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Apr 27, 2024 · Russell Crowe, New Zealand-born Australian actor known for his commitment, intensity, and ruggedly handsome good looks. He received multiple Academy Award nominations for best actor and won for Gladiator (2000). Read more about Crowe’s life and career.
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- Russell Crowe is a New Zealand-born Australian actor known for his commitment, intensity, and ruggedly handsome good looks. He won an Academy Award...
- Russell Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 7, 1964.
- Russell Crowe’s first hit Hollywood film was L.A. Confidential (1997), in which he played Bud White.
- Russell Crowe played the role of Maximus, a Roman general-turned-gladiator, in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000). He won the Academy Award for best a...
- Russell Crowe co-founded the rock band Roman Antix, serving as a songwriter, guitarist, and lead singer; the group later re-formed as 30 Odd Foot o...
- Who Is Russell Crowe?
- 'Blood Oath,' 'The Crossing,' 'Proof,' 'Romper Stomper'
- 'The Quick and The Dead,' 'Virtuosity'
- 'L.A. Confidential'
- 'The Insider'
- Oscar Win For 'The Gladiator'
- 'A Beautiful Mind'
- 'Master and Commander,' 'Cinderella Man'
- 'Robin Hood,' 'Les Misérables'
- 'Man of Steel,' 'Noah,' 'The Water Diviner'
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Born on April 7, 1964, in Wellington, New Zealand, Russell Crowe first made a name for himself acting in Australian cinema. He eventually became an international star with projects like L.A. Confidential, The Insider, Gladiator (for which he won an Oscar), A Beautiful Mind and Cinderella Man, while also becoming known for his combustible behavior. ...
A role in the stage musical Blood Brothers in 1989 led to Crowe's first feature film, Blood Oath (1990, released in the U.S. as Prisoners of the Sun). His other early films included The Crossing (1990), which marked his first leading role, and The Efficiency Expert (1991, released in the U.S. as Spotswood), with Anthony Hopkins and Toni Collette. H...
In 1995, Crowe made his American film debut, appearing with Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman and Leonardo DiCaprio in the offbeat Western The Quick and the Dead. That same year, he played SID 6.7, a virtual reality outlaw created as a composite of more than 150 serial killers who is hunted by Denzel Washington in the sci-fi thriller Virtuosity. He also t...
Though some insiders pegged him as "one to watch," Crowe didn't truly capture the attention of American movie-goers until L.A. Confidential, the highly acclaimed 1997 neo-noir film that probed the dark underside of Los Angeles in the 1950s. Crowe played the brutal, forthright cop Bud White, one of a trio of very different policemen—the film also st...
Crowe’s first starring role of 1999 came in Mystery, Alaska, a poorly received comedy written by David E. Kelley and co-starring Burt Reynolds. He had a good deal more success with his next film, The Insider, based on the true story of an ex-tobacco company executive, Jeffrey Wigand, who is convinced by a TV news producer to blow the whistle on the...
In 2000, Crowe vaulted to A-list Hollywood stardom with his charismatic performance as a Roman general turned vengeful slave in Gladiator, the ambitious Roman epic and blockbuster summer hit directed by Ridley Scott and co-starring Joaquin Phoenix. The film garnered 12 Academy Award nominations, including a second straight Best Actor nod for Crowe....
In 2001, Russell Crowe starred in A Beautiful Mind, an acclaimed biopic about the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash. The film, directed by Ron Howard, co-starred Ed Harris and Jennifer Connelly. For the third year in a row, Crowe's bravura performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
After Crowe's lead role in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), he and Howard teamed up again for the boxing drama Cinderella Man(2005) about Jim Braddock, the Depression-era pugilist who defeated heavyweight champ Max Baer in a 15-round bout. Other releases for the decade included A Good Year (2006), American Gangster (2007), Bo...
Crowe reunited with Scott for the fifth time in the director’s 2010 adaptation of Robin Hood, which co-starred Cate Blanchett. After being featured in 2012’s martial arts flick The Man With the Iron Fist, the actor put his singing chops to use in the musical Les Misérables, released in December. The Oscar-nominated Tom Hooper film, co-starring Hugh...
Crowe’s next major roles came in 2013 with the winter release of Broken City, in which he portrayed a mayor up for reelection, and the summer release of Man of Steel. Directed by Zack Snyder, Steelretells the story of Superman, starring Henry Cavill in the title role and Crowe as his Kryptonian father, Jor-El. In 2014, Crowe dove back into big-budg...
Learn about the life and career of Russell Crowe, the Oscar-winning actor who starred in Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind and Les Misérables. Find out his birthplace, filmography, achievements and controversies.
May 13, 2024 · In the fuselage of a C-47 transport plane, a group of high-ranking Nazis in uniforms stripped of their insignia are facing their captors. Among them, Hermann Göring strikes up a conversation with ...
6 days ago · A new report from Deadline unveils the first look images from Nuremberg, an upcoming World War II movie based on Jack El-Hai’s The Nazi and the Psychiatrist. Starring Russell Crowe as Herman ...
Aug 20, 2020 · Actually, Russell Crowe’s singing in the Les Misérables movie is underrated. With the film hitting Netflix, it’s a good time to re-evaluate why his performance works better than Hugh...
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Gladiator is a 2000 historical epic film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Tomas Arana, Ralf Möller, Oliver Reed (in his final role), Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel, Richard Harris, and Tommy Flanagan.
May 8, 2024 · Russell Crowe is set to reunite with his Unhinged director for an upcoming crime thriller titled Bear Country.During the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Australian actor rose to stardom and garnered acclaim for his performances in The Insider, Gladiator, and A Beautiful Mind, all three of which he was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role, winning the Academy Award for Ridley Scott's ...
