Movies by Geoffrey Rush
As part of the cast:
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush …
Directed by: Rob Marshall
Cunningly clumsy Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) meets his match when mysterious beauty Angelica (Penélope Cruz) forces the pirate to join her in search of the Fountain of Youth in the…
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The Eye of the Storm (2011)
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis …
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
A woman recently divorced from a French prince and her washed-up actor brother return home to Australia, hoping to reconcile with their dying mother. But neither is prepared for the ensuing…
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The Warrior's Way (2010)
Cast: Dong-gun Jang, Kate Bosworth, Geoffrey Rush …
Directed by: Sngmoo Lee
Fugitive Asian assassin Yang journeys from the Far East to the Wild West, where he holes up in a tiny town in the American badlands. There, he meets local drunk and ex-fighter Ron, as well as…
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Emily Barclay, Emilie de Ravin …
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Kathryn Lasky's popular children's books are the inspiration for this captivating animated feature about Soren, a barn owl kidnapped from his peaceful forest home. His abductors…
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The King's Speech (2010)
Cast: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter …
Directed by: Tom Hooper
Britain's King George VI (Colin Firth) struggles with an embarrassing stutter for years until he seeks help from unorthodox Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) in…
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Brand New Day (2009)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy …
Directed by: Rachel Perkins
In an idyllic port town on Australia's west coast in the summer of 1969, carefree 16-year-old Willie (Rocky McKenzie) enjoys hanging out with his pals and wooing a beautiful singer named…
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$9.99 (2008)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Samuel Johnson …
Directed by: Tatia Rosenthal
When mild-mannered Dave Peck discovers a book about the meaning of life, he snatches it up for the bargain-basement price of $9.99 and blossoms into a voracious reader -- who's…
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen …
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
Cate Blanchett reprises her role as the Virgin Queen in this lushly costumed but historically muddy sequel to 1998's Elizabeth which focuses on the queen's tempestuous relationship…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley …
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
In the third installment of the swashbuckler series, Capt. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with brave Will…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley …
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
With the help of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, happy-go-lucky troublemaker Capt. Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davey Jones, hoping to avoid eternal damnation.
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Candy (2006)
Cast: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush …
Directed by: Neil Armfield
Two young bohemians hooked on each other -- and on heroin -- head down the path to perdition in Neil Armfield's potent drama. Giddily in love, Dan (Heath Ledger) and Candy (Abbie…
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Whaledreamers (2006)
Cast: Jack Thompson, Julian Lennon, John Hurt …
Directed by: Kim Kindersley
This award-winning documentary centers on the Mirning of Australia, a tribe whose bond with whales is jeopardized by a variety of outside forces. Throughout human history, whales have been…
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Munich (2005)
Cast: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Hanns Zischler …
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
In this thriller based on actual events, Palestinian terrorists hold hostage and ultimately kill a group of Israeli athletes during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, prompting a Mossad…
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Ned Kelly (2004)
Cast: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush …
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Fed up with being mistreated because of his heritage, Ned Kelly (Heath Ledger) and his brother (Laurence Kinlan) -- the sons of an Irish pig thief -- form a group of bandits called the Kelly…
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The Life & Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Charlize Theron, Emily Watson …
Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Geoffrey Rush won a Golden Globe Award for his turn as Peter Sellers in this biopic that reveals the true nature of the iconic British comedian, who brought laughter to millions worldwide --…
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Finding Nemo (2003)
Cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould …
Directed by: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
In this Oscar-winning animated adventure, plucky fish Marlin and Dory search their underwater world for Marlin's missing son, Nemo, who's been scooped up by a scuba diver and dumped…
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Cast: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom …
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
A young swain recruits rascally, charismatic pirate Capt. Jack Sparrow to help rescue a maiden from rival buccaneers. But Sparrow and his motley crew soon find that they're up against…
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Finding Nemo (Full-screen) (2003)
Cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould …
Directed by: Andrew Stanton
