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Storm Boy (2018)

As: Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley

When a highly successful retired businessman, Michael Kingley, starts to see things he at first can't explain, his life takes a dramatic turn. And when his grand-daughter rebels against her father, he is forced to re-evaluate his life and to act to prevent her going down a similar path to one he took years before. He tells her his story, when as a boy he lived a lonely existence with his father, Hideaway ...

Directed by: Shawn Seet

Stars: Geoffrey Rush | Morgana Davies | Erik Thomson | Jai Courtney | Finn Little

Final Portrait (2017)

As: Alberto Giacometti

In 1964, American writer James Lord is asked to sit for a portrait by artist Alberto Giacometti, which begins their off-beat friendship and gives Lord an insight into the profundity and chaos of the artistic process.

Runtime: 90 min.

Directed by: Stanley Tucci

Stars: Clémence Poésy | Sylvie Testud | Geoffrey Rush | Armie Hammer | Tony Shalhoub

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

As: Captain Hector Barbossa

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful ...

Runtime: 129 min.

Directed by: Espen Sandberg | Joachim Rønning

Stars: Kaya Scodelario | Geoffrey Rush | Johnny Depp | Javier Bardem | Brenton Thwaites

Gods of Egypt (2016)

As: Ra

A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.

Runtime: 127 min.

Directed by: Alex Proyas

Stars: Élodie Yung | Gerard Butler | Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | Brenton Thwaites | Courtney Eaton

The Daughter (2015)

As: Henry

In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with his childhood friend Oliver, who has stayed in town working at Henry’s timber mill and is now out of a job. As Christian gets to know Oliver’s wife Charlotte, daughter Hedvig, and father Walter, he discovers a secret that could tear Oliver’s family ...

Runtime: 96 min.

Directed by: Simon Stone

Stars: Miranda Otto | Geoffrey Rush | Paul Schneider | Ewen Leslie | Anna Torv

Holding the Man (2015)

As: Barry

In the 1970s, a young Australian boy, Timothy, finds himself confused. He falls for the captain of the football team. What follows shows all aspects of a relationship, regardless of gender or sexual preference. Conflict, temptation, and a huge burden which will affect every aspect of their lives.

Runtime: 127 min.

Directed by: Neil Armfield

Stars: Guy Pearce | Anthony LaPaglia | Ryan Corr | Craig Stott | Sarah Snook

Unity (2015)

As: Himself - Narrator (voice)

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.

Runtime: 99 min.

Directed by: Shaun Monson

Stars: Alison Eastwood | Aaron Paul | Amanda Seyfried | Adrian Grenier | Adam Levine

Minions (2015)

As: Narrator (voice)

Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.

Runtime: 91 min.

Directed by: Pierre Coffin | Kyle Balda

Stars: Steve Coogan | Jon Hamm | Michael Keaton | Sandra Bullock | Allison Janney

The Book Thief (2013)

As: Hans Hubermann

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

Runtime: 131 min.

Directed by: Brian Percival

Stars: Emily Watson | Geoffrey Rush | Nico Liersch | Sophie Nélisse | Ben Schnetzer

The Best Offer (2013)

As: Virgil Oldman

Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he ...

Runtime: 131 min.

Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore

Stars: Donald Sutherland | Geoffrey Rush | Jim Sturgess | Sylvia Hoeks | Maximilian Dirr

The Eye of the Storm (2011)

As: Basil Hunter

In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, convene at her deathbed. They come to make sure they can leave Australia with their hefty inheritance.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Fred Schepisi

Stars: Alexandra Schepisi | Charlotte Rampling | Geoffrey Rush | Judy Davis | Dustin Clare

Green Lantern (2011)

As: Tomar-Re (voice)

For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Martin Campbell

Stars: Tim Robbins | Mark Strong | Blake Lively | Ryan Reynolds | Peter Sarsgaard

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

As: Captain Hector Barbossa

Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his ...

Runtime: 136 min.

Directed by: Rob Marshall

Stars: Penélope Cruz | Geoffrey Rush | Ian McShane | Johnny Depp | Kevin McNally

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright (2010)

As: Baines

The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to have been a Ponzi scheme. While looking for the woman he abandoned there 25 years before, Charlie is pursued by a Mexican gangster, a federal agent and thugs sent by a former client looking to retrieve his money.

Runtime: 94 min.

Directed by: R. Ellis Frazier

Stars: Mario Van Peebles | Aidan Quinn | Claudia Ferri | Danny Pino | Andy García

The Warrior's Way (2010)

As: Ron

An Asian assassin (Dong-gun Jang) is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands. Also starring Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston, Tony Cox and Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Sngmoo Lee

Stars: Danny Huston | Geoffrey Rush | Kate Bosworth | Ti Lung | Jang Dong-gun

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

As: Ezylryb (voice)

Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie's. The film is based on the first three books in the series.

Runtime: 97 min.

