Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 6, 1951
Place of Birth:
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Rule of Jenny Pen | Stefan Mortensen |
| 2019 | Storm Boy | Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Hector Barbossa |
| 2017 | Final Portrait | Alberto Giacometti |
| 2016 | Gods of Egypt | Ra |
| 2015 | The Daughter | Henry |
| 2015 | Minions | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Unity | Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Holding the Man | Barry |
| 2015 | Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose | Oak Tree |
| 2013 | The Best Offer | Virgil Oldman |
| 2013 | The Book Thief | Hans Hubermann |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) |
| 2012 | The Man Who Could Not Dream | Narrator / Talking Bird |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Hector Barbossa |
| 2011 | Green Lantern | Tomar-Re (voice) |
| 2011 | The Eye of the Storm | Basil Hunter |
| 2010 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | Ezylryb (voice) |
| 2010 | The Warrior's Way | Ron |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | Lionel Logue |
| 2009 | Bran Nue Dae | Father Benedictus |
| 2009 | $9.99 | Angel (voice) |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | Barbossa |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Sir Francis Walsingham |
| 2007 | The Pixar Story | Nigel (voice) (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | Hector Barbossa |
| 2006 | Candy | Casper |
| 2006 | Whaledreamers | Self |
| 2005 | Munich | Ephraim |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Peter Sellers |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Nigel (voice) |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Barbossa |
| 2003 | Ned Kelly | Superintendent Francis Hare |
| 2003 | An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Self |
| 2003 | Harvie Krumpet | Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty | Donovan Donaly |
| 2003 | Swimming Upstream | Harold Fingleton |
| 2002 | Frida | Leon Trotsky |
| 2002 | The Banger Sisters | Harry Plummer |
| 2002 | The Nature of Lantana | Self |
| 2001 | The Tailor of Panama | Harry Pendel |
| 2001 | Lantana | John Knox |
| 2000 | Quills | Marquis de Sade |
| 2000 | The Magic Pudding | Bunyip Bluegum (voice) |
| 1999 | House on Haunted Hill | Stephen Price |
| 1999 | Mystery Men | Casanova Frankenstein |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Philip Henslowe |
| 1998 | Les Misérables | Javert |
| 1998 | Elizabeth | Sir Francis Walsingham |
| 1998 | A Little Bit of Soul | Godfrey Usher |
| 1997 | Twisted | Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage') |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda | Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | Shine | David as an adult |
| 1996 | Children of the Revolution | Zachary Welch |
| 1995 | Dad and Dave: On Our Selection | Dave Rudd |
| 1987 | Twelfth Night | Sir Andrew Aguecheek |
| 1982 | Starstruck | Floor Manager |
| 1981 | Hoodwink | |
| Raised Eyebrows | Groucho Marx | |
| Verona Spies |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Genius | Albert Einstein |
| 2016 | Chelsea | Self |
| 2013 | Australian Encounters | Himself - Narrator |
| 2010 | Lowdown | Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | |
| 2002 | Kath & Kim | Geoff |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1996 | Mercury | Bill Wyatt |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| Being Brendo | Dr. Lance Pickering |