Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964)Β is a New Zealand actor and film director.Β His work on screenΒ has earned himΒ various accolades, including anΒ Academy Award, twoΒ Golden Globe Awards, and aΒ 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.Β He began acting in Australia and had his break-out role inΒ Romper StomperΒ (1992). He gained international recognition in the late 1990s for his starring roles inΒ L.A. ConfidentialΒ (1997) andΒ The InsiderΒ (1999). Crowe gained wider stardom for playing the title role ofΒ GladiatorΒ (2000), which earned him theΒ Academy Award for Best Actor. Further acclaim came for portraying real-life mathematicianΒ John Forbes Nash Jr.Β inΒ A Beautiful MindΒ (2001). Crowe then starred in several films in the 2000s, includingΒ Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003),Β Cinderella ManΒ (2005),Β 3:10 to Yuma (2007),Β American GangsterΒ (2007),Β State of Play (2009), andΒ Robin HoodΒ (2010).
Crowe has since appeared in the filmsΒ Les MisΓ©rablesΒ (2012),Β Man of SteelΒ (2013),Β Noah (2014), andΒ Thor: Love and ThunderΒ (2022). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the dramaΒ The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. Aside from acting, Crowe has co-own theΒ National Rugby LeagueΒ (NRL) teamΒ South Sydney RabbitohsΒ since 2006.
