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Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Birthday: 1964-04-07 | Place of Birth: Wellington, New Zealand

Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor, director, musician, and singer. He was born in New Zealand, spent 10 years of his childhood in Australia, and moved there permanently at age 21. He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the epic historical film Gladiator (2000), for which he won an Academy Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, Empire Award, and London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Leading Actor, along with 10 other nominations in the same category. Crowe's other award-winning performances include tobacco firm whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand in the drama film The Insider (1999) and John F. Nash in the biopic A Beautiful Mind (2001). He has also starred in films such as the drama Romper Stomper (1992), the mystery-detective thriller L.A. Confidential (1997), the epic war film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), the boxing drama Cinderella Man (2005), the Western 3:10 to Yuma (2007), the crime drama American Gangster (2007), the thriller-drama State of Play (2009), and Robin Hood (2010). Crowe later starred in the musical drama Les Misérables (2012), as Jor-El in the superhero epic Man of Steel (2013), the biblical fantasy drama Noah (2014), and the action comedy The Nice Guys (2016). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the drama The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. He has earned several accolades, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, two Golden Globe Awards, one BAFTA, and one Academy Award out of three consecutive nominations (1999, 2000, and 2001). He has been the co-owner of the National Rugby League (NRL) team South Sydney Rabbitohs since 2006.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Les Misérables

as    Javert

2022
Thor: Love and Thunder

as    Zeus

2020
Unhinged

as    Man (Tom Cooper)

2019
True History of the Kelly Gang

as    Harry Power

2019
Take Us Home: Leeds United

as    Narrator (voice)

2019
The Loudest Voice

as    Roger Ailes

2018
Boy Erased

as    Marshall Eamons

2017
The Mummy

as    Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde

2016
The Nice Guys

as    Jackson Healy

2016
Fathers and Daughters

as    Jake Davis

2015
The Water Diviner

as    Joshua Connor

2014
Noah

as    Noah

2014
Winter's Tale

as    Pearly Soames

2013
Man of Steel

as    Jor-El

2013
Broken City

as    Nicholas Hostetler

2012
The Man with the Iron Fists

as    Jack Knife

2010
The Real Robin Hood

as    Himself

2010
The Next Three Days

as    John Brennan

2010
Robin Hood

as    Robin Longstride

2009
State of Play

as    Cal McAffrey

2009
Tenderness

as    Detective Cristofuoro

2008
Body of Lies

as    Ed Hoffman

2007
3:10 to Yuma

as    Ben Wade

2007
Bra Boys

as    Narrator

2007
American Gangster

as    Richie Roberts

2006
A Good Year

as    Max Skinner

2005
Cinderella Man

as    Jim Braddock