Geoffrey Rush

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.

Known For

The Graham Norton Show

The View

The Colbert Report

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Finding Nemo

All Movies (63)

• Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?2026 · as Dr. Daniels
• Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort2025 · as Captain Barbossa (voice)
• The Rule of Jenny Pen2025 · as Stefan Mortensen
• Storm Boy2019 · as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
• Final Portrait2017 · as Alberto Giacometti
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales2017 · as Hector Barbossa
• Gods of Egypt2016 · as Ra
• The Daughter2015 · as Henry
• Holding the Man2015 · as Barry
• Unity2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Minions2015 · as Narrator (voice)
• Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose2015 · as Oak Tree
• The Book Thief2013 · as Hans Hubermann
• The Best Offer2013 · as Virgil Oldman
• The Man Who Could Not Dream2012 · as Narrator / Talking Bird
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• The Eye of the Storm2011 · as Basil Hunter
• Green Lantern2011 · as Tomar-Re (voice)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011 · as Hector Barbossa
• The Warrior's Way2010 · as Ron
• The King's Speech2010 · as Lionel Logue
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole2010 · as Ezylryb (voice)
• Bran Nue Dae2009 · as Father Benedictus
• $9.992009 · as Angel (voice)
• The Man Inside Dame Edna2008 · as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age2007 · as Sir Francis Walsingham
• The Pixar Story2007 · as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007 · as Barbossa
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006 · as Captain Hector Barbossa
• Whaledreamers2006 · as Self
• Candy2006 · as Casper
• Munich2005 · as Ephraim
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers2004 · as Peter Sellers
• Harvie Krumpet2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• Intolerable Cruelty2003 · as Donovan Donaly
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl2003 · as Barbossa
• Finding Nemo2003 · as Nigel (voice)
• Ned Kelly2003 · as Superintendent Francis Hare
• Swimming Upstream2003 · as Harold Fingleton
• The Banger Sisters2002 · as Harry Plummer
• Frida2002 · as Leon Trotsky
• The Nature of Lantana2002 · as Self
• Lantana2001 · as John Knox
• The Tailor of Panama2001 · as Harry Pendel
• The Magic Pudding2000 · as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
• Quills2000 · as Marquis de Sade
• House on Haunted Hill1999 · as Stephen Price
• Mystery Men1999 · as Casanova Frankenstein
• Shakespeare in Love1998 · as Philip Henslowe
• Elizabeth1998 · as Sir Francis Walsingham
• Les Misérables1998 · as Javert
• A Little Bit of Soul1998 · as Godfrey Usher
• Oscar and Lucinda1997 · as Narrator (voice)
• Twisted1997 · as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
• Children of the Revolution1996 · as Zachary Welch
• Shine1996 · as David as an adult
• Dad and Dave: On Our Selection1995 · as Dave Rudd
• Twelfth Night1987 · as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
• Starstruck1982 · as Floor Manager
• Hoodwink1981
• Raised Eyebrows— · as Groucho Marx
• Verona Spies—
• Shearing the Love— · as Bob Castlehead

All TV Shows (15)

• Genius2017 · as Albert Einstein
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• Australian Encounters2013 · as Himself - Narrator
• Lowdown2010 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Colbert Report2005
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Kath & Kim2002 · as Geoff
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001 · as Self - Guest
• The View1997 · as Self
• Twisted Tales1996 · as Harry Chisholm
• Mercury1996 · as Bill Wyatt
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Being Brendo— · as Dr. Lance Pickering