Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush stars in the new Intolerable Cruelty DVD from Universal Home Video & DVD.

It's comic gold as two of Hollywood's most dazzling stars - George Clooney and Academy Award - winner Catherine Zeta-Jones - light up the screen in Intolerable Cruelty, a hilarious romantic comedy about men, women, and everything that can go wrong between them. Sparks fly when brilliant divorce attorney Miles Massey (George Clooney) meets his match in the beautiful but ruthless Marylin Rexroth (Zeta-Jones). From Academy Award - winning directors Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (Fargo; O Brother, Where Art Thou?), Intolerable Cruelty also stars multi-talented Billy Bob Thornton and outrageous Cedric The Entertainer.

More About Geoffry Rush

One of Australia's most respected actors, Geoffrey Rush (Donovan Donaly) has a career that has spanned over 70 theatrical productions and some 20 feature films.

After taking a degree in English at the University of Queensland, Geoffrey Rush traveled to Paris in 1975 to study at the Jaques Lecoq School of Mime, Movement and Theatre. On his return to Australia, he played the Fool opposite Warren Mitchell's King Lear and co-starred with roommate Mel Gibson in Waiting for Godot. Geoffrey Rush was a principal member of Jim Sharman's pioneering Lighthouse ensemble in the early '80s, where he played leading roles in numerous classics.

As a director, Geoffrey Rush has staged productions for the Queensland Theatre Company, the Adelaide Festival, Company B Belvoir and Magpie Theatre for Young People, for which he served as director for two years. Geoffrey has also staged his own co-adaptation of Aristophanes' Frogs.

In 1989, Geoffrey's lead performance in Neil Armfield's production of The Diary of a Madman earned him the Sydney Critics' Circle Award for Most Outstanding Performance, the Variety Club Award for Best Actor and the 1990 Victorian Green Room Award for Best Actor. This highly acclaimed production toured Moscow and St. Petersburg before a triumphant return season at the Adelaide Festival. For the next three years, Geoffrey Rush received Best Actor nominations in the Sydney Critics' Circle Awards for his starring roles in Gogol's The Government Inspector, the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and Mamet's Oleanna, in which he co-starred with Cate Blanchett. In 1994 Geoffrey Rush received rave reviews for his role as Horatio in the Company B Belvoir production of Hamlet. In the same year, he received the prestigious Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award for his work in theatre.

Geoffrey's Australian film credits include Gillian Armstrong's Starstruck and Oscar and Lucinda; Neil Armfield's Twelfth Night; George Whaley's On Our Selection; Children of the Revolution with Judy Davis and Sam Neill; and A Little Bit of Soul, directed by Peter Duncan. Geoffrey was lauded for his lead role as pianist David Helfgott in Shine, receiving numerous awards, including: AFI, New York and Los Angeles Film Critics' Awards; a Broadcast Film Critics' Award; a Film Critics' Circle of Australia Award; a SAG Award; a Golden Globe Award; a BAFTA Award; and an Oscar(r) for Best Actor. More recently, Geoffrey Rush starred opposite Barbara Hershey in the critically acclaimed Lantana. His upcoming Australian releases include Swimming Upstream.

Geoffrey Rush played Inspector Javert in Les Misérables, directed by Bille August; and Walsingham in Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth, for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He played Henslowe in Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden, for which he received a BAFTA Award, an Oscar(r) nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 1999, Geoffrey played Casanova in Mystery Men for Universal Pictures; Steven B. Price in House on Haunted Hill, directed by William Malone; and The Marquis de Sade in Quills, directed by Phillip Kaufman. Geoffrey Rush played the role of Harry Pendel in The Tailor of Panama, directed by John Boorman, and will soon appear as Superintendent Hare in Gregor Jordan's Ned Kelly, alongside Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom. Rush's other film projects include The Banger Sisters and Frida, and the recent hits The Pirates of the Caribbean and Finding Nemo. Geoffrey Rush recently finished production on HBO Films' The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.

Learn More about Geoffrey Rush In Intolerable Cruelty

Now you can own Intolerable Cruelty starring Geoffrey Rush on video or DVD. The DVD includes some of these great bonus features: Hilarious Outtakes and Hijinks, Subtitles in French and Spanish, Style File "The Wardrobe" and "A Look Inside Intolerable Cruelty". Purchase your copy of Intolerable Cruelty with Geoffrey Rush online at the Universal Home Video and DVD online store. Don't forget to visit IntolerableCruelty.com to learn more about Geoffrey Rush and for more information about the new Intolerable Cruelty DVD.