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Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Born: 1951-07-06 • 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.

Filmography
The Rule of Jenny Pen poster
The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025 • Stefan Mortensen
Storm Boy poster
Storm Boy
2019 • Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
Final Portrait poster
Final Portrait
2017 • Alberto Giacometti
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales poster
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017 • Hector Barbossa
Gods of Egypt poster
Gods of Egypt
2016 • Ra
The Daughter poster
The Daughter
2015 • Henry
Holding the Man poster
Holding the Man
2015 • Barry
Unity poster
Unity
2015 • Narrator (voice)
Minions poster
Minions
2015 • Narrator (voice)
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose poster
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
2015 • Oak Tree
The Book Thief poster
The Book Thief
2013 • Hans Hubermann
The Best Offer poster
The Best Offer
2013 • Virgil Oldman
No Image
The Man Who Could Not Dream
2012 • Narrator / Talking Bird
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen poster
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 • (archive footage)
The Eye of the Storm poster
The Eye of the Storm
2011 • Basil Hunter
Green Lantern poster
Green Lantern
2011 • Tomar-Re (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides poster
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 • Hector Barbossa
The Warrior's Way poster
The Warrior's Way
2010 • Ron
The King's Speech poster
The King's Speech
2010 • Lionel Logue
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole poster
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010 • Ezylryb (voice)
Bran Nue Dae poster
Bran Nue Dae
2009 • Father Benedictus
$9.99 poster
$9.99
2009 • Angel (voice)
The Man Inside Dame Edna poster
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008 • Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age poster
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 • Sir Francis Walsingham
The Pixar Story poster
The Pixar Story
2007 • Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End poster
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007 • Barbossa
Whaledreamers poster
Whaledreamers
2006 • Self
Candy poster
Candy
2006 • Casper
Munich poster
Munich
2005 • Ephraim
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers poster
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 • Peter Sellers
Harvie Krumpet poster
Harvie Krumpet
2003 • Narrator (voice)
Intolerable Cruelty poster
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 • Donovan Donaly
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl poster
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003 • Barbossa
Finding Nemo poster
Finding Nemo
2003 • Nigel (voice)
Ned Kelly poster
Ned Kelly
2003 • Superintendent Francis Hare
Swimming Upstream poster
Swimming Upstream
2003 • Harold Fingleton
The Banger Sisters poster
The Banger Sisters
2002 • Harry Plummer
Frida poster
Frida
2002 • Leon Trotsky
The Nature of Lantana poster
The Nature of Lantana
2002 • Self
Lantana poster
Lantana
2001 • John Knox
The Tailor of Panama poster
The Tailor of Panama
2001 • Harry Pendel
The Magic Pudding poster
The Magic Pudding
2000 • Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
Quills poster
Quills
2000 • Marquis de Sade
House on Haunted Hill poster
House on Haunted Hill
1999 • Stephen Price
Mystery Men poster
Mystery Men
1999 • Casanova Frankenstein
Shakespeare in Love poster
Shakespeare in Love
1998 • Philip Henslowe
Elizabeth poster
Elizabeth
1998 • Sir Francis Walsingham
Les Misérables poster
Les Misérables
1998 • Javert
A Little Bit of Soul poster
A Little Bit of Soul
1998 • Godfrey Usher
Oscar and Lucinda poster
Oscar and Lucinda
1997 • Narrator (voice)
Twisted poster
Twisted
1997 • Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Children of the Revolution poster
Children of the Revolution
1996 • Zachary Welch
Shine poster
Shine
1996 • David as an adult
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection poster
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995 • Dave Rudd
Twelfth Night poster
Twelfth Night
1987 • Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Starstruck poster
Starstruck
1982 • Floor Manager
Hoodwink poster
Hoodwink
1981
No Image
Raised Eyebrows
— • Groucho Marx
No Image
Verona Spies
No Image
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
No Image
Shearing the Love