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