Geoffrey Rush
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-07-06 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Geoffrey Rush
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.
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Known For
Acting
Raised Eyebrows
as Groucho Marx
(2025)
The Rule of Jenny Pen
as Stefan Mortensen
(2019)
Storm Boy
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
(2017)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Hector Barbossa
(2017)
Final Portrait
as Alberto Giacometti
(2016)
Gods of Egypt
as Ra
(2015)
Minions
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
Holding the Man
as Barry
(2015)
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
The Daughter
as Henry
(2015)
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
as Oak Tree
(2013)
The Book Thief
as Hans Hubermann
(2013)
The Best Offer
as Virgil Oldman
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2012)
The Man Who Could Not Dream
as Narrator / Talking Bird
(2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Hector Barbossa
(2011)
Green Lantern
as Tomar-Re (voice)
(2011)
The Eye of the Storm
as Basil Hunter
(2010)
The King's Speech
as Lionel Logue
(2010)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
as Ezylryb (voice)
(2010)
The Warrior's Way
as Ron
(2009)
Bran Nue Dae
as Father Benedictus
(2009)
$9.99
as Angel (voice)
(2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Barbossa
(2007)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Sir Francis Walsingham
(2007)
The Pixar Story
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
(2006)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
as Hector Barbossa
(2006)
Candy
as Casper
(2006)
Whaledreamers
as Self
(2005)
Munich
as Ephraim
(2004)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Peter Sellers
(2003)
(2003)
Finding Nemo
as Nigel (voice)
(2003)
Intolerable Cruelty
as Donovan Donaly
(2003)
Ned Kelly
as Superintendent Francis Hare
(2003)
Harvie Krumpet
as Narrator (voice)
(2003)
(2003)
Swimming Upstream
as Harold Fingleton
(2002)
Frida
as Leon Trotsky
(2002)
The Banger Sisters
as Harry Plummer
(2002)
The Nature of Lantana
as Self
(2001)
The Tailor of Panama
as Harry Pendel
(2001)
Lantana
as John Knox
(2000)
Quills
as Marquis de Sade
(2000)
The Magic Pudding
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
(1999)
Mystery Men
as Casanova Frankenstein
(1999)
House on Haunted Hill
as Stephen Price
(1998)
Elizabeth
as Sir Francis Walsingham
(1998)
Shakespeare in Love
as Philip Henslowe
(1998)
Les Misérables
as Javert
(1998)
A Little Bit of Soul
as Godfrey Usher
(1997)
Oscar and Lucinda
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
Twisted
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
(1996)
Shine
as David as an adult
(1996)
Children of the Revolution
as Zachary Welch
(1995)
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
as Dave Rudd
(1987)
Twelfth Night
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
(1982)
Starstruck
as Floor Manager
(1981)
Crew
(2019)
Storm Boy
Executive Producer
(2011)
The Eye of the Storm
Executive Producer
(2010)
The King's Speech
Executive Producer