Geoffrey Rush
Born 1951 · Australian actor
Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor. Known for often playing eccentric roles on both stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award, making him the only Australian to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, in addition to three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.
Geoffrey Rush, in order
- 1981 Hoodwink: acted · directed by Claude Whatham
- 1987 Twelfth Night: acted · directed by Neil Armfield
- 1995 Dad and Dave: On Our Selection: acted · directed by George Whaley
- 1996 Children of the Revolution: acted · directed by Peter Duncan
- 1996 Shine: acted · directed by Scott Hicks
- 1997 Oscar and Lucinda: acted · directed by Gillian Armstrong · critics 67%, audiences 65%
- 1998 A Little Bit of Soul: acted · directed by Peter Duncan
- 1998 Elizabeth: acted · directed by Shekhar Kapur · critics 85%, audiences 86%
- 1998 Les Misérables: acted · directed by Bille August · critics 79%, audiences 83% · streaming on Tubi
- 1998 Shakespeare in Love: acted · directed by John Madden · critics 92%, audiences 80% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 1999 House on Haunted Hill: acted · directed by William Malone
- 1999 Mystery Men: acted · directed by Kinka Usher · critics 58%, audiences 57% · streaming on Prime Video
- 2000 Quills: acted · directed by Philip Kaufman
- 2001 Lantana: acted · directed by Ray Lawrence
- 2001 The Tailor of Panama: acted · directed by John Boorman · critics 75%, audiences 46% · streaming on Pluto TV, Tubi
- 2002 Frida: acted · directed by Julie Taymor · critics 76%, audiences 85% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2002 The Banger Sisters: acted · directed by Bob Dolman
- 2003 Intolerable Cruelty: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 76%, audiences 48%
- 2003 Ned Kelly: acted · directed by Gregor Jordan
- 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: acted · directed by Gore Verbinski · critics 79%, audiences 86% · streaming on Disney+
- 2003 Swimming Upstream: acted · directed by Russell Mulcahy
- 2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (TV movie): acted · directed by Stephen Hopkins
- 2005 Munich: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 78%, audiences 83%
- 2006 Candy: acted · directed by Neil Armfield
- 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: acted · directed by Gore Verbinski · critics 53%, audiences 72% · streaming on Disney+
- 2007 Elizabeth: The Golden Age: acted · directed by Shekhar Kapur · critics 34%, audiences 59% · streaming on YouTube (free)
- 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: acted · directed by Gore Verbinski · critics 43%, audiences 72% · streaming on Disney+
- 2009 Bran Nue Dae: acted · directed by Rachel Perkins
- 2010 The King's Speech: acted · directed by Tom Hooper · critics 94%, audiences 92% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 2010 The Warrior's Way: acted · directed by Sngmoo Lee
- 2011 Green Lantern: acted · directed by Martin Campbell · critics 25%, audiences 45% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: acted · directed by Rob Marshall
- 2011 The Eye of the Storm: acted · directed by Fred Schepisi · critics 60%, audiences 46%
- 2013 The Best Offer: acted · directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
- 2013 The Book Thief: acted · directed by Brian Percival
- 2015 Holding the Man: acted · directed by Neil Armfield
- 2015 The Daughter: acted · directed by Simon Stone
- 2015 Unity: acted · directed by Shaun Monson · streaming on Fandango at Home (free)
- 2016 Gods of Egypt: acted · directed by Alex Proyas
- 2017 Final Portrait: acted · directed by Stanley Tucci
- 2017 Genius (TV series): acted · directed by Greg Yaitanes and Kenneth Biller · critics 71%, audiences 62% · streaming on Prime Video
- 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell no Tales: acted · directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning
- 2019 Koko: A Red Dog Story: acted · directed by Aaron McCann and Dominic Pearce
- 2019 Storm Boy: produced, acted · directed by Shawn Seet
- 2024 The Rule Of Jenny Pen: acted · directed by James Ashcroft
- 2026 Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?: acted · directed by Shinya Tsukamoto