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Academy Award-winning actor and producer Geoffrey Rush has been named the Australian of the Year for 2012 for his contribution to the arts.
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He began a successful career on stage before appearing in his first feature film, Hoodwink, in 1981. He shot to global fame in 1996 with the film Shine for which he won an Oscar.
More recently, his film highlights include Munich, Pirates Of The Caribbean and The King's Speech, for which he earned a BAFTA.
Rush is an ambassador for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and UNICEF Australia, as well as patron of the Melbourne International Film Festival.
More: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-25/australian-of-the-year/3793352
The best thing you could say about this is he isn't a sportsman. But otherwise it's a lazy and poor choice.