Geoffrey Rush
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 6, 1951
- Birthplace
- Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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
Shearing the Love TBA
as Bob Castlehead, Executive Producer
- Verona Spies
Verona Spies TBA
Actor
- Raised Eyebrows
Raised Eyebrows TBA
as Groucho Marx
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? 2026
as Dr. Daniels
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort 2025
as Captain Barbossa (voice)
The Rule of Jenny Pen 2025
as Stefan Mortensen, Executive Producer
Storm Boy 2019
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley, Executive Producer
Final Portrait 2017
as Alberto Giacometti
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 2017
as Hector Barbossa
Gods of Egypt 2016
as Ra
The Daughter 2015
as Henry
Holding the Man 2015
as Barry
Unity 2015
as Narrator (voice)
Minions 2015
as Narrator (voice)
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose 2015
as Oak Tree
The Book Thief 2013
as Hans Hubermann
The Best Offer 2013
as Virgil Oldman
- The Man Who Could Not Dream
The Man Who Could Not Dream 2012
as Narrator / Talking Bird
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen 2012
as (archive footage)
The Eye of the Storm 2011
as Basil Hunter, Executive Producer
Green Lantern 2011
as Tomar-Re (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011
as Hector Barbossa
The Warrior's Way 2010
as Ron
The King's Speech 2010
as Lionel Logue, Executive Producer
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 2010
as Ezylryb (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)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007
as Sir Francis Walsingham
The Pixar Story 2007
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007
as Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006
as Captain Hector Barbossa
Whaledreamers 2006
as Self
Candy 2006
as Casper
Munich 2005
as Ephraim
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers 2004
as Peter Sellers
Harvie Krumpet 2003
as Narrator (voice)
Intolerable Cruelty 2003
as Donovan Donaly
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003
as Barbossa
Finding Nemo 2003
as Nigel (voice)
Ned Kelly 2003
as Superintendent Francis Hare
Swimming Upstream 2003
as Harold Fingleton
The Banger Sisters 2002
as Harry Plummer
Frida 2002
as Leon Trotsky
The Nature of Lantana 2002
as Self
Lantana 2001
as John Knox
The Tailor of Panama 2001
as Harry Pendel
The Magic Pudding 2000
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
Quills 2000
as Marquis de Sade
House on Haunted Hill 1999
as Stephen Price
Mystery Men 1999
as Casanova Frankenstein
Shakespeare in Love 1998
as Philip Henslowe
Elizabeth 1998
as Sir Francis Walsingham
Les Misérables 1998
as Javert
A Little Bit of Soul 1998
as Godfrey Usher
Oscar and Lucinda 1997
as Narrator (voice)
Twisted 1997
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Children of the Revolution 1996
as Zachary Welch
Shine 1996
as David Helfgott - Adult
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection 1995
as Dave Rudd
Twelfth Night 1987
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Starstruck 1982
as Floor Manager
Hoodwink 1981
Actor
Credits from TMDB.