Geoffrey Rush is known for his role as Captain Hector Barbossa in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies.

He played Philip Henslowe in the movie "Shakespeare in Love (1998)", Peter Sellers in the movie "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)", Lionel Logue in the movie "The King's Speech (2010)" and Albert Einstein in the National Geographic TV show "Genius (2017-)".

Some other movies he appeared in are "Twelfth Night (1987)", "Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)", "Shine (1996)", "Children of the Revolution (1996)", "A Little Bit of Soul (1998)", "Les Misérables (1998)", "Elizabeth (1998)", "Mystery Men (1999)", "House on Haunted Hill (1999)", "Quills (2000)", "The Tailor of Panama (2001)", "Lantana (2001)", "Frida (2002)", "The Banger Sisters (2002)", "Swimming Upstream (2003)", "Ned Kelly (2003)", "Intolerable Cruelty (2003)", "Munich (2005)", Candy (2006)", "Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)", "Bran Nue Dae (2009)", "The Warrior's Way (2010)", "The Eye of the Storm (2011)", "The Best Offer (2013)", "The Book Thief (2013)", "The Daughter (2015)", "Holding the Man (2015)", "Gods of Egypt (2016)" and "Final Portrait (2017)".

He appeared on TV shows like "Menotti", "Twisted", "Mercury", "Kath & Kim" and "Lowdown".

In 1997 he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as David Helfgott in the movie "Shine (1996)".

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