Russell Crowe
- Acting
- April 7, 1964 · Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Biography
Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is a New Zealand actor and film director. His work on screen has earned him various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award. Crowe was born in New Zealand, spending ten years of his childhood in Australia and residing there permanently by age 21. He began acting in Australia and had his break-out role in Romper Stomper (1992). He gained international recognition in the late 1990s for his starring roles in L.A. Confidential (1997) and The Insider (1999). Crowe gained wider stardom for playing the title role of Gladiator (2000), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Further acclaim came for portraying real-life mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. in A Beautiful Mind (2001). Crowe then starred in several films in the 2000s, including Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Cinderella Man (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), American Gangster (2007), State of Play (2009), and Robin Hood (2010). Crowe has since appeared in the films Les Misérables (2012), Man of Steel (2013), Noah (2014), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the drama The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. Aside from acting, Crowe has co-own the National Rugby League (NRL) team South Sydney Rabbitohs since 2006.
Known for
Filmography
- The Last Druid
- UNABOMBER · Henry Murray
- The Weight · Warden Clancy
- What Love Builds · Self, Director
- The Get Out · Manco Kapak
- Beast · Sammy, Writer
- Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
- Nuremberg · Hermann Göring
- Sam Pang Tonight · Self
- Kraven the Hunter · Nikolai Kravinoff
- Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration · Self
- The Exorcism · Anthony Miller
- Sleeping Dogs · Roy Freeman
- ARK: The Animated Series · Kor (Voice), Executive producer
- Ricky Stanicky · Thanks
- Land of Bad · Reaper
- The Pope's Exorcist · Father Gabriele Amorth
- Poker Face · Jake Foley, Director
- The Greatest Beer Run Ever · Arthur Coates
- The Ghost of Richard Harris · Self
- Thor: Love and Thunder · Zeus
- Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher · Jack Slack
- Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act · Self
- The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure · Narrator (Voice)
- Zack Snyder's Justice League · Jor-El (Voice)
- The Sound · Self
- Unhinged · Man (Tom Cooper)
- True History of the Kelly Gang · Harry Power
- Take Us Home: Leeds United · Narrator (Voice)
- The Loudest Voice · Roger Ailes
- Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic · Self
- Boy Erased · Marshall Eamons
- Turtle Odyssey · Narrator (Voice)
- Mel Brooks: Unwrapped · Self
- Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home · J.P. Steel
- The Mummy · Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
- War Machine · Bob White
- David Stratton: A Cinematic Life · Self
- The Nice Guys · Jackson Healy
- The Last Laugh · Self
- Fathers and Daughters · Jake Davis, Executive producer
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- The Water Diviner · Joshua Connor, Director
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver · Self
- Noah · Noah, Songs
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Winter's Tale · Pearly Soames
- Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
- All Is Lost · Thanks
- Man of Steel · Jor-El
- The Frame · Jor-El
- Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story · Self
- The Last Leg · Self
- Broken City · Nicholas Hostetler
- Boy on Bridge · Self
- Les Misérables · Javert
- The Man with the Iron Fists · Jack Knife
- La Classe américaine · Self
- Watch the Throne · Self
- The Next Three Days · John Brennan
- Damage Control · Narrator (Voice)
- Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood · Self
- Robin Hood · Robin Longstride, Producer
- The Real Robin Hood · Self
- Republic of Doyle · Boyd Kelley
- State of Play · Cal McAffrey
- Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies' · Self
- Tenderness · Detective Cristofuoro
- Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' · Self
- Body of Lies · Ed Hoffman
- Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' · Self
- Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' · Self
- American Gangster · Richie Roberts
- 3:10 to Yuma · Ben Wade
- Bra Boys · Narrator (Voice)
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- El hormiguero · Self