Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1964-04-07 (Age: 62)
Place of Birth
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
Russell Crowe
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.
Filmography (95)
The Last Druid
2027
The Weight
2026
Bear Country
2026
Beast
2026
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
Nuremberg
2025
Kraven the Hunter
2024
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024
The Exorcism
2024
Sleeping Dogs
2024
Land of Bad
2024
The Pope's Exorcist
2023
Poker Face
2022
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022
