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: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
as Captain Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
as Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
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
The King's Speech (2010)
as Lionel Logue
Green Lantern (2011)
as Tomar-Re (voice)
Minions (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
The Book Thief (2013)
as Hans Hubermann
Gods of Egypt (2016)
as Ra
Munich (2005)
as Ephraim
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
as Ezylryb (voice)
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
as Harry Pendel
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
as Philip Henslowe
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
as Sir Francis Walsingham
The Best Offer (2013)
as Virgil Oldman
The Pixar Story (2007)
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
as Stephen Price
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
as Donovan Donaly
Elizabeth (1998)
as Sir Francis Walsingham
The Warrior's Way (2010)
as Ron
Les Misérables (1998)
as Javert
Frida (2002)
as Leon Trotsky
Quills (2000)
as Marquis de Sade
Mystery Men (1999)
as Casanova Frankenstein
Ned Kelly (2003)
as Superintendent Francis Hare
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
as Peter Sellers
Candy (2006)
as Casper
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025)
as Stefan Mortensen
The Banger Sisters (2002)
as Harry Plummer
Final Portrait (2017)
as Alberto Giacometti
Shine (1996)
as David Helfgott - Adult
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
The Eye of the Storm (2011)
as Basil Hunter
Holding the Man (2015)
as Barry
Storm Boy (2019)
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? (2026)
as Dr. Daniels
The Magic Pudding (2000)
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Children of the Revolution (1996)
as Zachary Welch
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort (2025)
as Captain Barbossa (voice)
The Daughter (2015)
as Henry
Swimming Upstream (2003)
as Harold Fingleton
Lantana (2001)
as John Knox
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
as Father Benedictus
$9.99 (2009)
as Angel (voice)
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose (2015)
as Oak Tree
The Man Inside Dame Edna (2008)
as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
Harvie Krumpet (2003)
as Narrator (voice)
A Little Bit of Soul (1998)
as Godfrey Usher
Whaledreamers (2006)
as Self
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)
as Dave Rudd
The Nature of Lantana (2002)
as Self
Shearing the Love (—)
as Bob Castlehead
The Man Who Could Not Dream (2012)
as Narrator / Talking Bird
Starstruck (1982)
as Floor Manager
Hoodwink (1981)
Actor
Twisted (1997)
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Raised Eyebrows (—)
as Groucho Marx
Verona Spies (—)
Actor
Twelfth Night (1987)
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek