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.
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The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
The Colbert Report
2005
The View
1997 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self
Finding Nemo
2003 · Nigel (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003 · Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006 · Captain Hector Barboss...
Genius
2017 · Albert Einstein
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 · Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 · Hector Barbossa
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Chelsea
2016 · Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017 · Hector Barbossa
Minions
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Green Lantern
2011 · Tomar-Re (voice)
The King's Speech
2010 · Lionel Logue
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Self - Guest
Gods of Egypt
2016 · Ra
Kath & Kim
2002 · Geoff
Munich
2005 · Ephraim
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010 · Ezylryb (voice)
The Best Offer
2013 · Virgil Oldman
Shakespeare in Love
1998 · Philip Henslowe
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 · Sir Francis Walsingham
The Book Thief
2013 · Hans Hubermann
Elizabeth
1998 · Sir Francis Walsingham
Candy
2006 · Casper
Frida
2002 · Leon Trotsky
Ned Kelly
2003 · Superintendent Francis...
The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025 · Stefan Mortensen
Les Misérables
1998 · Javert
Mystery Men
1999 · Casanova Frankenstein
House on Haunted Hill
1999 · Stephen Price
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 · Donovan Donaly
The Tailor of Panama
2001 · Harry Pendel
Twisted Tales
1996 · Harry Chisholm
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
Quills
2000 · Marquis de Sade
Shine
1996 · David as an adult
The Warrior's Way
2010 · Ron
Storm Boy
2019 · Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingl...
The Pixar Story
2007 · Nigel (voice) (archive...
Oscar and Lucinda
1997 · Narrator (voice)
Lowdown
2010 · Narrator (voice)
The Banger Sisters
2002 · Harry Plummer
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 · Peter Sellers
Holding the Man
2015 · Barry
Unity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
2026 · Dr. Daniels
Final Portrait
2017 · Alberto Giacometti
Swimming Upstream
2003 · Harold Fingleton
Being Brendo
— · Dr. Lance Pickering
Whaledreamers
2006 · Self
Australian Encounters
2013 · Himself - Narrator
Children of the Revolution
1996 · Zachary Welch
Lantana
2001 · John Knox
The Daughter
2015 · Henry
Shearing the Love
— · Bob Castlehead
The Eye of the Storm
2011 · Basil Hunter
The Magic Pudding
2000 · Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
$9.99
2009 · Angel (voice)
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995 · Dave Rudd
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008 · Narrator (Australian v...
Bran Nue Dae
2009 · Father Benedictus
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
2025 · Captain Barbossa (voic...
Hoodwink
1981
Starstruck
1982 · Floor Manager
The Nature of Lantana
2002 · Self
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
2015 · Oak Tree
A Little Bit of Soul
1998 · Godfrey Usher
Harvie Krumpet
2003 · Narrator (voice)
Twelfth Night
1987 · Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Twisted
1997 · Harry Chisholm (segmen...