Geoffrey Rush

Actor

Born July 6, 1951 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

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.

Acting

Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
Film, 2026
as Dr. Daniels
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
Film, 2025
as Captain Barbossa (voice)
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Film, 2025
as Stefan Mortensen
Storm Boy
Film, 2019
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
Final Portrait
Film, 2017
as Alberto Giacometti
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Film, 2017
as Hector Barbossa
Genius
TV series, 2017
as Albert Einstein
Gods of Egypt
Film, 2016
as Ra
The Daughter
Film, 2015
as Henry
Holding the Man
Film, 2015
as Barry
Unity
Film, 2015
as Narrator (voice)
Minions
Film, 2015
as Narrator (voice)
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Film, 2015
as Oak Tree
The Book Thief
Film, 2013
as Hans Hubermann
The Best Offer
Film, 2013
as Virgil Oldman
The Man Who Could Not Dream
Film, 2012
as Narrator / Talking Bird
The Eye of the Storm
Film, 2011
as Basil Hunter
Green Lantern
Film, 2011
as Tomar-Re (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Film, 2011
as Hector Barbossa
The Warrior's Way
Film, 2010
as Ron
The King's Speech
Film, 2010
as Lionel Logue
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Film, 2010
as Ezylryb (voice)
Lowdown
TV series, 2010
as Narrator (voice)
Bran Nue Dae
Film, 2009
as Father Benedictus
$9.99
Film, 2009
as Angel (voice)
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Film, 2008
as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Film, 2007
as Sir Francis Walsingham
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Film, 2007
as Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Film, 2006
as Captain Hector Barbossa
Candy
Film, 2006
as Casper