Geoffrey Rush
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 6, 1951 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
- Credits
- 78
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
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003Movie
Barbossa
Finding Nemo
2003Movie
Nigel (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006Movie
Captain Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007Movie
Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011Movie
Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017Movie
Hector Barbossa
Filmography
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
2026Movie
Dr. Daniels
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
2025Movie
Captain Barbossa (voice)
The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025Movie
Stefan Mortensen
Storm Boy
2019Movie
Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
Final Portrait
2017Movie
Alberto Giacometti
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017Movie
Hector Barbossa
Genius
2017TV
Albert Einstein
Chelsea
2016TV
Self
Gods of Egypt
2016Movie
Ra
The Daughter
2015Movie
Henry
Holding the Man
2015Movie
Barry
Unity
2015Movie
Narrator (voice)
Minions
2015Movie
Narrator (voice)
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
2015Movie
Oak Tree
The Book Thief
2013Movie
Hans Hubermann
Australian Encounters
2013TV
Himself - Narrator
The Best Offer
2013Movie
Virgil Oldman
The Man Who Could Not Dream
2012Movie
Narrator / Talking Bird
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012Movie
(archive footage)
The Eye of the Storm
2011Movie
Basil Hunter
Green Lantern
2011Movie
Tomar-Re (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011Movie
Hector Barbossa
The Warrior's Way
2010Movie
Ron
The King's Speech
2010Movie
Lionel Logue
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010Movie
Ezylryb (voice)
Lowdown
2010TV
Narrator (voice)
Bran Nue Dae
2009Movie
Father Benedictus
$9.99
2009Movie
Angel (voice)
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008Movie
Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007Movie
Sir Francis Walsingham
The Pixar Story
2007Movie
Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007Movie
Barbossa
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006Movie
Captain Hector Barbossa
Whaledreamers
2006Movie
Self
Candy
2006Movie
Casper
Munich
2005Movie
Ephraim
The Colbert Report
2005TV
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004Movie
Peter Sellers
The Tony Danza Show
2004TV
Self - Guest
Harvie Krumpet
2003Movie
Narrator (voice)
Intolerable Cruelty
2003Movie
Donovan Donaly
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003Movie
Barbossa
Finding Nemo
2003Movie
Nigel (voice)
Ned Kelly
2003Movie
Superintendent Francis Hare
Swimming Upstream
2003Movie
Harold Fingleton
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self
The Banger Sisters
2002Movie
Harry Plummer
Frida
2002Movie
Leon Trotsky
The Nature of Lantana
2002Movie
Self
Kath & Kim
2002TV
Geoff
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001TV
Self - Guest
Lantana
2001Movie
John Knox
The Tailor of Panama
2001Movie
Harry Pendel
The Magic Pudding
2000Movie
Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
Quills
2000Movie
Marquis de Sade
House on Haunted Hill
1999Movie
Stephen Price
Mystery Men
1999Movie
Casanova Frankenstein
Shakespeare in Love
1998Movie
Philip Henslowe
Elizabeth
1998Movie
Sir Francis Walsingham
Les Misérables
1998Movie
Javert
A Little Bit of Soul
1998Movie
Godfrey Usher
Oscar and Lucinda
1997Movie
Narrator (voice)
The View
1997TV
Self
Twisted
1997Movie
Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Children of the Revolution
1996Movie
Zachary Welch
Twisted Tales
1996TV
Harry Chisholm
Shine
1996Movie
David Helfgott - Adult
Mercury
1996TV
Bill Wyatt
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995Movie
Dave Rudd
Twelfth Night
1987Movie
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Starstruck
1982Movie
Floor Manager
Hoodwink
1981Movie
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Being Brendo
TV
Dr. Lance Pickering
Shearing the Love
Movie
Bob Castlehead
Verona Spies
Movie
Raised Eyebrows
Movie
Groucho Marx