 [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search|title=Tony Awards – Search Past Tony Award Winners and Nominations|publisher=Tony Award Productions 2000|access-date=11 December 2013|archive-date=31 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831204617/http://www.tonyawards.com/p/tonys_search|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, Rush returned to the stage, playing Man in Chair in ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]'' on its Australian tour. That same year he also voiced Ezylryb/Lyze of Kiel in ''[[Legend of the Guardians]]'' and played [[speech and language therapist]] [[Lionel Logue]] in [[Tom Hooper]]'s historical drama ''[[The King's Speech]]'' concerning [[King George VI]], played by [[Colin Firth]], and his [[speech impediment]]. The film focuses on their unlikely friendship as they work together after [[Edward VIII]] played by [[Guy Pearce]], [[Abdication of Edward VIII|abdicates the throne]]. The new king relies on Logue to help him make his first wartime radio broadcast upon [[United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939)|Britain's declaration of war on Germany]] in 1939. The film also starred [[Helena Bonham Carter]] as [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]], and [[Jennifer Ehle]] as [[Lionel Logue#Personal life|Myrtle Logue]]. The film was a financial success earning $424 million at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3042739713/|title= The King's Speech|website= Box Office Mojo|access-date= December 2, 2020}}</ref> Rush's performance was praised by critics and earned him a [[British Academy Film Award]] win and nominations for the [[Academy Awards]] and [[Golden Globe Awards]] for Best Supporting Actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/feb/13/baftas-2011-the-kings-speech|title= Baftas 2011: The King's Speech sweeps the board|website= The Guardian|date= 14 February 2011|access-date= December 2, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Albert Einstein 1921 by F Schmutzer.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Rush portrayed [[Albert Einstein]] in the miniseries ''[[Genius (American TV series)|Genius]]'' (2017) earning a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination]]
Rush returned as [[Hector Barbossa|Captain Hector Barbossa]] in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides]]'', starring [[Johnny Depp]], in 2011. Rush is also preparing for a film version of ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]'', an award-winning stage musical.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/153520/geoffrey-rush-to-take-a-seat-in-drowsy-chaperone-film/ |title=Geoffrey Rush to Take a Seat in Drowsy Chaperone Film |work=Broadway.com |access-date=13 September 2010}}</ref> In addition, he voiced the alien [[Tomar-Re]] in the film adaptation of the ''[[Green Lantern (film)|Green Lantern]]'' comic book series.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Mike| last=Vilensky |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/03/tk_2.html |title=Geoffrey Rush Joins Green Lantern |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=30 March 2011 |access-date=17 April 2011}}</ref> In 2011 Rush portrayed Sir Basil Hunter in the Fred Schepisi directed adaptation of Australian Nobel laureate Patrick White's novel, ''The Eye of the Storm''. In 2011, Rush played the lead in a theatrical adaptation of [[Nikolai Gogol]]'s short story ''[[Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)|The Diary of a Madman]]'' at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]]. He won for this role the [[Helpmann Award]] and was nominated for the [[Drama Desk Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/2011/past-nominees-and-winners/theatre|title=2011 Past nominees and Winners|website=Helpmann Awards|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref> From November 2011, Rush played the role of Lady Bracknell in the [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] production of ''The Importance of Being Earnest''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtc.com.au/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=3737 |title=The Importance of Being Earnest |publisher=Melbourne Theatre Company |access-date=17 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402091812/http://www.mtc.com.au/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=3737 |archive-date=2 April 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> Other actors from the 1988 production include Jane Menelaus, this time as Miss Prism, and [[Bob Hornery]], who had played Canon Chasuble, as the two butlers.<ref>{{cite news|first=Peter|last=Craven|author-link=Peter Craven (literary critic)|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/the-importance-of-being-geoffrey-rush/story-fn9n8gph-1226190003944|title=The importance of being Geoffrey Rush|newspaper=[[The Australian]]|date=12 November 2011|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> In 2011, Rush made a cameo in a commercial, ''The Potato Peeler'', for the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), playing a Polish farmer. He spoke his lines in [[Polish language|Polish]] for the part.<ref>{{YouTube|m6235pICmsk|MIFF Trailer 2011 – The Potato Peelers}} (23 June 2011). Retrieved 27 November 2011.</ref> From 2011 to 2017, Rush was served as the foundation president of the newly formed [[Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-19/geoffrey-rush-australian-academy/2846536|title=Rush named president of Australian Oscars|newspaper=ABC News|date=19 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Geoffrey Rush quits industry post over 'inappropriate behaviour' claim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/02/geoffrey-rush-quits-industry-post-over-inappropriate-behaviour-claim|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|agency=Associated Press|date=2 December 2017}}</ref>