| Birth Date:
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| Birthplace:
| - Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia; raised in Brisbane after his parents' divorce
| Education:
| - Has an Arts Degree from the University of Queensland; later awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University
- Trained at the Jacques Lecoq School of Mime, Movement and Theater
| Personal Quote:
| - [regarding he and Joseph Fiennes appearing in both SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE and ELIZABETH in 1998] "He got to make love to Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett. All I got was an Oscar® nomination."
| Family:
| - Jane Menelaus (1988 - present). They have two children, Angelica (b. 1992) and James (b. 1995).
| Factoids:
| - Once lived with Mel Gibson while they were in college.
- He began his acting career with the Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane. He adapted Beaumarchais' play The Marriage of Figaro, with Niel Armfield, for the inaugural production in the new Optus Playhouse in the Queensland Performing Arts Complex, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, in September, 1998. He also played the title role of Figaro in the same production.
| Feature Film Credits:
| - 2009: Laundry Warrior
2008: $9.99
2007: Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2006: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Candy
2005: Munich
2004: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2003: Intolerable Cruelty, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Finding Nemo (voice), Ned Kelly, Swimming Upstream
2002: The Banger Sisters, Frida
| - 2001: Lantana, The Tailor of Panama
2000: Quills
1999: House on Haunted Hill, Mystery Men
1998: Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth, Les Misérables, A Little Bit of Soul
1997: Oscar and Lucinda (voice)
1996: Children of the Revolution, Shine, Call Me Sal
1995: Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1987: Twelfth Night
1982: Starstruck
1981: Hoodwink
| Academy Awards®:
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 
Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role