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Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Actor · Born April 7, 1964 · Wellington, North Island, New Zealand

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Highest rated as cast or director

Russell Crowe's 11 titles from the 2000s have a median Balasaur Score of 77, led by Gladiator (80) and American Gangster (78), against 64 for those from the 2010s.

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.

Acted in 87

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. 1997
  3. 1996

    The Spell of the Yukon

    Robert Service's poems read by (voice)

  4. 1995
  5. 1994
  6. Hammers Over the Anvil

    East Driscoll

  7. 1993

    For the Moment

    Lachlan

  8. Love In Limbo

    Arthur Baskin

  9. 1992

    The Late Show

    Shirty, the Slightly Aggressive Bear · 1 episode

  10. 1991

    Brides of Christ

    Dominic Maloney · 1 episode

  11. 1990

    The Crossing

    Johnny

1980s

  1. 1989

    Acropolis Now

    Danny O' Brian · 1 episode

  2. Manager On The Case

    N. Courtney (Injured Worker)

  3. 1988
  4. 1987
  5. 1985

No release date

  1. Billion Dollar Spy

    Adolf Tolkachev

Produced 5

2020s

  1. 2026

    What Love Builds

    Producer

  2. 2024

2000s

  1. 2002

    Texas

    Producer

Directed 4

2020s

  1. 2026

    What Love Builds

    Director

  2. 2022

2000s

  1. 2002

    Texas

    Director

Wrote 2

Sound 2

2020s

  1. 2026

    What Love Builds

    Music

2010s

  1. 2014
Appearances55

2020s

  1. 2026

    What Love Builds

    Self

  2. 2025

    Sam Pang Tonight

    Self - Guest · 1 episode

  3. 2024

    Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration

    Self

  4. 2022

    The Ghost of Richard Harris

    Self

  5. Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act

    Self (archive footage)

  6. 2021

    The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure

    Narrator (voice) · 4 episodes

  7. 2020

    The Sound

    Self - Co-Host · 1 episode

2010s

  1. 2019

    Take Us Home: Leeds United

    Narrator (voice) · 8 episodes

  2. Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic

    Self - Actor (archive footage)

  3. 2018
  4. Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

    Self (archive footage)

  5. 2017

    David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

    Self

  6. 2016
  7. 2015
  8. 2014
  9. 2013
  10. Boy on Bridge

    Self

  11. 2012

    La Classe américaine

    Self

  12. 2011

    Watch the Throne

    Self

  13. 2010

    Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood

    Self

  14. The Real Robin Hood

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies'

    Self

  2. 2008

    Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'

    Self

  3. Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'

    Self

  4. 2007
  5. 2006
  6. Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World

    Self

  7. 2005
  8. Strength and Honor: Production Pods

    Self

  9. Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

    Self

  10. Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

  11. 2004

    The Hundred Days

    Self

  12. 2003
  13. Celebrity Naked Ambition

    Self (archive footage)

  14. Celebrities Uncensored

    Self · 1 episode

  15. 2002

    Inside a Beautiful Mind

    Self

  16. Texas

    Self

  17. 2000

    Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport

    Self

Thanked in the credits2