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 Austr...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025
as Stefan Mortensen
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppe...

Storm Boy
2019
as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a close bond with a pelican, Mr. Percival, his life...

Storm Boy
2019
Executive Producer
Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a close bond with a pelican, Mr. Percival, his life...

Final Portrait
2017
as Alberto Giacometti
Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend,...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2017
as Hector Barbossa
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sa...

Gods of Egypt
2016
as Ra
A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.

The Daughter
2015
as Henry
In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with h...

Holding the Man
2015
as Barry
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor ...

Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one anothe...

Minions
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over...

Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
2015
as Oak Tree
A nightingale bird discovers a true lover when she witnesses a young university student talk with great passion about his beloved. The Nightingale goe...

The Book Thief
2013
as Hans Hubermann
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home...

The Best Offer
2013
as Virgil Oldman
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his ...
The Man Who Could Not Dream
2012
as Narrator / Talking Bird
Samuel is 9 years old, he will be remembered as a thief, an arsonist and a murderer.

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between ma...

The Eye of the Storm
2011
as Basil Hunter
In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir B...

The Eye of the Storm
2011
Executive Producer
In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir B...

Green Lantern
2011
as Tomar-Re (voice)
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a...

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Hector Barbossa
Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love — or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to f...

The Warrior's Way
2010
as Ron
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.

The King's Speech
2010
as Lionel Logue
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie...

The King's Speech
2010
Executive Producer
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie...

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Ezylryb (voice)
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

Bran Nue Dae
2009
as Father Benedictus
In the Summer of 1965 a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome - fishing, hanging out with his mates and his girl. ...

$9.99
2009
as Angel (voice)
Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in ...

The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008
as Narrator (Australian version) (voice)
A character portrait of the enigmatic comedian Barry Humphries on his most recent Australian tour and an examination of the connections to his two mos...

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007
as Sir Francis Walsingham
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard t...

The Pixar Story
2007
as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of it...

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2007
as Barbossa
Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann join forces with the revived Captain Barbossa to free Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' locker. The group must navigate da...

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2006
as Hector Barbossa
Captain Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart ...

Whaledreamers
2006
as Self
"Whaledreamers" - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incre...

Candy
2006
as Casper
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are...

Munich
2005
as Ephraim
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black Septem...

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Peter Sellers
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge suc...

An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
as Self
Behind the scenes documentary of the making of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, featuring behind the scenes footage, interviews wit...

Harvie Krumpet
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The odd biography of Harvie Krumpet, a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung a...

Intolerable Cruelty
2003
as Donovan Donaly
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2003
as Barbossa
After Port Royal is attacked and pillaged by a mysterious pirate crew, capturing the governor's daughter Elizabeth Swann in the process, William Turne...

Finding Nemo
2003
as Nigel (voice)
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome ...

Ned Kelly
2003
as Superintendent Francis Hare
After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the bi...

Swimming Upstream
2003
as Harold Fingleton
A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demo...

The Banger Sisters
2002
as Harry Plummer
In the late '60s, the self-proclaimed belles of the rock 'n' roll ball, rocked the worlds of every music legend whose pants they could take off -- and...

Frida
2002
as Leon Trotsky
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

The Nature of Lantana
2002
as Self
The making of Lantana, a 2001 Australian drama film directed by Ray Lawrence and starring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara...

Lantana
2001
as John Knox
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detecti...

The Tailor of Panama
2001
as Harry Pendel
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a ne...

The Magic Pudding
2000
as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight of...

Quills
2000
as Marquis de Sade
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, def...

House on Haunted Hill
1999
as Stephen Price
An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.

Mystery Men
1999
as Casanova Frankenstein
When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superhe...

Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Philip Henslowe
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman a...

Elizabeth
1998
as Sir Francis Walsingham
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the C...

Les Misérables
1998
as Javert
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...

A Little Bit of Soul
1998
as Godfrey Usher
Richard and Kate are former lovers who are now working independently to find the secret of the aging process. Both apply for funding from the Michael ...

Oscar and Lucinda
1997
as Narrator (voice)
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling...

Twisted
1997
as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Four unsuspecting victims find themselves beyond "The Twilight Zone" in a twisted and altered reality: an airline passenger thinks he's lost his ident...

Children of the Revolution
1996
as Zachary Welch
A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.

Shine
1996
as David as an adult
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
1995
as Dave Rudd
Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament

Twelfth Night
1987
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into ...

Starstruck
1982
as Floor Manager
A Sydney teen tries to make it as a rock singer, with help from her odd 14-year-old cousin.

Hoodwink
1981
Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves star...
Raised Eyebrows
N/A
as Groucho Marx
Based on Steve Stoliar’s memoir Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House.
Verona Spies
N/A
Verona, a lovable hot mess, is hired as an escort/assassin through a case of mistaken identity. Her mission: to seduce a pharmaceutical executive and ...
Untitled Vietnam War Film
N/A
"A Vietnam War centered scenario." Geoffrey Rush plays a psychotherapist dealing with a man suffering from post traumatic stress. Currently shooting.