Geoffrey Rush

Known for: Acting
Born: July 6, 1951, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Movies: 60

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.

Upcoming Geoffrey Rush Movies

Shearing the Love

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

7.8

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003

7.8

Finding Nemo

2003

7.4

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006

7.3

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007

6.6

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011

6.7

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2017

6.4

Minions

2015

7.7

The King's Speech

2010

5.2

Green Lantern

2011

7.5

The Book Thief

2013

Filmography

2026	Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?	Dr. Daniels
2025	Pirates of the Caribbean \| Disneyland Resort	Captain Barbossa (voice)
2025	The Rule of Jenny Pen	Stefan Mortensen
2019	Storm Boy	Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
2017	Final Portrait	Alberto Giacometti
2017	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Hector Barbossa
2016	Gods of Egypt	Ra
2015	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
2013	The Book Thief	Hans Hubermann
2013	The Best Offer	Virgil Oldman
2012	The Man Who Could Not Dream	Narrator / Talking Bird
2012	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	(archive footage)
2011	The Eye of the Storm	Basil Hunter
2011	Green Lantern	Tomar-Re (voice)
2011	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Hector Barbossa
2010	The Warrior's Way	Ron
2010	The King's Speech	Lionel Logue
2010	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	Ezylryb (voice)
2009	Bran Nue Dae	Father Benedictus
2009	$9.99	Angel (voice)
2008	The Man Inside Dame Edna	Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
2007	Elizabeth: The Golden Age	Sir Francis Walsingham
2007	The Pixar Story	Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Barbossa
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Captain Hector Barbossa
2006	Whaledreamers	Self
2006	Candy	Casper
2005	Munich	Ephraim
2004	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Peter Sellers
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
2002	The Banger Sisters	Harry Plummer
2002	Frida	Leon Trotsky
2002	The Nature of Lantana	Self
2001	Lantana	John Knox
2001	The Tailor of Panama	Harry Pendel
2000	The Magic Pudding	Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
2000	Quills	Marquis de Sade
1999	House on Haunted Hill	Stephen Price
1999	Mystery Men	Casanova Frankenstein
1998	Shakespeare in Love	Philip Henslowe
1998	Elizabeth	Sir Francis Walsingham
1998	Les Misérables	Javert
1998	A Little Bit of Soul	Godfrey Usher
1997	Oscar and Lucinda	Narrator (voice)
1997	Twisted	Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
1996	Children of the Revolution	Zachary Welch
1996	Shine	David Helfgott - Adult
1995	Dad and Dave: On Our Selection	Dave Rudd
1987	Twelfth Night	Sir Andrew Aguecheek
1982	Starstruck	Floor Manager
1981	Hoodwink

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