Scott Hicks Hold" who had a No.1 single in 1981 (& another top 5 hit in 1982). Hicks's late 1983 film clip for their third single "Shotdown (In Love)" was also showcased at the U.S. "Aussie" Music Festival in Los Angeles, alongside Mondo Rock and INXS videos. He is, however, best known as the screenwriter and director of "Shine", the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Geoffrey Rush won the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his portrayal as Helfgott, and the film was also nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Armin Mueller-Stahl), Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music,
Geoffrey Rush small roles on television dramas, including a role as a dentist in a 1993 episode of the British television series "Lovejoy". He made his breakthrough performance in 1996 with "Shine", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. That same year, James L. Brooks flew him to Los Angeles to audition for the part of Simon Bishop in "As Good as It Gets", and offered him the role, but Rush declined it (it went to Greg Kinnear). In 1998, he appeared in three major films: "Les Misérables", "Elizabeth", and "Shakespeare in Love". He received his second Academy Award