Cast & creator
Geoffrey Rush
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, The View, The Colbert Report
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.
Also known as: Geoffrey Roy Rush
68
film credits
15
television credits
78
1953–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (83)
Showing 83 of 83 credits
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
The Colbert Report
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Finding Nemo
Nigel (voice)
2003
Chelsea
Self
2016
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Barbossa
2007
Genius
Albert Einstein
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Captain Hector Barbossa
2006
The Oscars
Self
1953
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Barbossa
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Hector Barbossa
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Hector Barbossa
2017
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
The King's Speech
Lionel Logue
2010The King's Speech
Executive Producer
2010
Green Lantern
Tomar-Re (voice)
2011
Minions
Narrator (voice)
2015
The Book Thief
Hans Hubermann
2013
Gods of Egypt
Ra
2016
Munich
Ephraim
2005
The Tailor of Panama
Harry Pendel
2001
Kath & Kim
Geoff
2002
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Ezylryb (voice)
2010
Shakespeare in Love
Philip Henslowe
1998
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sir Francis Walsingham
2007
Intolerable Cruelty
Donovan Donaly
2003
Twisted Tales
Harry Chisholm
1996
The Best Offer
Virgil Oldman
2013
House on Haunted Hill
Stephen Price
1999
Elizabeth
Sir Francis Walsingham
1998
The Pixar Story
Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
2007
The Warrior's Way
Ron
2010
Les Misérables
Javert
1998
Mystery Men
Casanova Frankenstein
1999
Frida
Leon Trotsky
2002
Ned Kelly
Superintendent Francis Hare
2003
Quills
Marquis de Sade
2000
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
2004
Candy
Casper
2006
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Stefan Mortensen
2025The Rule of Jenny Pen
Executive Producer
2025
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
The Banger Sisters
Harry Plummer
2002Mercury
Bill Wyatt
1996
Shine
David Helfgott - Adult
1996
Lowdown
Narrator (voice)
2010
Final Portrait
Alberto Giacometti
2017
Storm Boy
Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
2019Storm Boy
Executive Producer
2019
Oscar and Lucinda
Narrator (voice)
1997
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
The Eye of the Storm
Basil Hunter
2011The Eye of the Storm
Executive Producer
2011
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
Dr. Daniels
2026
Holding the Man
Barry
2015
The Magic Pudding
Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
2000
Being Brendo
Dr. Lance Pickering
Swimming Upstream
Harold Fingleton
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean | Disneyland Resort
Captain Barbossa (voice)
2025
Children of the Revolution
Zachary Welch
1996
The Daughter
Henry
2015
$9.99
Angel (voice)
2009
Lantana
John Knox
2001
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Oak Tree
2015
Bran Nue Dae
Father Benedictus
2009
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Dave Rudd
1995
The Man Inside Dame Edna
Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
2008
Australian Encounters
Himself - Narrator
2013
A Little Bit of Soul
Godfrey Usher
1998
The Nature of Lantana
Self
2002
Harvie Krumpet
Narrator (voice)
2003
Whaledreamers
Self
2006The Man Who Could Not Dream
Narrator / Talking Bird
2012
Shearing the Love
Bob Castlehead
Shearing the Love
Executive Producer
Starstruck
Floor Manager
1982
Twisted
Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
1997Raised Eyebrows
Groucho Marx
Verona Spies
Hoodwink
1981
Twelfth Night
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
1987