Acting · Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia · Born July 6, 1951
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.
MovieMr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
2026
as Dr. Daniels
MoviePirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
2025
as Captain Barbossa (voice)
MovieThe Rule of Jenny Pen
2025
as Stefan Mortensen
MovieStorm Boy
2019
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
MovieFinal Portrait
2017
as Alberto Giacometti
MoviePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
as Hector Barbossa
TVGenius
2017
as Albert Einstein
TVChelsea
2016
as Self
MovieGods of Egypt
2016
as Ra
MovieThe Daughter
2015
as Henry
MovieHolding the Man
2015
as Barry
MovieUnity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieMinions
2015
as Narrator (voice)
MovieOscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
2015
as Oak Tree
MovieThe Book Thief
2013
as Hans Hubermann
TVAustralian Encounters
2013
as Himself - Narrator
MovieThe Best Offer
2013
as Virgil Oldman
The Man Who Could Not Dream
2012
as Narrator / Talking Bird
MovieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Eye of the Storm
2011
as Basil Hunter
MovieGreen Lantern
2011
as Tomar-Re (voice)
MoviePirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Hector Barbossa
MovieThe Warrior's Way
2010
as Ron
MovieThe King's Speech
2010
as Lionel Logue
MovieLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Ezylryb (voice)
TVLowdown
2010
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBran Nue Dae
2009
as Father Benedictus
Movie$9.99
2009
as Angel (voice)
MovieThe Man Inside Dame Edna
2008
as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
MovieElizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Sir Francis Walsingham
MovieThe Pixar Story
2007
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
MoviePirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Barbossa
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MoviePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Captain Hector Barbossa
MovieWhaledreamers
2006
as Self
MovieCandy
2006
as Casper
MovieMunich
2005
as Ephraim
TVThe Colbert Report
2005
MovieThe Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Peter Sellers
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
MovieHarvie Krumpet
2003
as Narrator (voice)
MovieIntolerable Cruelty
2003
as Donovan Donaly
MoviePirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
as Barbossa
MovieFinding Nemo
2003
as Nigel (voice)
MovieNed Kelly
2003
as Superintendent Francis Hare
MovieSwimming Upstream
2003
as Harold Fingleton
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieThe Banger Sisters
2002
as Harry Plummer
MovieFrida
2002
as Leon Trotsky
MovieThe Nature of Lantana
2002
as Self
TVKath & Kim
2002
as Geoff
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self - Guest
MovieLantana
2001
as John Knox
MovieThe Tailor of Panama
2001
as Harry Pendel
MovieThe Magic Pudding
2000
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
MovieQuills
2000
as Marquis de Sade
MovieHouse on Haunted Hill
1999
as Stephen Price
MovieMystery Men
1999
as Casanova Frankenstein
MovieShakespeare in Love
1998
as Philip Henslowe
MovieElizabeth
1998
as Sir Francis Walsingham
MovieLes Misérables
1998
as Javert
MovieA Little Bit of Soul
1998
as Godfrey Usher
MovieOscar and Lucinda
1997
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MovieTwisted
1997
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
MovieChildren of the Revolution
1996
as Zachary Welch
TVTwisted Tales
1996
as Harry Chisholm
MovieShine
1996
as David as an adult
Mercury
1996
as Bill Wyatt
MovieDad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995
as Dave Rudd
MovieTwelfth Night
1987
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
MovieStarstruck
1982
as Floor Manager
MovieHoodwink
1981
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
Raised Eyebrows
as Groucho Marx
Verona Spies
MovieShearing the Love
as Bob Castlehead
TVBeing Brendo
as Dr. Lance Pickering