Directed by: Zack Snyder

Stars: Essie Davis | Emily Barclay | Deborra-Lee Furness | Abbie Cornish | Joel Edgerton

The King's Speech (2010)

As: Lionel Logue

The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, ...

Runtime: 118 min.

Directed by: Tom Hooper

Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Colin Firth | Timothy Spall | Geoffrey Rush | Guy Pearce

Bran Nue Dae (2009)

As: Father Benedictus

In the Summer of 1965 a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome - fishing, hanging out with his mates and his girl. However his mother returns him to the religious mission for further schooling. After being punished for an act of youthful rebellion, he runs away from the mission on a journey that ultimately leads him back home.

Runtime: 85 min.

Directed by: Rachel Perkins

Stars: Geoffrey Rush | Jessica Mauboy | Ernie Dingo | Missy Higgins | Rocky McKenzie

$9.99 (2008)

As: Angel (voice)

Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating, exquisite colour pictures, and could be yours for a mere $9.99.

Runtime: 78 min.

Directed by: Tatia Rosenthal

Stars: Tom Budge | Joel Edgerton | Samuel Johnson | Leon Ford | Josef Ber

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

As: Sir Francis Walsingham

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard to the lives of her people.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Shekhar Kapur

Stars: Cate Blanchett | Geoffrey Rush | Clive Owen | Tom Hollander | Laurence Fox

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

As: Captain Hector Barbossa

Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.

Runtime: 169 min.

Directed by: Gore Verbinski

Stars: Orlando Bloom | Keira Knightley | Stellan Skarsgård | Johnny Depp | Chow Yun-Fat

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

As: Captain Hector Barbossa

Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davey Jones, he also attempts to avoid eternal damnation.

Runtime: 151 min.

Directed by: Gore Verbinski

Stars: Orlando Bloom | Keira Knightley | Stellan Skarsgård | Johnny Depp | Bill Nighy

Candy (2006)

As: Caspar

A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.

Runtime: 116 min.

Directed by: Neil Armfield

Stars: Heath Ledger | Geoffrey Rush | Abbie Cornish | Tony Martin | Noni Hazlehurst

Munich (2005)

As: Ephraim

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

Runtime: 164 min.

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Ciarán Hinds | Hanns Zischler | Mathieu Kassovitz | Eric Bana | Daniel Craig

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)

As: Peter Sellers

The professional and personal life of actor and comedian Peter Sellers was a turbulent one. His early movie fame was based primarily on his comic characterizations, often of bumbling and foreign-accented persons, characters which he embodied. As his movie fame rose, he began to lose his own personal identity to his movie characters, leading to self-doubt of himself as a person.

Runtime: 122 min.

Directed by: Stephen Hopkins

Stars: Emily Watson | Geoffrey Rush | Charlize Theron | John Lithgow | Miriam Margolyes

Harvie Krumpet (2003)

As: Narrator (voice)

Harvie Krumpet is the biography of an ordinary man seemingly cursed with perpetual bad luck. From being born with Tourette's Syndrome, to getting struck by lightning; from having his testicle removed to developing Alzheimer's disease; Harvie's troubles seem unending! Yet, Harvie learns many lessons in life and enjoys its many fruits. He finds love, freedom, nudity and ultimately the true meaning.

Runtime: 23 min.

Directed by: Adam Elliot

Stars: Geoffrey Rush | John Flaus | Kamahl | Julie Forsyth

Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

As: Donovan Donaly

A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Joel Coen

Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones | George Clooney | Richard Jenkins | Geoffrey Rush | Edward Herrmann

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

As: Captain Hector Barbossa

Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.

Runtime: 143 min.

Directed by: Gore Verbinski

Stars: Orlando Bloom | Keira Knightley | Geoffrey Rush | Johnny Depp | Jack Davenport

Finding Nemo (2003)

As: Nigel (voice)

Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.

Runtime: 100 min.

Directed by: Andrew Stanton

Stars: Willem Dafoe | Brad Garrett | Albert Brooks | Ellen DeGeneres | Alexander Gould

Ned Kelly (2003)

As: Superintendent Francis Hare

After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.

Runtime: 110 min.

Directed by: Gregor Jordan

Stars: Heath Ledger | Orlando Bloom | Geoffrey Rush | Naomi Watts | Joel Edgerton

Swimming Upstream (2003)

As: Harold Fingleton

A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.

Runtime: 114 min.

Directed by: Russell Mulcahy

Stars: Geoffrey Rush | Tim Draxl | Deborah Kennedy | Judy Davis | Jesse Spencer

The Banger Sisters (2002)

As: Harry Plummer

In the late '60s, the self-proclaimed belles of the rock 'n' roll ball, rocked the worlds of every music legend whose pants they could take off -- and they have the pictures to prove it. But it's been more than two decades since the Banger Sisters earned their nickname -- or even laid eyes on each other. Their reunion is the collision of two women's worlds; one who's living in the past, and one who's ...

