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