Russell Crowe
New Zealand–born actor and film director, Academy Award winner.
Russell Ira Crowe was born in Strathmore Park, New Zealand on 7 April 1964 to film set caterers Jocelyn Yvonne and John Alexander Crowe.[1] Crowe has been co-owner of the National Rugby League team South Sydney Rabbitohs since 2006.[2]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Russell Ira Crowe
- Born
- 7 April 1964
- Birthplace
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Occupation
- Actor, film director
- Years active
- 1972–present
- Relatives
- Dave Crowe (uncle)
- Jeff Crowe (cousin)
- Martin Crowe (cousin)
- Children
- 2
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He began his performing career as a musician in the early 1980s under the stage name "Russ Le Roq"[3] Crowe starred as a short-tempered LAPD officer in the 1997 neo-noir hit L.A. Confidential.[4] He played Nobel prize-winning economist John Nash in A Beautiful Mind (2001).[5] When Crowe was four years old, his family relocated to Australia and established their residence in Sydney.[6]
Crowe took on the role of Jeffrey Wigand in the 1999 Michael Mann film The Insider, which resulted in his initial nomination for an Academy Award.[7]
What the cited sources add
The musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom premiered in Melbourne in 1989 and featured a young Russell Crowe in the title role.[8] A GQ article states that Master and Commander ended up as the 33rd highest-grossing movie of 2003.[9] A Vulture article describes Crowe as having an unmistakable swagger whether in Westerns, biopics, swords-and-sandals epics, or sports movies.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "Russell Crowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Russell Crowe", Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 April 2026; "Russell Crowe", People in the News (CNN) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Russell Crowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Weidler, "Banking on Burt", The Sun-Herald, 12 July 1998, p. 96; Kent, "Emotions run high at fighting fund function, as Rabbitohs plan their next wave", The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 November 1999, p. 33; Australian Associated Press, "Crowe sees ad trend", The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 March 2005 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Russell Crowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dickerson, "Russell Crowe: The Unauthorized Biography", Schirmer Trade Books, 2011-08-01, p. 1976; "Russ Le Roq – I Just Wanna Be Like Marlon Brando", Discogs, 15 June 1982; Ewbank/Hildred: Russell Crowe – The Biography, Carlton Publishing, London, 2001 |page=23; He can be seen in this Auckland music scene documentary at about 3:20. 1984 north island music scene; "Russell Crowe's religious film past" , Christianity Today, 1 March 2001. ("Crowe says he did A Very Special Person only because he needed the acting experience (original no en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Russell Crowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Raikundalia, "L.A. Confidential (1997) Movie Review: A Snapshot of 1950s LAPD in a 1990s Neo-Noir", High On Films, 4 March 2025 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Russell Crowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Inside The Actors Studio With Russell Crowe – Transcript", Kaspinet.com, 4 January 2004 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Russell Crowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Russell Crowe – Charlie Rose"; Buckmaster, Luke. (18 July 2014). The Sum of Us rewatched – a loving father, a gay son . The Guardian.; "The Sum of Us (1994): Full Cast & Crew", IMDb; "Inside The Actors Studio With Russell Crowe – Transcript", Kaspinet.com, 4 January 2004 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Russell Crowe" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jennings, "In a World Gone Wrong, We Could've Had Russell Crowe as Wolverine", Collider, 15 October 2024 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom . oztheatrical.com website.. facts only, no text reused. oztheatrical.com
- Paiella, "Why Are So Many Guys Obsessed With 'Master and Commander'?", GQ, 8 March 2023. facts only, no text reused. gq.com
- Leitch, "Every Russell Crowe Movie, Ranked", Vulture, 21 August 2020. facts only, no text reused. vulture.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Russell Crowe (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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