Runtime: 98 min.

Directed by: Bob Dolman

Stars: Susan Sarandon | Geoffrey Rush | Robin Thomas | Erika Christensen | Goldie Hawn

Frida (2002)

As: Leon Trotsky

"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a ...

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: Julie Taymor

Stars: Diego Luna | Mía Maestro | Alfred Molina | Salma Hayek | Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Lantana (2001)

As: John Knox

Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Ray Lawrence

Stars: Geoffrey Rush | Barbara Hershey | Anthony LaPaglia | Rachael Blake | Kerry Armstrong

The Tailor of Panama (2001)

As: Harold " Harry " Pendel

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.

Runtime: 109 min.

Directed by: John Boorman

Stars: Brendan Gleeson | Pierce Brosnan | Leonor Varela | Geoffrey Rush | Jamie Lee Curtis

The Magic Pudding (2000)

As: Bunyip Bluegum (voice)

Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight off the bungled attempts of pudding thieves, Possum and Wombat, and try to solve the mystery of Bunyip's parents' disappearance.

Runtime: 80 min.

Directed by: Karl Zwicky

Stars: Hugo Weaving | John Cleese | Geoffrey Rush | Sam Neill | Dave Gibson

Quills (2000)

As: The Marquis de Sade

A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: Philip Kaufman

Stars: Michael Caine | Joaquin Phoenix | Kate Winslet | Geoffrey Rush | Billie Whitelaw

House on Haunted Hill (1999)

As: Stephen H. Price

A remake of the 1959 film of the same name. A millionaire offers a group of diverse people $1,000,000 to spend the night in a haunted house with a horrifying past.

Runtime: 93 min.

Directed by: William Malone

Stars: Taye Diggs | Famke Janssen | Geoffrey Rush | Peter Gallagher | Chris Kattan

Mystery Men (1999)

As: Casanova Frankenstein

When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.

Runtime: 121 min.

Directed by: Kinka Usher

Stars: Claire Forlani | Hank Azaria | William H. Macy | Ben Stiller | Geoffrey Rush

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

As: Philip Henslowe

Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

Runtime: 123 min.

Directed by: John Madden

Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow | Tom Wilkinson | Geoffrey Rush | Joseph Fiennes | Judi Dench

Elizabeth (1998)

As: Sir Francis Walsingham

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

Runtime: 124 min.

Directed by: Shekhar Kapur

Stars: Cate Blanchett | Geoffrey Rush | Joseph Fiennes | Christopher Eccleston | John Gielgud

Les Misérables (1998)

As: Javert

Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Runtime: 134 min.

Directed by: Bille August

Stars: Uma Thurman | Liam Neeson | Geoffrey Rush | Claire Danes | Hans Matheson

A Little Bit of Soul (1998)

As: Godfrey Usher

Richard and Kate are former lovers who are now working independently to find the secret of the aging process. Both apply for funding from the Michael Foundation, and are asked to spend the weekend discussing the proposals with the Head of the Foundation, who happens to be married to the Australian Treasurer. They have a very interesting weekend.

Runtime: 84 min.

Directed by: Peter Duncan

Stars: David Wenham | Roy Billing | Geoffrey Rush | Heather Mitchell | Frances O'Connor

Shine (1996)

As: David Helfgott

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Scott Hicks

Stars: Noah Taylor | Geoffrey Rush | Armin Mueller-Stahl | Justin Braine | Sonia Todd

Children of the Revolution (1996)

As: Zachary Welch

A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.

Runtime: 101 min.

Directed by: Peter Duncan

Stars: Richard Roxburgh | Rachel Griffiths | F. Murray Abraham | Sam Neill | Judy Davis

Twisted Tales (1996)

As: Harry Chisholm

In a prelude to the series of the same name, Bryan Brown introduces stories of the bizarre and the supernatural. Sometimes serious, often comical, but always with a twist at the end of the story.

Directed by: Kate Dennis

Stars: Geoffrey Rush | Rachel Ward | Bryan Brown | Loren Coleman | Ronan Paterson

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995)

As: Dave Rudd

Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament

Runtime: 107 min.

Directed by: George Whaley

Stars: Noah Taylor | Geoffrey Rush | Leo McKern | Ray Barrett | Joan Sutherland

Twelfth Night (1987)

As: Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke's sending. Then, of course, Viola's brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. ...

Runtime: 117 min.

Directed by: Neil Armfield

Stars: Gillian Jones | Peter Cummins | Kerry Walker | Ivar Kants | Jacquy Phillips

Starstruck (1982)

As: Floor Manager

A new-wave extravaganza in which a young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family.

Runtime: 105 min.

Directed by: Gillian Armstrong

Stars: Max Cullen | Melissa Jaffer | Jo Kennedy | Ross O'Donovan | Margo Lee