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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Finding Nemo
as Nigel (voice)
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
as Barbossa
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Barbossa
2007
Frida
as Leon Trotsky
2002
Munich
as Ephraim
2005
Ned Kelly
as Superintendent Francis Hare
2003
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Hector Barbossa
2011
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Peter Sellers
2004
Shakespeare in Love
as Philip Henslowe
1998
The Tailor of Panama
as Harry Pendel
2001
Les Misérables
as Javert
1998
Candy
as Casper
2006
Quills
as Marquis de Sade
2000
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
as Sir Francis Walsingham
2007
Elizabeth
as Sir Francis Walsingham
1998
Harvie Krumpet
as Narrator (voice)
2003
House on Haunted Hill
as Stephen Price
1999
Intolerable Cruelty
as Donovan Donaly
2003
Shine
as David as an adult
1996
The Banger Sisters
as Harry Plummer
2002
TV Appearances
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest
2001
Kath & Kim
as Geoff
2002
The View
as Self
1997
The Colbert Report
2005
Mercury
as Bill Wyatt
1996
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Lowdown
as Narrator (voice)
2010
Genius
as Albert Einstein
2017
Chelsea
as Self
2016
Australian Encounters
as Himself - Narrator
2013