Russell Crowe
Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is an 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Nuremberg as Hermann Göring
- 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
- 2022 · The Greatest Beer Run Ever as Arthur Coates
- 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 · Zack Snyder's Justice League as Jor-El (voice)
- 2019 · True History of the Kelly Gang as Harry Power
- 2017 · The Mummy as Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
- 2017 · War Machine as Bob White
- 2016 · The Nice Guys as Jackson Healy
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2014 · The Water Diviner as Joshua Connor
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- 2014 · Noah as Noah
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Hermann Göring (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Winter's Tale as Pearly Soames
- 2013 · Man of Steel as Jor-El
- 2013 · The Frame as Jor-El
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · Les Misérables as Javert
- 2012 · The Man with the Iron Fists as Jack Knife
- 2012 · La Classe américaine as Self
- 2010 · The Next Three Days as John Brennan
- 2010 · Robin Hood as Robin Longstride
- 2010 · Republic of Doyle as Boyd Kelley
- 2009 · State of Play as Cal McAffrey
- 2008 · Body of Lies as Ed Hoffman
- 2008 · Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2007 · American Gangster as Richie Roberts
- 2007 · 3:10 to Yuma as Ben Wade
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · El hormiguero as Self
- 2006 · A Good Year as Max Skinner
- 2006 · Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World as Self
- 2005 · Made in Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' as Self
- 2005 · Cinderella Man as Jim Braddock
- 2003 · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World as Captain Jack Aubrey
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2001 · A Beautiful Mind as John Nash
- 2000 · Gladiator as Maximus
- 1999 · Rove as Self
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Breaking Up as Steve
- 1997 · L.A. Confidential as Wendell 'Bud' White
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · No Way Back as Zack Grant
- 1995 · The Quick and the Dead as Cort
- 1994 · The Sum of Us as Jeff Mitchell
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Love In Limbo as Arthur Baskin
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1991 · Police Rescue as Constable Tom 'Bomber' Young
- 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
- Future · Billion Dollar Spy as Adolf Tolkachev
- Future · Highlander as Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez
- 2026 · The Weight as Warden Clancy
- 2024 · Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration as Self
- 2022 · Poker Face as Jake Foley
- 2020 · Unhinged as Man (Tom Cooper)
- 2019 · The Loudest Voice as Roger Ailes
- 2019 · Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2018 · Boy Erased as Marshall Eamons
- 2018 · Turtle Odyssey as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Mel Brooks: Unwrapped as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · The Last Laugh as Self
- 2015 · Fathers and Daughters as Jake Davis
- 2013 · Broken City as Nicholas Hostetler
- 2013 · Boy on Bridge as Self
- 2010 · The Real Robin Hood as Self
- 2009 · Tenderness as Detective Cristofuoro
- 2008 · Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' as Self
- 2006 · The Chaser's War on Everything as
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · The Hundred Days as Self
- 2002 · L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore") as
- 1999 · The Insider as Jeffrey Wigand
- Future · The Pope's Exorcist 2 as Father Gabriel Amorth
- 2002 · Inside a Beautiful Mind as Self
- 2000 · Proof of Life as Terry Thorne
- 2000 · Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport as Self
- 1999 · Mystery, Alaska as John Biebe
- 1995 · Rough Magic as Alex Ross
- 1995 · Virtuosity as Sid 6.7
- 1994 · Hammers Over the Anvil as East Driscoll
- 1993 · The Silver Brumby as The Man
- 1992 · The Late Show as Shirty, the Slightly Aggressive Bear
- 1992 · Romper Stomper as Hando
- 1991 · Proof as Andy
- 1990 · Blood Oath as Lt. Corbett
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- Future · Last Breath as Self
- 2025 · Sam Pang Tonight as Self - Guest
- Future · American Son as
- 2026 · The Last Druid as
- 2025 · Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration:30th Anniversary as
- 2022 · Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · The Sound as Self - Co-Host
- 2019 · Take Us Home: Leeds United as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
- 2013 · Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story as Self
- 2011 · Watch the Throne as Self
- 2010 · Damage Control as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood as Self
- 2009 · Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies' as Self
- 2008 · Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' as Self
- 2007 · Bra Boys as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Discovery Atlas as
- 2005 · Strength and Honor: Production Pods as Self
- 2005 · Inside 9/11 as
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2002 · Texas as Self
- 1997 · Heaven's Burning as Colin
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1993 · For the Moment as Lachlan
- 1992 · Spotswood as Kim Barry
- 1991 · Brides of Christ as Dominic Maloney
- 1989 · Acropolis Now as Danny O' Brian
- Future · Unabom as Henry Murray
- 1989 · Manager On The Case as N. Courtney (Injured Worker)
- Future · Bear Country as Manco Kapak
- 1990 · The Crossing as Johnny
- Future · Beast In Me as
- Future · American Gangster Special as Self