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 nomination for Best Supporting Actor for the latter film. In 1999, Rush took the lead role as Steven Price in the horror film "House on Haunted Hill". In 2000, he received his third Academy Award nomination, for "Quills", in which he played the Marquis de Sade, and he voiced the role of Bunyip Bluegum in "The Magic Pudding". Rush's career continued at a fast pace, with nine films released from 2001 to 2003. He starred in the film "", as Captain Hector Barbossa, reprising the role in its sequels, "", "", "" and "". Rush reprised his character's voice for