What film earned Geoffrey Rush the Oscar for Best Actor?

Answer 1

Geoffrey Rush has: Played Man in "The Added Dimension" in 1981. Played himself in "Entertainment Tonight" in 1981. Played Detective 1 in "Hoodwink" in 1981. Performed in "Menotti" in 1981. Played Floor Manager in "Starstruck" in 1982. Played himself in "Cinema 3" in 1984. Played himself in "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 1986. Played Himself - Guest in "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 1986. Played Sir Andrew Aguecheek in "Twelfth Night" in 1987. Played himself in "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" in 1988. Played himself in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in 1992. Played himself in "HBO First Look" in 1992. Played himself in "Good Morning Australia" in 1993. Played himself in "Late Show with David Letterman" in 1993. Played himself in "Bravo Profiles" in 1994. Performed in "Midday Crisis" in 1994. Played himself in "Cartelera" in 1994. Played himself in "Frontline" in 1994. Played himself in "Heroes of Comedy" in 1995. Played Dave Rudd in "Dad and Dave: On Our Selection" in 1995. Played himself in "The Daily Show" in 1996. Played Bill Wyatt in "Mercury" in 1996. Played Welch in "Children of the Revolution" in 1996. Played David Helfgott - Adult in "Shine" in 1996. Played Harry Chisholm in "Twisted Tales" in 1996. Played Wal in "Call Me Sal" in 1996. Played Soldier Administrator David Collins in "Frontier" in 1997. Played Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Leading Role in "The 69th Annual Academy Awards" in 1997. Played himself in "Light Lunch" in 1997. Played himself in "3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" in 1997. Played Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama in "The 54th Annual Golden Globe Awards" in 1997. Played Narrator in "Oscar and Lucinda" in 1997. Played himself in "The View" in 1997. Played Sir Francis Walsingham in "Elizabeth" in 1998. Played himself in "The Panel" in 1998. Played himself in "4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" in 1998. Played Philip Henslowe in "Shakespeare in Love" in 1998. Played Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in "The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards" in 1999. Played Casanova Frankenstein in "Mystery Men" in 1999. Played himself in "5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" in 1999. Played Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in "The 71st Annual Academy Awards" in 1999. Played himself in "Shakespeare in Love and on Film" in 1999. Played Stephen H. Price in "House on Haunted Hill" in 1999. Played Himself - Actor in "Breakfast" in 2000. Played himself in "Spotlight on Location: Mystery Men" in 2000. Played Bunyip Bluegum in "The Magic Pudding" in 2000. Played himself in "Breakfast" in 2000. Played The Marquis de Sade in "Quills" in 2000. Played Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in "7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" in 2001. Played himself in "Quills: The Marquis on the Marquee" in 2001. Played Himself - Presenter in "The 12th Annual Golden Laurel Awards" in 2001. Played himself in "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" in 2001. Played himself in "The Perfect Fit" in 2001. Played himself in "The Orange British Academy Film Awards" in 2001. Played Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role in "The 73rd Annual Academy Awards" in 2001. Played John Knox in "Lantana" in 2001. Played himself in "Tinseltown TV" in 2002. Played Leon Trotsky in "Frida" in 2002. Played Harry Plummer in "The Banger Sisters" in 2002. Played Barbossa in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" in 2003. Played Donovan Donaly in "Intolerable Cruelty" in 2003. Played Nigel in "Finding Nemo" in 2003. Played Superintendent Francis Hare in "Ned Kelly" in 2003. Played himself in "Enough Rope with Andrew Denton" in 2003. Played Himself - Presenter in "The 2003 Australian Film Institute Awards" in 2003. Played Narrator in "Harvie Krumpet" in 2003. Played Harold Fingleton in "Swimming Upstream" in 2003. Played Barbossa in "Blooper Reel" in 2003. Played himself in "Sunday Morning Shootout" in 2003. Played Barbossa