Barbossa
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Captain Barbossa is a fictional character in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, played by Geoffrey Rush. He is the captain of the cursed undead pirates, and as such transforms into a rotting skeleton under moonlight. He has a pet monkey, named Jack after Captain Jack Sparrow.
Barbossa used to work as a first mate on the Black Pearl, under Captain Jack Sparrow. Barbossa was the leader of a mutiny which left Jack marooned on an island. The remaining crew found the Aztec treasure Jack had been leading them to, and shared it among themselves. Barbossa spends the course of the film searching for the last coin, in the possession of Elizabeth Swann and then Will Turner.
Once the coins are finally returned to the chest and the necessary blood repaid, Barbossa loses his immortality and is shot dead by Jack Sparrow. However, when Jack the monkey was left alone in the treasure cave with Barbossa's body, it took a coin from the chest.
It is rumoured that Geoffrey Rush has been signed up for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, which suggests that Barbossa may return in the future.