Geoffrey Rush
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1951-07-06 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
- Also known as
- Geoffrey Roy Rush
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
TV Shows (15)
The Colbert Report
2005
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Chelsea
2016
as Self
Genius
2017
as Albert Einstein
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
Kath & Kim
2002
as Geoff
Twisted Tales
1996
as Harry Chisholm
Mercury
1996
as Bill Wyatt
Lowdown
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Being Brendo
as Dr. Lance Pickering
Australian Encounters
2013
as Himself - Narrator
Movies (63)
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
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
as Hector Barbossa
Minions
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Gods of Egypt
2016
as Ra
The King's Speech
2010
as Lionel Logue
Green Lantern
2011
as Tomar-Re (voice)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Ezylryb (voice)
The Book Thief
2013
as Hans Hubermann
The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Harry Pendel
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Philip Henslowe
Munich
2005
as Ephraim
The Best Offer
2013
as Virgil Oldman
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Sir Francis Walsingham
The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025
as Stefan Mortensen
Frida
2002
as Leon Trotsky
House on Haunted Hill
1999
as Stephen Price
Elizabeth
1998
as Sir Francis Walsingham
Les Misérables
1998
as Javert
Ned Kelly
2003
as Superintendent Francis Hare
Quills
2000
as Marquis de Sade
The Warrior's Way
2010
as Ron
Candy
2006
as Casper
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
The Pixar Story
2007
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
Mystery Men
1999
as Casanova Frankenstein
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Shine
1996
as David as an adult
The Daughter
2015
as Henry
Final Portrait
2017
as Alberto Giacometti
The Banger Sisters
2002
as Harry Plummer
Holding the Man
2015
as Barry
Storm Boy
2019
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Peter Sellers
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
as Donovan Donaly
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
2026
as Dr. Daniels
Children of the Revolution
1996
as Zachary Welch
The Eye of the Storm
2011
as Basil Hunter
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008
as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
Whaledreamers
2006
as Self
Swimming Upstream
2003
as Harold Fingleton
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
2025
as Captain Barbossa (voice)
The Magic Pudding
2000
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
Shearing the Love
as Bob Castlehead
Lantana
2001
as John Knox
A Little Bit of Soul
1998
as Godfrey Usher
$9.99
2009
as Angel (voice)
Bran Nue Dae
2009
as Father Benedictus
Verona Spies
Harvie Krumpet
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Starstruck
1982
as Floor Manager
Hoodwink
1981
Twelfth Night
1987
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
The Nature of Lantana
2002
as Self
Raised Eyebrows
as Groucho Marx
The Man Who Could Not Dream
2012
as Narrator / Talking Bird
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
2015
as Oak Tree
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995
as Dave Rudd
Twisted
1997
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
About Geoffrey Rush
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. With 78 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Geoffrey Rush has appeared in 63 films and 15 TV shows.
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Most Popular Geoffrey Rush Movies
- 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
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