Hector Barbossa is the oldest and cruel captain of The Black Pearl. He is one of the protagonists in The Pirates of the Caribbean except for Curse of the Black Pearl where he is the antagonist.
Captain Barbossa is a brutish pirate captain underneath his classy, gentlemanly façade. He’s after riches, revenge and freedom from curses, but he especially can’t keep his hands off the Black Pearl. Haunted by supernatural terrors of the sea, he always manages to cheat death somehow. All of his treasures are at his secret hideout Isla de Muerta.