
Geoffrey Rush
Known For
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.
Most Known For

The Graham Norton Show
as Self

The View
as Self

The Colbert Report

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self

The Rule of Jenny Pen
as Stefan Mortensen

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
as Barbossa

Genius
as Albert Einstein

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Hector Barbossa

Finding Nemo
as Nigel (voice)

The Oscars
as Self

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
as Barbossa

The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest

Chelsea
as Self

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Hector Barbossa

Munich
as Ephraim

Gods of Egypt
as Ra

Green Lantern
as Tomar-Re (voice)

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest

Minions
as Narrator (voice)

Ned Kelly
as Superintendent Francis Hare