Geoffrey Rush
Known for Acting · 79 credits
- Born
- 1951-07-06 (age 74)
- 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 Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The Colbert Report
2005
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Genius
2017
as Albert Einstein
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Chelsea
2016
as Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
Kath & Kim
2002
as Geoff
Twisted Tales
1996
as Harry Chisholm
Lowdown
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Mercury
1996
as Bill Wyatt
Australian Encounters
2013
as Himself - Narrator
Being Brendo
as Dr. Lance Pickering
Movies (64)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
as Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Captain Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Barbossa
Finding Nemo
2003
as Nigel (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
as Hector Barbossa
Gods of Egypt
2016
as Ra
Minions
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Green Lantern
2011
as Tomar-Re (voice)
Munich
2005
as Ephraim
The King's Speech
2010
as Lionel Logue
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Ezylryb (voice)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Sir Francis Walsingham
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Philip Henslowe
Mystery Men
1999
as Casanova Frankenstein
Frida
2002
as Leon Trotsky
The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025
as Stefan Mortensen
Quills
2000
as Marquis de Sade
The Book Thief
2013
as Hans Hubermann
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
The Best Offer
2013
as Virgil Oldman
Shine
1996
as David as an adult
Elizabeth
1998
as Sir Francis Walsingham
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Les Misérables
1998
as Javert
Intolerable Cruelty
2003
as Donovan Donaly
Ned Kelly
2003
as Superintendent Francis Hare
Candy
2006
as Casper
House on Haunted Hill
1999
as Stephen Price
The Warrior's Way
2010
as Ron
The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Harry Pendel
Final Portrait
2017
as Alberto Giacometti
The Pixar Story
2007
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
as Narrator (voice)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Peter Sellers
Storm Boy
2019
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
Holding the Man
2015
as Barry
The Daughter
2015
as Henry
The Banger Sisters
2002
as Harry Plummer
Lantana
2001
as John Knox
The Eye of the Storm
2011
as Basil Hunter
$9.99
2009
as Angel (voice)
Children of the Revolution
1996
as Zachary Welch
Starstruck
1982
as Floor Manager
Swimming Upstream
2003
as Harold Fingleton
Bran Nue Dae
2009
as Father Benedictus
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
2015
as Oak Tree
Hoodwink
1981
The Magic Pudding
2000
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
Twisted
1997
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995
as Dave Rudd
Harvie Krumpet
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Verona Spies
A Little Bit of Soul
1998
as Godfrey Usher
Twelfth Night
1987
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
2026
as Dr. Daniels
Raised Eyebrows
as Groucho Marx
The Nature of Lantana
2002
as Self
A Pirate's Life For Me
2026
as Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
2025
as Captain Barbossa (voice)
Whaledreamers
2006
as Self
The Man Who Could Not Dream
2012
as Narrator / Talking Bird
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008
as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
Shearing the Love
as Bob Castlehead
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 79 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Geoffrey Rush has appeared in 64 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
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) — as Captain Hector Barbossa
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) — as Hector Barbossa
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) — as Barbossa
- Finding Nemo (2003) — as Nigel (voice)
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