in "Planet Voice" in 2004. Played Peter Sellers in "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" in 2004. Played Himself - Special Guest Host in "At the Movies" in 2004. Played himself in "Tavis Smiley" in 2004. Played himself in "The Tony Danza Show" in 2004. Played himself in "Made in Hollywood" in 2005. Played himself in "20 to 1" in 2005. Played Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Made for TV Movie in "The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards" in 2005. Played himself in "The Hour" in 2005. Played himself in "El oficio de actor" in 2005. Played Himself - Guest in "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" in 2005. Played himself in "Swimming Upstream: The Making of a Champion" in 2005. Played himself in "Spicks and Specks" in 2005. Played Himself - Winner: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie in "The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards" in 2005. Played Ephraim in "Munich" in 2005. Played Himself - Guest in "The Colbert Report" in 2005. Played Himself - Winner: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries in "11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" in 2005. Played Casper in "Candy" in 2006. Performed in "Looking back at Hoodwink" in 2006. Played himself in "Munich: The International Cast" in 2006. Played himself in "Rachael Ray" in 2006. Played himself in "Munich: Memories of the Event" in 2006. Played himself in "Munich: The Mission - The Team" in 2006. Played himself in "Munich: The Experience" in 2006. Played himself in "Whaledreamers" in 2006. Played himself in "The Graham Norton Show" in 2007. Played Himself - Host in "The 2007 Australian Film Institute Awards" in 2007. Played himself in "Movie Connections" in 2007. Played Captain Hector Barbossa in "Bloopers of the Caribbean" in 2007. Played himself in "Up Close with Carrie Keagan" in 2007. Played Sir Francis Walsingham in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" in 2007. Played Himself - Winner: Best Leading Actor in a Play in "The 63rd Annual Tony Awards" in 2009. Played Father Benedictus in "Bran Nue Dae" in 2009. Played Himself - in audience in "Just for Laughs" in 2009. Played himself in "The 7PM Project" in 2009. Played himself in "BFI London Film Festival Awards" in 2010. Played Narrator in "Lowdown" in 2010. Played himself in "The Talk" in 2010. Played Father Benedictus in "Brand New Day" in 2010. Played Himself - Guest in "Piers Morgan Tonight" in 2011. Played Basil Hunter in "The Eye of the Storm" in 2011. Played Barbossa in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" in 2011. Played himself in "TV Festival Du Cannes 2011" in 2011. Played Tomar-Re in "Green Lantern" in 2011. Played himself in "National Movie Awards" in 2011. Played Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in "The 83rd Annual Academy Awards" in 2011. Played himself in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 35mm 3D Special" in 2011. Played himself in "17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards" in 2011. Performed in "The Man Who Could Not Dream" in 2012. Played Himself - Interviewee in "Raising the Curtain" in 2012. Played Captain Barbossa in "Funny Show Presents: Captain Jokes Parrot" in 2012. Played Dr. Lance Pickering in "Being Brendo" in 2012. Played Captain Barbossa (segment "Captain Jokes Parrot") in "Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie" in 2012. Played Virgil Oldman in "La migliore offerta" in 2013. Played Hans Hubermann in "The Book Thief" in 2013. Played Narrator in "Unity" in 2014. Played Himself - Presenter: Honorary Award to Angela Lansbury, Angela in "The Oscars" in 2014. Played Ra in "Gods of Egypt" in 2016. Played Captain Barbossa in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" in 2016.

Answer 2

Geoffrey Rush won the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for "Shine" (1996).

Answer 3

Geoffrey Rush won Best Actor in a Leading Role for:Shine (1996)

Answer 4

Geoffrey Rush won the 1996 Best Actor award for "Shine."

Answer 5

On March 24, 1997, Geoffrey Rush received the 1996 Best Actor Oscar for his performance as real-life Australian concert pianist David Helfgott in "Shine."

Answer 6

1996's Shine.