Geoffrey Rush
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Geoffrey Roy Rush AC (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. He also received three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.
Known for
Credits
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
as Barbossa
Finding Nemo (2003)
as Nigel (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
as Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
as Captain Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
as Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
as Hector Barbossa
Minions (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Gods of Egypt (2016)
as Ra
The King's Speech (2010)
as Lionel Logue
Green Lantern (2011)
as Tomar-Re (voice)
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
as Harry Pendel
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
as Ezylryb (voice)
Munich (2005)
as Ephraim
The Book Thief (2013)
as Hans Hubermann
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
as Philip Henslowe
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
as Donovan Donaly
The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025)
as Stefan Mortensen
Elizabeth (1998)
as Sir Francis Walsingham
The Best Offer (2013)
as Virgil Oldman
Mystery Men (1999)
as Casanova Frankenstein
Les Misérables (1998)
as Javert
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
as Sir Francis Walsingham
Frida (2002)
as Leon Trotsky
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
as Stephen Price
Quills (2000)
as Marquis de Sade
Ned Kelly (2003)
as Superintendent Francis Hare
The Warrior's Way (2010)
as Ron
Candy (2006)
as Casper
Shine (1996)
as David as an adult
The Pixar Story (2007)
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
Storm Boy (2019)
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Holding the Man (2015)
as Barry
Final Portrait (2017)
as Alberto Giacometti
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
The Daughter (2015)
as Henry
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
as Peter Sellers
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Swimming Upstream (2003)
as Harold Fingleton
The Banger Sisters (2002)
as Harry Plummer
Lantana (2001)
as John Knox
$9.99 (2009)
as Angel (voice)
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
as Father Benedictus
The Eye of the Storm (2011)
as Basil Hunter
Harvie Krumpet (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
The Magic Pudding (2000)
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
Hoodwink (1981)
Actor
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose (2015)
as Oak Tree
A Little Bit of Soul (1998)
as Godfrey Usher
Children of the Revolution (1996)
as Zachary Welch
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? (2026)
as Dr. Daniels
Twisted (1997)
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort (2025)
as Captain Barbossa (voice)
The Nature of Lantana (2002)
as Self
Starstruck (1982)
as Floor Manager
Shearing the Love (—)
as Bob Castlehead
Verona Spies (—)
Actor
Twelfth Night (1987)
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Whaledreamers (2006)
as Self
Raised Eyebrows (—)
as Groucho Marx
The Man Who Could Not Dream (2012)
as Narrator / Talking Bird
The Man Inside Dame Edna (2008)
as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)
as Dave Rudd