Pixar has created another amazing animated adventure, this time heading underwater as two plucky fish, Marlin and Dory (voiced by Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres), search high and low for…
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Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Cast: George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Geoffrey Rush …
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Attorney Miles goes toe-to-toe with his wealthy client's ex-wife, expert gold-digger Marylin, in this battle-of-the-sexes comedy. Just when Marylin thinks she's cinched another…
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Swimming Upstream (2003)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer …
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Jesse Spencer ("House M.D.") stars in the true-life drama of Australian swimming champion Tony Fingleton. Desperate to escape his tortuous older brother and alcoholic father (Geoffrey Rush),…
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Harvie Krumpet (2003)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Kamahl, John Flaus …
Directed by: Adam Elliot
Geoffrey Rush voices the titular character in this claymation film about the life of a man who has terrible luck. Even after being born with Tourette's Syndrome, losing a testicle,…
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The Banger Sisters (2002)
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Geoffrey Rush …
Directed by: Bob Dolman
Nicknamed "the Banger Sisters," Suzette (Goldie Hawn) and Vinnie (Susan Sarandon) were two of the most notorious groupies in the 1970s. Suzette -- who hasn't abandoned her wild ways --…
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Frida (2002)
Cast: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas …
Directed by: Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor directs this Oscar-winning biopic of painter Frida Kahlo, focusing on her often rocky relationship with husband Diego Rivera and her controversial political and sexual reputation…
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The Tailor of Panama (2001)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis …
Directed by: John Boorman
In this gripping adaptation of John le Carré's best-selling novel, a disgraced, amoral British spy blackmails a local tailor into stealing secrets from the Panama Canal Commission…
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Lantana (2001)
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey …
Directed by: Ray Lawrence
As he grapples with guilt about his own extramarital affair, detective Leon Zat dives headlong into a missing-persons investigation that crisscrosses the lives of four couples, all of whom…
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Quills (2000)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix …
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
The Marquis de Sade was a provocateur so addicted to words that he used his own blood to write salacious stories while locked away in an asylum. A doctor tries to prevent the Marquis from…
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Mystery Men (1999)
Cast: Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy …
Directed by: Kinka Usher
This comedy spoof follows a team of far-from-super heroes as they try to overcome their shortcomings and earn respect. Champion City is kept safe by the brave and dashing Captain Amazing, but…
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House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs …
Directed by: William Malone
When Eddie (Taye Diggs), Melissa (Bridgette Wilson), Sara (Ali Larter), Donald (Peter Gallagher) and Watson (Chris Kattan) accept tycoon Steven Price's (Geoffrey Rush) $1 million…
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Les Misérables (1998)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman …
Directed by: Bille August
The lush adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel stars Liam Neeson as Jean Valjean, an ex-convict trying to build a new life of nobility and compassion, only to be pursued by the callous…
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Elizabeth (1998)
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston …
Directed by: Shekhar Kapur
This Oscar-winning treatise on absolute power and its human toll sees fledgling queen Elizabeth I sacrificing happiness for her own safety and placing her trust in her stealthy "spymaster,"…
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Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Judi Dench …
Directed by: John Madden
Young Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman (Gwyneth…
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A Little Bit of Soul (1998)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush
Directed by: Peter Duncan
Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush stars in this blend of horror and black comedy from Down Under. On the verge of discovering how to halt the aging process, Dr. Richard Shorkinghorn (David Wenham)…
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Shine (1996)
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor …
Directed by: Scott Hicks
A richly deserved Oscar went to Geoffrey Rush for his riveting portrayal of Australian virtuoso David Helfgott and his ultimate triumph over a domineering father (Armin Mueller-Stahl, who…
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Children of the Revolution (1996)
Cast: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham …
Directed by: Peter Duncan
The enigmatic Judy Davis stars as Joan, an extremely devoted Communist Australian enamored of Joseph Stalin and his ideas. She writes him letters, and when she gets pregnant, she thinks the…
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Starstruck (1982)
Cast: Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan, Margo Lee …
Directed by: Gillian Armstrong
Jackie Mullins (Jo Kennedy, doing her own new wave singing) is an aspiring star who just has to sing. And with her cousin Angus on her side, stardom might not be too far off. The two team up…