Person
Geoffrey Rush
Acting · Born 1951-07-06 · Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Biography
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
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Colbert Report
2005
The View
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Barbossa
Genius
Albert Einstein
Finding Nemo
Nigel (voice)
Chelsea
Self
The Oscars
Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Captain Hector Barbossa
Filmography
- 2026Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?Dr. Daniels
- 2025Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland ResortCaptain Barbossa (voice)
- 2025The Rule of Jenny PenStefan Mortensen
- 2019Storm BoyMike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
- 2017Final PortraitAlberto Giacometti
- 2017Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No TalesHector Barbossa
- 2017GeniusAlbert Einstein
- 2016ChelseaSelf
- 2016Gods of EgyptRa
- 2015The DaughterHenry
- 2015Holding the ManBarry
- 2015UnityNarrator (voice)
- 2015MinionsNarrator (voice)
- 2015Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the RoseOak Tree
- 2013The Book ThiefHans Hubermann
- 2013Australian EncountersHimself - Narrator
- 2013The Best OfferVirgil Oldman
- 2012The Man Who Could Not DreamNarrator / Talking Bird
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
- 2011The Eye of the StormBasil Hunter
- 2011Green LanternTomar-Re (voice)
- 2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesHector Barbossa
- 2010The Warrior's WayRon
- 2010The King's SpeechLionel Logue
- 2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleEzylryb (voice)
- 2010LowdownNarrator (voice)
- 2009Bran Nue DaeFather Benedictus
- 2009$9.99Angel (voice)
- 2008The Man Inside Dame EdnaNarrator (Australian version) (voice)
- 2007Elizabeth: The Golden AgeSir Francis Walsingham
- 2007The Pixar StoryNigel (voice) (archive footage)
- 2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndBarbossa
- 2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
- 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestCaptain Hector Barbossa
- 2006WhaledreamersSelf
- 2006CandyCasper
- 2005MunichEphraim
- 2005The Colbert Report
- 2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersPeter Sellers
- 2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest
- 2003Harvie KrumpetNarrator (voice)
- 2003Intolerable CrueltyDonovan Donaly
- 2003Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlBarbossa
- 2003Finding NemoNigel (voice)
- 2003Ned KellySuperintendent Francis Hare
- 2003Swimming UpstreamHarold Fingleton
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
- 2002The Banger SistersHarry Plummer
- 2002FridaLeon Trotsky
- 2002The Nature of LantanaSelf
- 2002Kath & KimGeoff
- 2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf - Guest
- 2001LantanaJohn Knox
- 2001The Tailor of PanamaHarry Pendel
- 2000The Magic PuddingBunyip Bluegum (voice)
- 2000QuillsMarquis de Sade
- 1999House on Haunted HillStephen Price
- 1999Mystery MenCasanova Frankenstein
- 1998Shakespeare in LovePhilip Henslowe
- 1998ElizabethSir Francis Walsingham
- 1998Les MisérablesJavert
- 1998A Little Bit of SoulGodfrey Usher
- 1997Oscar and LucindaNarrator (voice)
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1997TwistedHarry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
- 1996Children of the RevolutionZachary Welch
- 1996Twisted TalesHarry Chisholm
- 1996ShineDavid as an adult
- 1996MercuryBill Wyatt
- 1995Dad and Dave: On Our SelectionDave Rudd
- 1987Twelfth NightSir Andrew Aguecheek
- 1982StarstruckFloor Manager
- 1981Hoodwink
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —Raised EyebrowsGroucho Marx
- —Verona Spies
- —Shearing the LoveBob Castlehead
- —Being BrendoDr. Lance Pickering
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