Pirates of the caribbean: at world's end - Disney

ABOUT THE CAST
GEOFFREY RUSH (Captain Barbossa), one of today’s most
respected actors, started his career in Australian theatre, and has since
appeared in over 70 theatrical productions and more than 20 feature
films. Following his surprise last-minute appearance in “Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” Rush now returns full-fledged in AT
WORLD’S END.
Rush won an Emmy ® , Golden Globe ® and Screen Actors Guild
Award ® for his captivating performance in HBO Films’ “The Life and
Death of Peter Sellers,” in which he portrayed the title character. He was
seen in the Academy Award ® -nominated film “Munich,” working under
the direction of Steven Spielberg, and recently filmed Universal Pictures’
“Elizabeth: The Golden Age.”
Rush caught the eye of many for his starring role in Scott Hicks’ feature film “Shine,” which garnered
him an Academy Award ® for Best Actor as piano prodigy David Helfgott. He also won a Golden Globe ® ,
Screen Actors Guild ® , British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Film Critics Circle of Australia,
Broadcast Film Critics, AFI and New York and Los Angeles Film Critics’ awards for the film. Rush also
received an Academy Award ® nomination for his performance in Philip Kaufman’s “Quills” and an
Academy Award ® nomination and a Golden Globe ® nomination for “Shakespeare in Love.”
Rush’s other film credits include “Candy,” “Intolerable Cruelty,” “Finding Nemo,” “Ned Kelly,”
“Lantana,” “Frida,” “The Tailor of Panama,” “House on Haunted Hill,” “Mystery Men,” “Elizabeth,” “Les
Miserables,” “A Little Bit of Soul,” “Children of the Revolution,” “On Our Selection,” “Twelfth Night,”
“Oscar and Lucinda” and “Starstruck.”
Rush received a degree in English at the University of Queensland before continuing at the Jacques
Lecoq School of Mime, Movement and Theatre in Paris. Returning to Australia, he starred in the theatre
production “King Lear” and appeared alongside Mel Gibson in “Waiting for Godot.”
He was a principal member of Jim Sharman’s pioneering Lighthouse Ensemble in the early 1980s,
playing leading roles in numerous classics. His work on stage garnered many accolades, including the
Sydney Critics Circle Award for Most Outstanding Performance, the Variety Club Award for Best Actor
and the 1990 Victorian Green Room Award for his lauded performance in Neil Armfield’s “The Diary of
a Madman.” He also received Best Actor nominations in the Sydney Critics Circle Awards for his starring
roles in Gogol’s “The Government Inspector,” Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya” and Mamet’s “Oleanna.” In 1994,
he received the prestigious Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award for his work in theatre.
Rush resides in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife, Jane, and their two children.
STELLAN SKARSGÅRD (Bootstrap Bill) became a familiar figure
to audiences around the world after playing opposite Emily Watson in
Lars von Trier’s “Breaking the Waves.” But Skarsgård’s career stretches
back more than 30 years, with numerous brilliant performances in a wide
range of films, theatre and television roles. As a teenager in his native
Sweden, Skarsgård was the star of the 1968 TV series “Bombi Bitt och
jag,” and was a practiced TV, film and stage actor while still in his early
20s. With Hans Alfredson’s “The Simple-Minded Murderer,” the
Gothenburg-born Skarsgård’s fame spread far beyond Scandinavia. His
role as a naïf driven to violence by the cruelty of others won Skarsgård
the Berlin Film Festival’s Silver Bear Award.
Through more than 60 films since, Skarsgård has proven himself a
remarkably versatile actor. In between starring as the Swedish superagent Carl Hamilton in Pelle
Berglund’s “Code Name Coq Rouge” and “The Democratic Terrorist,” Skarsgård played the title role in
Kjell Grede’s “Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg,” the true story of the Swedish diplomat who saved
thousands of Jews from Auschwitz. His other credits in notable Scandinavian films have included
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