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.

Filmography

• Finding Nemo as Nigel (voice)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as Barbossa
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Barbossa
• Frida as Leon Trotsky
• Munich as Ephraim
• Ned Kelly as Superintendent Francis Hare
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Hector Barbossa
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Peter Sellers
• Shakespeare in Love as Philip Henslowe
• The Tailor of Panama as Harry Pendel