Russell Crowe
Known For
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 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.
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
The Daily Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
El hormiguero
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Nuremberg
as Hermann Göring
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Gladiator
as Maximus
The Last Leg
as Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
Parkinson
as Self
Kraven the Hunter
as Nikolai Kravinoff