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