| Hector Barbossa | |
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| Pirates of the Caribbean character | |
Geoffrey Rush as Hector Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
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| Portrayed by | Geoffrey Rush Brian George (video games) |
| Appearance(s) | Film series Video games Legends of the Brethren Court books The Price of Freedom book Kingdom Hearts II |
| Information | |
| Gender | male |
| Occupation | Pirate Captain Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea Formerly: First mate Privateer |
| Family | Carina Smyth (daughter) |
| Ship(s) served on | Cobra Black Pearl Hai Peng HMS Providence Queen Anne's Revenge |
| Weaponry | Knife Cutlass Pistol Hand grenades Sword of Triton |
| Bounty | 10000 Guineas |
Captain Hector Barbossa is a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, portrayed by Australian actor Geoffrey Rush. Barbossa was first introduced in the series' first installment Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) as the villainous and treacherous captain of the Black Pearl after committing mutiny against the ship's previous captain, Jack Sparrow. 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 British Royal Navy and is ordered to accompany Sparrow on an expedition for the Fountain of Youth. Barbossa also appears in the fifth film, Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017).
In the "Becoming Barbossa" featurette on the "Lost Disc", Geoffrey Rush shared his personal take on Barbossa's history: his family was noble but poor, and he ran away from home when he was 13. He went to the sea, and seeing how well the captains and officers lived, decided to become a captain himself. At first, he wanted to be an honest seaman, but quickly recognized that piracy was easier and more lucrative.
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Barbossa's first name, "Hector", was revealed in a director's commentary on the Curse of the Black Pearl DVD, but no character says it until the third film of the series (when the heroes rescue Jack Sparrow, and Barbossa greets him, Sparrow says: "Ah, Hector! It's been too long! Hasn't it?").
In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom, Barbossa is the pirate captain in the Caribbean. After his schooner, the Cobra, is attacked and destroyed by the infamous rogue pirates, he goes to Shipwreck Cove to inform the Pirate Lords of his disaster.[2] With the help of a young pirate Jack Sparrow, Barbossa discovers that the leader of the rogues is Borya Palachnik, the Russian Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea. After he was captured and sentenced to hang, Borya gave his Piece of Eight to Barbossa, thus making him the next Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea.
Hector Barbossa is fond of apples, which appear throughout the first film. He offers one to the captive Elizabeth and later tells her that once the curse is lifted, he wants to eat a whole bushel. There are also apples in his cabin, and when Jack is taken to the brig, Barbossa grabs the apple Jack was eating and throws it in the water in anger. When he dies at the end of "Curse of the Black Pearl", an apple rolls from his hand; he brought it to eat as soon as the curse was lifted. His cameo appearance at the end of Dead Man's Chest shows him biting into his favorite fruit. In At World's End, he is shown eating one apple when aboard the Black Pearl. In On Stranger Tides, he is seen eating apple slices aboard his ship.
According to the audio commentary from the first Pirates of the Caribbean DVD (featuring the scriptwriters), Hector Barbossa is skilled with a sword, and is considered one of the finest swordsmen in the Caribbean. According to the commentary, Barbossa's skills are equal to James Norrington (Jack Davenport) and exceeded only by Will Turner. His prowess with a blade is evident in his duel with Jack Sparrow, and in the maelstrom battle against the East India Trading Company. In the first film, the Black Pearl crew were hesitant to attack Hector Barbossa, even simultaneously. The only person known to have survived a one-on-one duel with him is Jack Sparrow, in the treasure caves of Isla de Muerta—and even that was with the aid of a pistol. Geoffrey Rush comments that Hector Barbossa supposedly used a sword from a very young age, possibly as early as 13.
He uses the same flag as the notorious pirate "Calico Jack" Rackham.
In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide, Hector Barbossa is described as being attentive to his appearance, as his elaborate clothing shows. He wears a large ring bearing a lion's head symbol and has purplish blue ostrich plumes and a pheasant feather in his hat. His coat buttons are made from recast Incan silver, and his pistol once belonged to a Spanish pirate, won in a duel.[3]
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