Hector Barbossa

Pirates of the Caribbean character

Hector Barbossa
Geoffrey Rush as Hector Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
Gender	Male
Profession	Pirate Captain Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea Formerly: First mate Privateer
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
Appearance(s)	Film series Video games Legends of the Brethren Court books The Price of Freedom book Kingdom Hearts II
Portrayed by	Geoffrey Rush Brian George (video games)

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 King's Navy and is ordered to accompany Sparrow on an expedition for the Fountain of Youth.

Barbossa's first name, "Hector", was revealed in a director's commentary on the Curse of the Black Pearl DVD, but was not revealed by any of the characters until the third film of the series (when they rescue Jack Sparrow, and Barbossa greets him, Sparrow says: "Ah, Hector! It's been too long! Hasn't it?"). It was revealed that co-star Johnny Depp played a decisive part in providing the name.

In Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Barbossa is captain of the pirate ship, the Black Pearl. His plan is to break the Aztec curse he and his crew are under and bring an end to Jack Sparrow, one of his arch rivals. He was originally the ship's first mate under Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp). Barbossa persuaded Jack to reveal the bearings to Isla de Muerta where the Chest of Cortés, containing 882 pieces of Aztec gold, was hidden. After Sparrow divulged the location, Barbossa and the crew mutinied and marooned Sparrow on a tiny island, with only a single-shot pistol with which to commit suicide. Barbossa was convinced for the next ten years after the mutiny that Jack was killed by starvation. However, unknown to Barbossa, Jack made a deal with rum runners to take him off the island after three days, swore to use the pistol's single shot to kill Barbossa, and spent the next 10 years seeking revenge.