Geoffrey Rush
Born
July 6, 1951 (74 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
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Known For
Gods of Egypt
Ra
2016
The Best Offer
Virgil Oldman
2013
The Eye of the Storm
Basil Hunter
2011
Green Lantern
Tomar-Re (voice)
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Hector Barbossa
2011
The Warrior's Way
Ron
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Ezylryb (voice)
2010
Bran Nue Dae
Father Benedictus
2009
$9.99
Angel (voice)
2009
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sir Francis Walsingham
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Barbossa
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Hector Barbossa
2006
Candy
Casper
2006
Munich
Ephraim
2005
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
2004
An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Self
2003
Harvie Krumpet
Narrator (voice)
2003
Intolerable Cruelty
Donovan Donaly
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Barbossa
2003
Finding Nemo
Nigel (voice)
2003
Ned Kelly
Superintendent Francis Hare
2003
Swimming Upstream
Harold Fingleton
2003
The Banger Sisters
Harry Plummer
2002
Frida
Leon Trotsky
2002
Lantana
John Knox
2001
The Tailor of Panama
Harry Pendel
2001
The Magic Pudding
Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
2000
Quills
Marquis de Sade
2000
House on Haunted Hill
Stephen Price
1999
Mystery Men
Casanova Frankenstein
1999
Shakespeare in Love
Philip Henslowe
1998
Elizabeth
Sir Francis Walsingham
1998
Les Misérables
Javert
1998
Children of the Revolution
Zachary Welch
1996
Shine
David as an adult
1996
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Dave Rudd
1995
Hoodwink
1981
Raised Eyebrows
Groucho Marx
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Stefan Mortensen
2025
Storm Boy
Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
2019
Final Portrait
Alberto Giacometti
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Hector Barbossa
2017
Genius
Albert Einstein · (10 episodes)
2017
Chelsea
Self · (1 episode)
2016
The Daughter
Henry
2015
Holding the Man
Barry
2015
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Minions
Narrator (voice)
2015
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Oak Tree
2015
The Book Thief
Hans Hubermann
2013
Australian Encounters
Himself - Narrator · (10 episodes)
2013
The Man Who Could Not Dream
Narrator / Talking Bird
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
The King's Speech
Lionel Logue
2010
Lowdown
Narrator (voice) · (16 episodes)
2010
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
2008
The Pixar Story
Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Whaledreamers
Self
2006
The Colbert Report
(1 episode)
2005
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
2003
The Nature of Lantana
Self
2002
Kath & Kim
Geoff · (1 episode)
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2001
A Little Bit of Soul
Godfrey Usher
1998
Oscar and Lucinda
Narrator (voice)
1997
Twisted
Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
1997
Mercury
Bill Wyatt · (13 episodes)
1996
Twelfth Night
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
1987
Verona Spies
Starstruck
Floor Manager
1982
Untitled Vietnam War Film
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
1997
The Oscars
Self · (4 episodes)
1953
Being Brendo
Dr. Lance Pickering · (1 episode)