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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 6, 1951 · 75 years old
- Place of birth
- Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
- Gender
- Male
- Credits
- 78 as cast · 5 as crew
- Best known for
- The Colbert Report
- Popularity
- 3.3
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
Dr. Daniels2026
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
Captain Barbossa (voice)2025
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Stefan Mortensen2025
Storm Boy
Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley2019
Final Portrait
Alberto Giacometti2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Hector Barbossa2017
Genius
Albert Einstein2017
Chelsea
Self2016
Gods of Egypt
Ra2016
The Daughter
Henry2015
Holding the Man
Barry2015
Unity
Narrator (voice)2015
Minions
Narrator (voice)2015
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Oak Tree2015
The Book Thief
Hans Hubermann2013
Australian Encounters
Himself - Narrator2013
The Best Offer
Virgil Oldman2013
The Man Who Could Not Dream
Narrator / Talking Bird2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)2012
The Eye of the Storm
Basil Hunter2011
Green Lantern
Tomar-Re (voice)2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Hector Barbossa2011
The Warrior's Way
Ron2010
The King's Speech
Lionel Logue2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Ezylryb (voice)2010
Lowdown
Narrator (voice)2010
Bran Nue Dae
Father Benedictus2009
$9.99
Angel (voice)2009
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Narrator (Australian version) (voice)2008
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sir Francis Walsingham2007
The Pixar Story
Nigel (voice) (archive footage)2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Barbossa2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Captain Hector Barbossa2006
Whaledreamers
Self2006
Candy
Casper2006
Munich
Ephraim2005
The Colbert Report
2005
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest2004
Harvie Krumpet
Narrator (voice)2003
Intolerable Cruelty
Donovan Donaly2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Barbossa2003
Finding Nemo
Nigel (voice)2003
Ned Kelly
Superintendent Francis Hare2003
Swimming Upstream
Harold Fingleton2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self2003
The Banger Sisters
Harry Plummer2002
Frida
Leon Trotsky2002
The Nature of Lantana
Self2002
Kath & Kim
Geoff2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest2001
Lantana
John Knox2001
The Tailor of Panama
Harry Pendel2001
The Magic Pudding
Bunyip Bluegum (voice)2000
Quills
Marquis de Sade2000
House on Haunted Hill
Stephen Price1999
Mystery Men
Casanova Frankenstein1999
Shakespeare in Love
Philip Henslowe1998
Elizabeth
Sir Francis Walsingham1998
Les Misérables
Javert1998
A Little Bit of Soul
Godfrey Usher1998
Oscar and Lucinda
Narrator (voice)1997
The View
Self1997
Twisted
Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')1997
Children of the Revolution
Zachary Welch1996
Twisted Tales
Harry Chisholm1996
Shine
David Helfgott - Adult1996
Mercury
Bill Wyatt1996
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Dave Rudd1995
Twelfth Night
Sir Andrew Aguecheek1987
Starstruck
Floor Manager1982
Hoodwink
1981
The Oscars
Self1953
Being Brendo
Dr. Lance Pickering
Shearing the Love
Bob Castlehead
Raised Eyebrows
Groucho Marx
Verona Spies