
Geoffrey Rush
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1951-07-06 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
- Also known as
- Geoffrey Roy 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
TV Shows (15)

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self

The Colbert Report
2005

The View
1997
as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self

Genius
2017
as Albert Einstein

The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest

Chelsea
2016
as Self

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest

Kath & Kim
2002
as Geoff

Lowdown
2010
as Narrator (voice)

Twisted Tales
1996
as Harry Chisholm
Mercury
1996
as Bill Wyatt

Being Brendo
as Dr. Lance Pickering

Australian Encounters
2013
as Himself - Narrator
Movies (63)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
as Barbossa

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Captain Hector Barbossa

Finding Nemo
2003
as Nigel (voice)

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Hector Barbossa

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Barbossa

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
as Hector Barbossa

Gods of Egypt
2016
as Ra

Minions
2015
as Narrator (voice)

Green Lantern
2011
as Tomar-Re (voice)

Munich
2005
as Ephraim

The King's Speech
2010
as Lionel Logue

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Ezylryb (voice)

Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Philip Henslowe

The Book Thief
2013
as Hans Hubermann

Elizabeth
1998
as Sir Francis Walsingham

The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025
as Stefan Mortensen

Mystery Men
1999
as Casanova Frankenstein

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)

Frida
2002
as Leon Trotsky

Quills
2000
as Marquis de Sade

Les Misérables
1998
as Javert

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Sir Francis Walsingham

The Best Offer
2013
as Virgil Oldman

House on Haunted Hill
1999
as Stephen Price

Shine
1996
as David as an adult

Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)

The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Harry Pendel

Candy
2006
as Casper

The Pixar Story
2007
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)

Intolerable Cruelty
2003
as Donovan Donaly

The Warrior's Way
2010
as Ron

Ned Kelly
2003
as Superintendent Francis Hare

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Peter Sellers

Holding the Man
2015
as Barry

Final Portrait
2017
as Alberto Giacometti

Oscar and Lucinda
1997
as Narrator (voice)

The Banger Sisters
2002
as Harry Plummer

The Daughter
2015
as Henry

Storm Boy
2019
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley

Lantana
2001
as John Knox

The Eye of the Storm
2011
as Basil Hunter

Swimming Upstream
2003
as Harold Fingleton

Children of the Revolution
1996
as Zachary Welch

Starstruck
1982
as Floor Manager

The Magic Pudding
2000
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)

$9.99
2009
as Angel (voice)

Twisted
1997
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')

Hoodwink
1981

Bran Nue Dae
2009
as Father Benedictus

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995
as Dave Rudd

Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
2015
as Oak Tree
Verona Spies

Harvie Krumpet
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
2026
as Dr. Daniels

The Nature of Lantana
2002
as Self

Whaledreamers
2006
as Self

The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008
as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)

Twelfth Night
1987
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek

A Little Bit of Soul
1998
as Godfrey Usher

Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
2025
as Captain Barbossa (voice)
Raised Eyebrows
as Groucho Marx

Shearing the Love
as Bob Castlehead
The Man Who Could Not Dream
2012
as Narrator / Talking Bird
About Geoffrey Rush
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. With 78 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Geoffrey Rush has appeared in 63 films and 15 TV shows.
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Most Popular Geoffrey Rush Movies
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) — as Barbossa
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) — as Captain Hector Barbossa
- Finding Nemo (2003) — as Nigel (voice)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) — as Hector Barbossa
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) — as Barbossa
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