Acting
Geoffrey Rush
Born 6 July 1951 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
76 credits
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
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- TBABeing BrendoSeriesDr. Lance Pickering
- TBAShearing the LoveFilmBob Castlehead
- TBAVerona SpiesFilm
- TBARaised EyebrowsFilmGroucho Marx
- 2026Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?FilmDr. Daniels
- 2025The Rule of Jenny PenFilmStefan Mortensen
- 2025Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland ResortFilmCaptain Barbossa (voice)
- 2019Storm BoyFilmMike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
- 2017GeniusSeriesAlbert Einstein
- 2017Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No TalesFilmHector Barbossa
- 2017Final PortraitFilmAlberto Giacometti
- 2016Gods of EgyptFilmRa
- 2015MinionsFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2015Holding the ManFilmBarry
- 2015The DaughterFilmHenry
- 2015UnityFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2015Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the RoseFilmOak Tree
- 2013The Book ThiefFilmHans Hubermann
- 2013The Best OfferFilmVirgil Oldman
- 2013Australian EncountersSeriesHimself - Narrator
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenFilm(archive footage)
- 2012The Man Who Could Not DreamFilmNarrator / Talking Bird
- 2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesFilmHector Barbossa
- 2011Green LanternFilmTomar-Re (voice)
- 2011The Eye of the StormFilmBasil Hunter
- 2010The King's SpeechFilmLionel Logue
- 2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleFilmEzylryb (voice)
- 2010The Warrior's WayFilmRon
- 2010LowdownSeriesNarrator (voice)
- 2009$9.99FilmAngel (voice)
- 2009Bran Nue DaeFilmFather Benedictus
- 2008The Man Inside Dame EdnaFilmNarrator (Australian version) (voice)
- 2007Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndFilmBarbossa
- 2007Elizabeth: The Golden AgeFilmSir Francis Walsingham
- 2007The Pixar StoryFilmNigel (voice) (archive footage)
- 2006Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestFilmCaptain Hector Barbossa
- 2006CandyFilmCasper
- 2006WhaledreamersFilmSelf
- 2005MunichFilmEphraim
- 2004The Life and Death of Peter SellersFilmPeter Sellers
- 2003Finding NemoFilmNigel (voice)
- 2003Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlFilmBarbossa
- 2003Intolerable CrueltyFilmDonovan Donaly
- 2003Ned KellyFilmSuperintendent Francis Hare
- 2003Harvie KrumpetFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2003Swimming UpstreamFilmHarold Fingleton
- 2002FridaFilmLeon Trotsky
- 2002The Banger SistersFilmHarry Plummer
- 2002Kath & KimSeriesGeoff
- 2002The Nature of LantanaFilmSelf
- 2001The Tailor of PanamaFilmHarry Pendel
- 2001LantanaFilmJohn Knox
- 2000QuillsFilmMarquis de Sade
- 2000The Magic PuddingFilmBunyip Bluegum (voice)
- 1999House on Haunted HillFilmStephen Price
- 1999Mystery MenFilmCasanova Frankenstein
- 1998Shakespeare in LoveFilmPhilip Henslowe
- 1998ElizabethFilmSir Francis Walsingham
- 1998Les MisérablesFilmJavert
- 1998A Little Bit of SoulFilmGodfrey Usher
- 1997Oscar and LucindaFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1997TwistedFilmHarry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
- 1996ShineFilmDavid Helfgott - Adult
- 1996Children of the RevolutionFilmZachary Welch
- 1996Twisted TalesSeriesHarry Chisholm
- 1996MercurySeriesBill Wyatt
- 1995Dad and Dave: On Our SelectionFilmDave Rudd
- 1987Twelfth NightFilmSir Andrew Aguecheek
- 1982StarstruckFilmFloor Manager
- 1981HoodwinkFilm
- 1953The OscarsSeriesSelf
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Filmography from TMDB.