Geoffrey Rush
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
The Colbert Report
2005
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Film
Finding Nemo
Nigel (voice)
2003
Film
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Barbossa
2003
Film
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Barbossa
2007
Film
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Captain Hector Barbossa
2006
Film
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Hector Barbossa
2011
Series
Genius
Albert Einstein
2017
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Film
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Hector Barbossa
2017
Series
Chelsea
Self
2016
Film
Minions
Narrator (voice)
2015
Film
The King's Speech
Lionel Logue
2010
Film
Green Lantern
Tomar-Re (voice)
2011
Film
Gods of Egypt
Ra
2016
Film
Munich
Ephraim
2005
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Film
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Ezylryb (voice)
2010
Film
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sir Francis Walsingham
2007
Film
Shakespeare in Love
Philip Henslowe
1998
Film
The Book Thief
Hans Hubermann
2013
Film
Mystery Men
Casanova Frankenstein
1999
Film
Elizabeth
Sir Francis Walsingham
1998
Series
Kath & Kim
Geoff
2002
Film
The Best Offer
Virgil Oldman
2013
Film
Candy
Casper
2006
Film
Les Misérables
Javert
1998
Film
Frida
Leon Trotsky
2002
Film
Ned Kelly
Superintendent Francis Hare
2003
Film
Intolerable Cruelty
Donovan Donaly
2003
Film
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Stefan Mortensen
2025
Film
House on Haunted Hill
Stephen Price
1999
Film
Quills
Marquis de Sade
2000
Film
The Tailor of Panama
Harry Pendel
2001
Series
Twisted Tales
Harry Chisholm
1996
Film
The Pixar Story
Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Film
The Warrior's Way
Ron
2010
Film
Storm Boy
Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
2019
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
Shine
David as an adult
1996
Film
Oscar and Lucinda
Narrator (voice)
1997
Film
The Banger Sisters
Harry Plummer
2002
Film
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
2004
Series
Lowdown
Narrator (voice)
2010
Film
Final Portrait
Alberto Giacometti
2017
Film
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
Dr. Daniels
2026
Film
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Film
Holding the Man
Barry
2015
Mercury
Bill Wyatt
1996
Film
The Magic Pudding
Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
2000
Film
The Daughter
Henry
2015
Film
Lantana
John Knox
2001
Film
The Eye of the Storm
Basil Hunter
2011
Film
Bran Nue Dae
Father Benedictus
2009
Film
Children of the Revolution
Zachary Welch
1996
Film
Whaledreamers
Self
2006
Film
Swimming Upstream
Harold Fingleton
2003
Series
Being Brendo
Dr. Lance Pickering
Film
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Dave Rudd
1995
Film
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
2008
Series
Australian Encounters
Himself - Narrator
2013
Film
$9.99
Angel (voice)
2009
Film
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Oak Tree
2015
The Man Who Could Not Dream
Narrator / Talking Bird
2012
Film
Shearing the Love
Bob Castlehead
Film
Starstruck
Floor Manager
1982
Film
Hoodwink
1981
Film
The Nature of Lantana
Self
2002
Film
A Little Bit of Soul
Godfrey Usher
1998
Film
Twisted
Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
1997
Film
Twelfth Night
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
1987
Film
Harvie Krumpet
Narrator (voice)
2003
Film
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
Captain Barbossa (voice)
2025
Raised Eyebrows
Groucho Marx
Verona Spies