Geoffrey Rush
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 6, 1951 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Finding Nemo
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Minions
The King's Speech
Green Lantern
The Book Thief
Gods of Egypt
Shakespeare in Love
Photos
Filmography
Raised Eyebrows
Movie · as Groucho Marx
Verona Spies
Movie
Shearing the Love
Movie · as Bob Castlehead
Being Brendo
TV · as Dr. Lance Pickering · 1 ep
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
Movie · as Dr. Daniels
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Movie · as Stefan Mortensen
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
Movie · as Captain Barbossa (voice)
Storm Boy
Movie · as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Movie · as Hector Barbossa
Final Portrait
Movie · as Alberto Giacometti
Genius
TV · as Albert Einstein · 10 eps
Gods of Egypt
Movie · as Ra
Chelsea
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Daughter
Movie · as Henry
Minions
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Unity
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Holding the Man
Movie · as Barry
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Movie · as Oak Tree
The Best Offer
Movie · as Virgil Oldman
The Book Thief
Movie · as Hans Hubermann
Australian Encounters
TV · as Himself - Narrator · 10 eps
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Man Who Could Not Dream
Movie · as Narrator / Talking Bird
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Movie · as Hector Barbossa
Green Lantern
Movie · as Tomar-Re (voice)
The Eye of the Storm
Movie · as Basil Hunter
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Movie · as Ezylryb (voice)
The Warrior's Way
Movie · as Ron
The King's Speech
Movie · as Lionel Logue
Lowdown
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 16 eps
Bran Nue Dae
Movie · as Father Benedictus
$9.99
Movie · as Angel (voice)
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Movie · as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Movie · as Barbossa
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Movie · as Sir Francis Walsingham
The Pixar Story
Movie · as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Candy
Movie · as Casper
Whaledreamers
Movie · as Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Movie · as Captain Hector Barbossa
Munich
Movie · as Ephraim
The Colbert Report
TV · 1 ep
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Movie · as Peter Sellers
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Finding Nemo
Movie · as Nigel (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Movie · as Barbossa
Ned Kelly
Movie · as Superintendent Francis Hare
Harvie Krumpet
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Intolerable Cruelty
Movie · as Donovan Donaly
Swimming Upstream
Movie · as Harold Fingleton
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Frida
Movie · as Leon Trotsky
The Banger Sisters
Movie · as Harry Plummer
The Nature of Lantana
Movie · as Self
Kath & Kim
TV · as Geoff · 1 ep
The Tailor of Panama
Movie · as Harry Pendel
Lantana
Movie · as John Knox
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Quills
Movie · as Marquis de Sade
The Magic Pudding
Movie · as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
House on Haunted Hill
Movie · as Stephen Price
Mystery Men
Movie · as Casanova Frankenstein
Shakespeare in Love
Movie · as Philip Henslowe
Les Misérables
Movie · as Javert
Elizabeth
Movie · as Sir Francis Walsingham
A Little Bit of Soul
Movie · as Godfrey Usher
Twisted
Movie · as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Oscar and Lucinda
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Shine
Movie · as David Helfgott - Adult
Children of the Revolution
Movie · as Zachary Welch
Mercury
TV · as Bill Wyatt · 13 eps
Twisted Tales
TV · as Harry Chisholm · 1 ep
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Movie · as Dave Rudd
Twelfth Night
Movie · as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Starstruck
Movie · as Floor Manager
Hoodwink
Movie
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 4 eps