Russell Crowe
Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an Academy Award-winning actor. He was born in New Zealand, spent ten years of his childhood in Australia, and moved there permanently at age 21. He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the epic historical film Gladiator (2000), for which he won an Academy Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, Empire Award, and London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Leading Actor, along with 10 other nominations in the same category. His other award-winning performances include tobacco firm whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand in the drama film The Insider (1999) and mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. in the biopic A Beautiful Mind (2001). He has also starred in films such as the drama Romper Stomper (1992), the mystery-detective thriller L.A. Confidential (1997), the epic war film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), the biographical boxing drama Cinderella Man (2005), the western 3:10 to Yuma (2007), the crime drama American Gangster (2007), the thriller-drama State of Play (2009), and Robin Hood (2010). He later starred as Javert in the musical drama Les Misérables (2012), Jor-El in the superhero epic Man of Steel (2013), Noah in the biblical fantasy drama Noah (2014), Jackson Healy in the action comedy The Nice Guys (2016), Jekyll / Hyde in The Mummy (2017), Marshall Eamons in Boy Erased (2018), the psychotic Man in Unhinged (2018), Jake Foley in Poker Face (2022), Zeus Panhellenios in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), and Nikolai Kravinoff in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) film Kraven the Hunter (2023). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the drama The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. He has earned various accolades, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, two Golden Globe Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and an Academy Award out of three consecutive nominations (1999, 2000, and 2001). He has been the co-owner of the National Rugby League (NRL) team South Sydney Rabbitohs since 2006.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Kraven the Hunter as Nikolai Kravinoff
- 2024 · Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration as
- 2024 · Rothko as Mark Rothko
- 2024 · The Exorcism as Anthony Miller
- 2024 · Sleeping Dogs as Roy Freeman
- 2024 · ARK: The Animated Series as Kor (voice)
- 2024 · Land of Bad as Reaper
- 2023 · The Pope's Exorcist as Father Gabriele Amorth
- 2022 · Poker Face as Jake Foley
- 2022 · The Greatest Beer Run Ever as Arthur Coates
- 2022 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder as Self - Zeus (archive footage)
- 2022 · The Ghost of Richard Harris as Self
- 2022 · Thor: Love and Thunder as Zeus
- 2022 · Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher as Jack Slack
- 2021 · The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Zack Snyder's Justice League as Jor-El (voice)
- 2020 · The Sound as Self - Co-Host
- 2020 · Unhinged as Man (Tom Cooper)
- 2019 · True History of the Kelly Gang as Harry Power
- 2019 · Take Us Home: Leeds United as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Loudest Voice as Roger Ailes
- 2019 · Sword-and-Sandal as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Boy Erased as Marshall Eamons
- 2018 · Turtle Odyssey as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Mel Brooks: Unwrapped as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · The Mummy as Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
- 2017 · War Machine as Bob White
- 2017 · David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- 2016 · The Nice Guys as Jackson Healy
- 2016 · The Last Laugh as Self
- 2015 · Fathers and Daughters as Jake Davis
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2014 · The Water Diviner as Joshua Connor
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- 2014 · Noah as Noah
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · Winter's Tale as Pearly Soames
- 2013 · Man of Steel as Jor-El
- 2013 · The Frame as Jor-El
- 2013 · Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story as Self
- 2013 · Broken City as Nicholas Hostetler
- 2012 · Les Misérables as Javert
- 2012 · The Man with the Iron Fists as Jack Knife
- 2012 · La Classe américaine as Self
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Maximus Decimus Peridius (archive footage)
- 2011 · Watch the Throne as Self
- 2010 · The Next Three Days as John Brennan
- 2010 · Damage Control as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Robin Hood as Robin Longstride
- 2010 · The Real Robin Hood as Self
- 2010 · Republic of Doyle as Boyd Kelley
- 2009 · State of Play as Cal McAffrey
- 2009 · Tenderness as Detective Cristofuoro
- 2008 · Body of Lies as Ed Hoffman
- 2008 · Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2008 · Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2007 · American Gangster as Richie Roberts
- 2007 · 3:10 to Yuma as Ben Wade
- 2007 · Bra Boys as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · El hormiguero as Self
- 2006 · A Good Year as Max Skinner
- 2006 · Discovery Atlas as
- 2006 · The Chaser's War on Everything as
- 2006 · Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World as Self
- 2005 · Made in Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · Inside 9/11 as
- 2005 · Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' as Self
- 2005 · Cinderella Man as Jim Braddock
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2004 · The Hundred Days as Self
- 2003 · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World as Captain Jack Aubrey
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2002 · Inside a Beautiful Mind as Self
- 2002 · Texas as Self
- 2001 · A Beautiful Mind as John Nash
- 2000 · Proof of Life as Terry Thorne
- 2000 · Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport as Self
- 2000 · Gladiator as Maximus Meridius
- 1999 · The Insider as Jeffrey Wigand
- 1999 · Mystery, Alaska as John Biebe
- 1999 · Rove as Self
- 1997 · Heaven's Burning as Colin
- 1997 · Breaking Up as Steve
- 1997 · L.A. Confidential as Wendell 'Bud' White
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Rough Magic as Alex Ross
- 1995 · Virtuosity as Sid 6.7
- 1995 · No Way Back as Zack Grant
- 1995 · The Quick and the Dead as Cort
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · The Sum of Us as Jeff Mitchell
- 1994 · Hammers Over the Anvil as East Driscoll
- 1993 · For the Moment as Lachlan
- 1993 · The Silver Brumby as The Man
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Love In Limbo as Arthur Baskin
- 1992 · The Late Show as Shirty, the Slightly Aggressive Bear
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Romper Stomper as Hando
- 1992 · Spotswood as Kim Barry
- 1991 · Brides of Christ as Dominic Maloney
- 1991 · Proof as Andy
- 1991 · Police Rescue as Constable Tom 'Bomber' Young
- 1990 · The Crossing as Johnny
- 1990 · Blood Oath as Lt. Corbett
- 1989 · Acropolis Now as Danny O' Brian
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1987 · Seitenblicke as self
- 1987 · Rafferty's Rules as Bobby Jarvis
- 1985 · Neighbours as
- 1976 · AACTA Awards as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1951 · Sanremo Music Festival as Self - Special Guest
- 2024 · Nuremberg as Hermann Göring
- 2024 · The Pope's Exorcist 2 as Father Gabriel Amorth
- 2024 · Last Breath as Self
- 2024 · A Taste for Blood as
- 2024 · American Son as