Geoffrey Rush

Is one of 9 actors to have won the Triple Crown of Acting (an Oscar, Emmy and Tony); the others in chronological order are Thomas Mitchell, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Scofield, Jack Albertson, Jason Robards, Jeremy Irons, Al Pacino and Christopher Plummer.
Is an accomplished pianist, who needed no hand stand-in for Claroscuro (1996),and played almost all of the pieces in the movie himself.
Once lived with Mel Gibson while they were in college.
He won an Oscar for playing David Helfgott in Claroscuro (1996), making him one of 12 actors to win the Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (as of 2007).
Became the 19th actor to win the triple crown of acting: In 2009 won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (Exit the King) to go with his Oscar for Claroscuro (1996), and his Emmy for Vida y muerte de Peter Sellers (2004).

[Regarding he and Joseph Fiennes appearing in both Shakespeare apasionado (1998) and Elizabeth, la Reina Virgen (1998)] "He got to make love to Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett. All I got was an Oscar nomination".
"My career has been in theatre for 23 years, with spits and coughs in bits and pieces of films. Scott [Hicks] very nicely said my entire career had been my audition [for the role in Claroscuro (1996)]".
[about Letras prohibidas, la leyenda del Marqués de Sade (2000)] When you get to tongue kiss Kate Winslet and get paid for it, you say: I'll sign!
[on accepting the role of "Lionel Logue" in El Discurso del Rey (2010)]: I first got the script in a fairly unorthodox way. It was in a brown paper package at my front door, like an orphaned child. A neighbour of mine knew this woman in London who wanted to produce it as a play, and on the coverlet it said, "Please forgive me, Mr. Rush, for sending this to your home, blah blah blah", and I read it and I went wow, great story.
[on performing with Colin Firth] [He] made me better. I didn't have to act listening. I was mesmerized by the hidden areas of truth he was uncovering.