Geoffrey Roy Rush was born on July 6, 1951, in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, to Merle (Bischof),a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force.
Geoffrey Rush
74 · Born: Jul 6, 1951
Known For
Career
2025
The Rule of Jenny Pen as Stefan Mortensen
2019
Storm Boy as Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales as Hector Barbossa
Final Portrait as Alberto Giacometti
Genius as Albert Einstein
2016
Gods of Egypt as Ra
2015
The Nightingale and the Rose as Oak Tree
The Daughter as Henry
Holding the Man as Barry
Minions as Narrator (voice)
Unity as Narrator (voice)
2013
The Best Offer as Virgil Oldman
The Book Thief as Hans Hubermann
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
Lowdown as Narrator (voice)
2011
Green Lantern as Tomar-Re (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Hector Barbossa
The Eye of the Storm as Basil Hunter
2010
The Warrior's Way as Ron
The King's Speech as Lionel Logue
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole as Ezylryb (voice)
2009
$9.99 as Angel (voice)
Bran Nue Dae as Father Benedictus
2007
Elizabeth: The Golden Age as Sir Francis Walsingham
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End as Barbossa
The Pixar Story as Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
2006
Candy as Casper
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as Hector Barbossa
2005
Munich as Ephraim
2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers as Peter Sellers
2003
Intolerable Cruelty as Donovan Donaly
Swimming Upstream as Harold Fingleton
Ned Kelly as Superintendent Francis Hare
Harvie Krumpet as Narrator (voice)
Finding Nemo as Nigel (voice)
2002
The Banger Sisters as Harry Plummer
Frida as Leon Trotsky
2001
The Tailor of Panama as Harry Pendel
Lantana as John Knox
2000
Quills as Marquis de Sade
The Magic Pudding as Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
1999
House on Haunted Hill as Stephen Price
Mystery Men as Casanova Frankenstein
1998
A Little Bit of Soul as Godfrey Usher
Shakespeare in Love as Philip Henslowe
Elizabeth as Sir Francis Walsingham
Les Misérables as Javert
1997
Oscar and Lucinda as Narrator (voice)
1996
Shine as David as an adult
Twisted Tales as Harry Chisholm (segment 'Bonus Mileage')
Children of the Revolution as Zachary Welch
1995
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection as Dave Rudd
1987
Twelfth Night as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
1982
Starstruck as Floor Manager
1981
