Geoffrey Rush
Birthdate
July 6, 1951 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
July 6, 1951 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Known For
Acting
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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Geoffrey Rush's LGBTQ+ Titles
Holding the Man
Barry
Acting (76)
Being Brendo as Dr. Lance Pickering (1 episode)
Raised Eyebrows as Groucho Marx
Verona Spies
Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?
2025
The Rule of Jenny Pen as Stefan Mortensen
2019
Storm Boy as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
2017
Final Portrait as Alberto Giacometti
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Hector Barbossa
2017
Genius as Albert Einstein (10 episodes)
2016
Chelsea as Self (1 episode)
2016
Gods of Egypt as Ra
2015
The Daughter as Henry
2015
Holding the Man as Barry
2015
Unity as Narrator (voice)
2015
Minions as Narrator (voice)
2015
Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose as Oak Tree
2013
The Book Thief as Hans Hubermann
2013
Australian Encounters as Himself - Narrator (10 episodes)
2013
The Best Offer as Virgil Oldman
2012
The Man Who Could Not Dream as Narrator / Talking Bird
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011
The Eye of the Storm as Basil Hunter
2011
Green Lantern as Tomar-Re (voice)
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Hector Barbossa
2010
The Warrior's Way as Ron
2010
The King's Speech as Lionel Logue
2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Ezylryb (voice)
2010
Lowdown as Narrator (voice) (16 episodes)
2009
Bran Nue Dae as Father Benedictus
2009
$9.99 as Angel (voice)
2008
The Man Inside Dame Edna as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Sir Francis Walsingham
2007
The Pixar Story as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Barbossa
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (1 episode)
2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Hector Barbossa
2006
Whaledreamers as Self
2006
Candy as Casper
2005
Munich as Ephraim
2005
The Colbert Report (1 episode)
2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Peter Sellers
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2003
An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Self
2003
Harvie Krumpet as Narrator (voice)
2003
Intolerable Cruelty as Donovan Donaly
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Barbossa
2003
Finding Nemo as Nigel (voice)
2003
Ned Kelly as Superintendent Francis Hare
2003
Swimming Upstream as Harold Fingleton
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2002
The Banger Sisters as Harry Plummer
2002
Frida as Leon Trotsky
2002
The Nature of Lantana as Self
2002
Kath & Kim as Geoff (1 episode)
2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2001
Lantana as John Knox
2001
The Tailor of Panama as Harry Pendel
2000
The Magic Pudding as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
2000
Quills as Marquis de Sade
1999
House on Haunted Hill as Stephen Price
1999
Mystery Men as Casanova Frankenstein
1998
Shakespeare in Love as Philip Henslowe
1998
Elizabeth as Sir Francis Walsingham
1998
Les Misérables as Javert
1998
A Little Bit of Soul as Godfrey Usher
1997
Oscar and Lucinda as Narrator (voice)
1997
The View as Self (2 episodes)
1997
Twisted as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
1996
Children of the Revolution as Zachary Welch
1996
Shine as David as an adult
1996
Mercury as Bill Wyatt (13 episodes)
1995
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection as Dave Rudd
1987
Twelfth Night as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
1982
Starstruck as Floor Manager
1981
Hoodwink
1953
The Oscars as Self (4 episodes)
Production (3)
2019
Storm Boy
• Executive Producer
2011
The Eye of the Storm
• Executive Producer
2010
The King's Speech
• Executive Producer