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Hector Barbossa
Hector Barbossa
is a
fictional character
in the
Pirates of the Caribbean
film series, portrayed by Australian actor
Geoffrey Rush
. His character was partly inspired by
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha
. Barbossa was first introduced in the series as the villainous and treacherous
captain
of the
Black Pearl
after committing
mutiny
against the ship's previous captain,
Jack Sparrow
, in the series' first installment
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2003). Having met his demise in the
climax
of the film, his character is revealed to have been resurrected at the end of
Dead Man's Chest
(2006). In the third film
At World's End
(2007), it is shown that Barbossa is also one of the nine pirate lords in the Brethren Court, the Pirate Lords of the Seven Seas. In the fourth film
On Stranger Tides
(2011), he has become a privateer in the King's Navy and is ordered to accompany Sparrow on an expedition for the
Fountain of Youth
.
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