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