Russell Crowe

Acting · Born 1964-04-07 in 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…

Filmography

• Gladiator as Maximus
• Cinderella Man as Jim Braddock
• A Beautiful Mind as John Nash
• L.A. Confidential as Wendell 'Bud' White
• American Gangster as Richie Roberts
• 3:10 to Yuma as Ben Wade
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World as Captain Jack Aubrey
• The Insider as Jeffrey Wigand
• The Next Three Days as John Brennan
• Les Misérables as Javert

TV

• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• The Chaser's War on Everything
• The Daily Show as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Neighbours
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
• Discovery Atlas