Russell Crowe
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer
April 7, 1964 (62 years)
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.
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.
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| 2026 | The Weight · as Warden Clancy |
| 2026 | The Get Out · as Manco Kapak |
| 2026 | Beast · as Sammy |
| 2026 | Unabomber · as Henry Murray |
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| 2025 | Nuremberg · as Hermann Göring |
| 2025 | L'ulivo e il baobab · as Narrator |
| 2024 | Kraven the Hunter · as Nikolai Kravinoff |
| 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 |
| 2023 | WrestleMania 39 · as Father Gabriele Amorth |
| 2022 | Poker Face · as Jake Foley |
| 2022 | Bonnie · as Jeffrey Wigand |
| 2022 | The Greatest Beer Run Ever · as Arthur Coates |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder · as Zeus |
| 2022 | Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher · as Jack Slack |
| 2021 | Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League · as Jor-El (voice) |
| 2020 | Unhinged · as Man (tom Cooper)On Plex |
| 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 |
| 2018 | Boy Erased · as Marshall Eamons |
| 2018 | Turtle Odyssey · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Tourism Australia: Dundee - The Son of a Legend Returns Home · as J.p. Steel |
| 2017 | The Mummy · as Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde |
| 2017 | War Machine · as Bob White |
| 2017 | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life · as Cast |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys · as Jackson Healy |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys: The Nice Guys Detective Agency · as Jackson Healy |
| 2015 | Fathers & Daughters · as Jake DavisOn Plex |
| 2014 | The Water Diviner · as Joshua Connor |
| 2014 | Noah · as Noah |
| 2014 | Winter's Tale · as Pearly Soames |
| 2013 | Red Obsession · as Narrator |
| 2013 | Man of Steel · as Jor-El |
| 2013 | The Frame · as Jor-El |
| 2013 | Broken City · as Nicholas Hostetler |
| 2012 | Les Misérables · as Javert |
| 2012 | The Man with the Iron Fists · as Jack Knife |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings · as Ida Thomas |
| 2010 | The Next Three Days · as John Brennan |
| 2010 | Damage Control · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Robin Hood · as Robin Longstride |
| 2010 | Republic of Doyle · as Boyd Kelley |
| 2009 | State of Play · as Cal Mcaffrey |
| 2009 | Tenderness · as Detective CristofuoroOn Plex |
| 2008 | Body of Lies · as Ed Hoffman |
| 2007 | American Gangster · as Richie Roberts |
| 2007 | 3:10 to Yuma · as Ben Wade |
| 2007 | Bra Boys · as Narrator (voice)On Plex |
| 2006 | A Good Year · as Max Skinner |
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| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as Capt. Jack Aubrey |
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| 2005 | Cinderella Man · as Jim Braddock |
| 2004 | Colour of War: The ANZACs · as Narrator |
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| 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World · as Captain Jack Aubrey |
| 2002 | Ultimate Fights from the Movies · as Maximus |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind · as John Nash |
| 2000 | Proof of Life · as Terry Thorne |
| 2000 | Gladiator · as Maximus |
| 1999 | The Insider · as Jeffrey Wigand |
| 1999 | Mystery, Alaska · as John Biebe |
| 1998 | The 70th Annual Academy Awards · as Bud White |
| 1997 | Heaven's Burning · as ColinOn Plex |
| 1997 | Breaking Up · as SteveOn Plex |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential · as Wendell 'bud' WhiteOn Plex |
| 1996 | The Spell of the Yukon · as Robert Service's Poems Read By (voice) |
| 1995 | Rough Magic · as Alex RossOn Plex |
| 1995 | Virtuosity · as Sid 6.7 |
| 1995 | No Way Back · as Zack GrantOn Plex |
| 1995 | The Quick and the Dead · as Cort |
| 1995 | Neighbours: A 10th Anniversary Celebration · as Kenny Larkin |
| 1994 | The Sum of Us · as Jeff Mitchell |
| 1993 | Hammers Over the Anvil · as East DriscollOn Plex |
| 1993 | For the Moment · as Lachlan |
| 1993 | The Silver Brumby · as The ManOn Plex |
| 1992 | Love in Limbo · as Arthur Baskin |
| 1992 | Romper Stomper · as HandoOn Plex |
| 1992 | The Late Show · as Shirty, The Slightly Aggressive Bear |
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| 1991 | The Efficiency Expert · as Kim BarryOn Plex |
| 1991 | Brides of Christ · as Dominic Maloney |
| 1991 | Proof · as AndyOn Plex |
| 1990 | The Crossing · as Johnny |
| 1990 | Blood Oath · as Lt. Corbett |
| 1989 | Acropolis Now · as Danny O' Brian |
| 1989 | Police Rescue · as Constable Tom 'bomber' Young |
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| 1987 | Rafferty's Rules · as Bobby Jarvis |
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| 1976 | The Young Doctors · as Russell |
| 1971 | Spyforce · as Orphan |
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Highlander · as Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez |
| 2026 | Beast · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | ARK: The Animated Series · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | The Loudest Voice · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Fathers & Daughters · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2010 | Damage Control · as Executive Producer |
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| 2026 | Beast · as Screenplay By |