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
Finding Nemo (2003)
as Nigel (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
as Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
as Captain Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
as 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
Green Lantern (2011)
as Tomar-Re (voice)
The King's Speech (2010)
as Lionel Logue
Munich (2005)
as Ephraim
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
as Philip Henslowe
Frida (2002)
as Leon Trotsky
The Book Thief (2013)
as Hans Hubermann
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
as Ezylryb (voice)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
as Sir Francis Walsingham
Ned Kelly (2003)
as Superintendent Francis Hare
The Best Offer (2013)
as Virgil Oldman
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
as Stephen Price
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
as Harry Pendel
Elizabeth (1998)
as Sir Francis Walsingham
Quills (2000)
as Marquis de Sade
Les Misérables (1998)
as Javert
Mystery Men (1999)
as Casanova Frankenstein
The Warrior's Way (2010)
as Ron
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
as Donovan Donaly
Candy (2006)
as Casper
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? (2026)
as Dr. Daniels
The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025)
as Stefan Mortensen
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort (2025)
as Captain Barbossa (voice)
Shine (1996)
as David Helfgott - Adult
Final Portrait (2017)
as Alberto Giacometti
Storm Boy (2019)
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
The Banger Sisters (2002)
as Harry Plummer
The Pixar Story (2007)
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
The Eye of the Storm (2011)
as Basil Hunter
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
as Peter Sellers
The Man Inside Dame Edna (2008)
as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
Children of the Revolution (1996)
as Zachary Welch
The Daughter (2015)
as Henry
The Magic Pudding (2000)
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
Lantana (2001)
as John Knox
Holding the Man (2015)
as Barry
Shearing the Love (—)
as Bob Castlehead
Whaledreamers (2006)
as Self
$9.99 (2009)
as Angel (voice)
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
as Father Benedictus
Swimming Upstream (2003)
as Harold Fingleton
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose (2015)
as Oak Tree
A Little Bit of Soul (1998)
as Godfrey Usher
Twisted (1997)
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)
as Dave Rudd
Hoodwink (1981)
Actor
Twelfth Night (1987)
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Harvie Krumpet (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
Starstruck (1982)
as Floor Manager
The Nature of Lantana (2002)
as Self
Verona Spies (—)
Actor
Raised Eyebrows (—)
as Groucho Marx
The Man Who Could Not Dream (2012)
as Narrator / Talking Bird