Geoffrey Rush
Acting
Born: 1951-07-06 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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.
Known For
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Barbossa
Finding Nemo
Nigel (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Captain Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Hector Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Hector Barbossa
Minions
Narrator (voice)
The King's Speech
Lionel Logue
Green Lantern
Tomar-Re (voice)
The Book Thief
Hans Hubermann
Gods of Egypt
Ra
Shakespeare in Love
Philip Henslowe
The Best Offer
Virgil Oldman
Munich
Ephraim
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Ezylryb (voice)
Frida
Leon Trotsky
Intolerable Cruelty
Donovan Donaly
Elizabeth
Sir Francis Walsingham
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Sir Francis Walsingham
House on Haunted Hill
Stephen Price
Mystery Men
Casanova Frankenstein
Quills
Marquis de Sade
Shine
David Helfgott - Adult
Les Misérables
Javert
The Warrior's Way
Ron
Candy
Casper
The Tailor of Panama
Harry Pendel
Holding the Man
Barry
Ned Kelly
Superintendent Francis Hare
The Colbert Report
Genius
Albert Einstein
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Banger Sisters
Harry Plummer
The Pixar Story
Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
Lantana
John Knox
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Harvie Krumpet
Narrator (voice)
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers
Final Portrait
Alberto Giacometti
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Stefan Mortensen