Geoffrey Rush
Acting
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.
Filmography 78
Movies (63)
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?2026Dr. Daniels
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort2025Captain Barbossa (voice)
The Rule of Jenny Pen2025Stefan Mortensen
Storm Boy2019Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
Final Portrait2017Alberto Giacometti
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales2017Hector Barbossa
Gods of Egypt2016Ra
The Daughter2015Henry
Holding the Man2015Barry
Unity2015Narrator (voice)
Minions2015Narrator (voice)
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose2015Oak Tree
The Book Thief2013Hans Hubermann
The Best Offer2013Virgil Oldman- The Man Who Could Not Dream2012Narrator / Talking Bird
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012(archive footage)
The Eye of the Storm2011Basil Hunter
Green Lantern2011Tomar-Re (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011Hector Barbossa
The Warrior's Way2010Ron
The King's Speech2010Lionel Logue
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole2010Ezylryb (voice)
Bran Nue Dae2009Father Benedictus
$9.992009Angel (voice)
The Man Inside Dame Edna2008Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age2007Sir Francis Walsingham
The Pixar Story2007Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006Captain Hector Barbossa
Whaledreamers2006Self
Shows (15)
Genius2017Albert Einstein
Chelsea2016Self
Australian Encounters2013Himself - Narrator
Lowdown2010Narrator (voice)
The Graham Norton Show2007Self
The Colbert Report2005- The Tony Danza Show2004Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003Self
Kath & Kim2002Geoff
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001Self - Guest
The View1997Self
Twisted Tales1996Harry Chisholm- Mercury1996Bill Wyatt
The Oscars1953Self
Being BrendoDr. Lance Pickering