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Russell Crowe

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Take a closer look at the various roles Russell Crowe has played throughout his acting career.
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Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham), English, Irish, Scottish, Norwegian, Swedish, Italian, and Maori (one of Crowe's maternal great-grandmothers, Erana Putiputi Hayes Heihi, was Maori).

Crowe's family moved to Australia when he was a small child, settling in Sydney, and Russell got the acting bug early in life. Beginning as a child star on a local Australian TV show, Russell's first big break came with two films ... the first, Romper Stomper (1992), gained him a name throughout the film community in Australia and the neighboring countries. The second, The Sum of Us (1994), helped put him on the American map, so to speak. Sharon Stone heard of him from Romper Stomper (1992) and wanted him for her film, The Quick and the Dead (1995). But filming on The Sum of Us (1994) had already begun. Sharon is reported to have held up shooting until she had her gunslinger-Crowe, for her film. With The Quick and the Dead (1995) under his belt as his first American film, the second was offered to him soon after. Virtuosity (1995), starring Denzel Washington, put Russell in the body of a Virtual Serial Killer, Sid6.7 ... a role unlike any he had played so far. Virtuosity (1995), a Sci-Fi extravaganza, was a fun film and, again, opened the door to even more American offers. L.A. Confidential (1997), Russell's third American film, brought him the US fame and attention that his fans have felt he deserved all along. Missing the Oscar nod this time around, he didn't seem deterred and signed to do his first film with The Walt Disney Company, Mystery, Alaska (1999). He achieved even more success and awards for his performances in Gladiator (2000), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and A Beautiful Mind (2001).
BornApril 7, 1964
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Russell Crowe in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
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Russell Crowe and Richard Harris in Gladiator (2000)
Russell Crowe and Richard Harris in Gladiator (2000)
Russell Crowe and Richard Harris in Gladiator (2000)
Russell Crowe and Orlando Schwerdt in True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
Russell Crowe in True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
Russell Crowe and Aleksa Palladino in The Loudest Voice (2019)
Russell Crowe and Naomi Watts in The Loudest Voice (2019)

Known for

Isabelle Allen in Les Misérables (2012)
Les Misérables
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  • Javert
  • 2012
Russell Crowe in Gladiator (2000)
Gladiator
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  • Maximus
  • 2000
Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind (2001)
A Beautiful Mind
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  • John Nash
  • 2001
Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)
L.A. Confidential
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  • Bud White
  • 1997

Credits

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  • The Pope's Exorcist
    • Post-production
  • Land of Bad
    • Post-production
  • The Georgetown Project
    • Completed
  • Kraven the Hunter
    • Post-production
  • ARK: The Animated Series
    • (voice)
    • In Production
  • Sleeping Dogs
    • Pre-production
  • Rothko
    • Pre-production
  • American Son
    • Pre-production
  • Russell Crowe, RZA, and Liam Hemsworth in Poker Face (2022)
    Poker Face
  • Zac Efron in The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)
    The Greatest Beer Run Ever
  • Russell Crowe, Steven Berkoff, Julian Glover, Marton Csokas, Steve Dent, Jodhi May, Michael McKell, Ray Winstone, Stanley Morgan, Billy Clements, Ricky Chaplin, Martin Coe, Joe Egan, Olivia Chenery, Noeleen Comiskey, Julius Francis, Glen Fox, Matt Hookings, Tim Cullingworth-Hudson, Mark Epstein, Lucy Martin, and James Mackie in Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher (2022)
    Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
  • Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
    Thor: Love and Thunder
  • Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, and Ray Fisher in Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
    Zack Snyder's Justice League
    • (voice)
  • Russell Crowe in Unhinged (2020)
    Unhinged
  • Russell Crowe, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Charlie Hunnam, George MacKay, and Orlando Schwerdt in True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
    True History of the Kelly Gang
  • Russell Crowe in The Loudest Voice (2019)
    The Loudest Voice
  • Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, and Lucas Hedges in Boy Erased (2018)
    Boy Erased
  • Danny McBride in Tourism Australia: Dundee - The Son of a Legend Returns Home (2018)
    Tourism Australia: Dundee - The Son of a Legend Returns Home
  • Brad Pitt, Anthony Michael Hall, Daniel Betts, Topher Grace, Anthony Hayes, Emory Cohen, John Magaro, Aymen Hamdouchi, and RJ Cyler in War Machine (2017)
    War Machine
    • (uncredited)
  • The Mummy (2017)
    The Mummy
  • The Nice Guys: Word of the Day (2017)
    The Nice Guys: Word of the Day
  • Sasheer Zamata in Saturday Night Live: Cut for Time (2013)
    Saturday Night Live: Cut for Time
  • Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling in The Nice Guys (2016)
    The Nice Guys

Director

  • Russell Crowe, RZA, and Liam Hemsworth in Poker Face (2022)
    Poker Face
  • Remedy
  • Russell Crowe in The Water Diviner (2014)
    The Water Diviner
  • Danielle Spencer: Wish I'd Been Here
  • 60 Odd Hours in Italy
  • Texas (2002)
    Texas

Producer

  • Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried in Fathers & Daughters (2015)
    Fathers & Daughters
  • Damage Control
  • Russell Crowe in Robin Hood (2010)
    Robin Hood
  • Texas (2002)
    Texas
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Personal details

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    • April 7, 1964
    • Wellington, New Zealand
    • Danielle SpencerApril 7, 2003 - April 10, 2018 (divorced, 2 children)
    • Jeff Crowe(Cousin)
  • Other works
    Lead singer and guitarist for Australian rock band "30 Odd Foot of Grunts."
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Print Biographies
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 16 Interviews
    • 35 Articles
    • 6 Pictorials
    • 29 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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    Turned down the role of Aragorn in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy since filming on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) would coincide with Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind (2001). However, Crowe really loved the idea of filming a movie in his home country, New Zealand, for an extended amount of time.
  • Quotes
    One of the most painful things of the L.A. Confidential (1997) character I played was that the author, James Ellroy, kept telling me that Bud White wasn't a drinker. I said, "Come on, this is 1953. He's a blue-collar bloke, a cop. You're telling me he doesn't sit around with the boys after his shift and have a beer?". And Ellroy says, "Absolutely not." So for five months and seven days, I didn't have a drink. It's probably the most painful period of my life.
    • Gravelly smoke-burnished voice
    • The Nice Guys
      (2016)
      more than $7,000,000

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