FrameThrower · Actors · Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush
14 films · 910 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1998–2015
Born 6 July 1951 · Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Geoffrey Roy Rush AC 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.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 14 films · 910 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1998–2015
- Academy Award for Best Actor1997
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role2011
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1999
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role1998
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie2005
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play2009
- Companion of the Order of Australia2014
- Australian of the Year2012
- Theatre World Award2009
How their films are shot
Measured across 910 frames from the 14 films we hold. This is the look of the work Geoffrey takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 14 films we hold, 46% of their frames are day, 48% low key — the look of the work Geoffrey takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The King’s Speech
2010 · Lionel Logue
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 · Donovan Donaly
Quills
2000 · Marquis de Sade
Elizabeth
1998 · Sir Francis Walsingham
Shakespeare in Love
1998 · Philip Henslowe
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
· Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
· Barbossa
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
· Hector Barbossa
Minions
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Green Lantern
2011 · Tomar-Re (voice)
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010 · Ezylryb (voice)
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 · Sir Francis Walsingham
Munich
2005 · Ephraim
Finding Nemo
2003 · Nigel (voice)
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 910 frames from Geoffrey Rush's 14 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.