Russell Crowe
Acting • Born 1964-04-07
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.
Filmography
143 credits
Gladiator
Movie • 2000
Maximus
Cinderella Man
Movie • 2005
Jim Braddock
A Beautiful Mind
Movie • 2001
John Nash
L.A. Confidential
Movie • 1997
Wendell 'Bud' White
Bra Boys
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
Romper Stomper
Movie • 1992
Hando
American Gangster
Movie • 2007
Richie Roberts
Robin Hood
Movie • 2010
Robin Longstride
3:10 to Yuma
Movie • 2007
Ben Wade
Tenderness
Movie • 2009
Detective Cristofuoro
Proof of Life
Movie • 2000
Terry Thorne
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Movie • 2003
Captain Jack Aubrey
The Quick and the Dead
Movie • 1995
Cort
Body of Lies
Movie • 2008
Ed Hoffman
The Insider
Movie • 1999
Jeffrey Wigand
Breaking Up
Movie • 1997
Steve
A Good Year
Movie • 2006
Max Skinner
Virtuosity
Movie • 1995
Sid 6.7
The Sum of Us
Movie • 1994
Jeff Mitchell
Watch the Throne
Movie • 2011
Self
Proof
Movie • 1991
Andy
Mystery, Alaska
Movie • 1999
John Biebe
For the Moment
Movie • 1993
Lachlan
No Way Back
Movie • 1995
Zack Grant
The Silver Brumby
Movie • 1993
The Man
The Next Three Days
Movie • 2010
John Brennan
Rough Magic
Movie • 1995
Alex Ross
Spotswood
Movie • 1992
Kim Barry
State of Play
Movie • 2009
Cal McAffrey
Man of Steel
Movie • 2013
Jor-El
Heaven's Burning
Movie • 1997
Colin
Blood Oath
Movie • 1990
Lt. Corbett
Les Misérables
Movie • 2012
Javert
The Crossing
Movie • 1990
Johnny
Kraven the Hunter
Movie • 2024
Nikolai Kravinoff
The Real Robin Hood
Movie • 2010
Self
Noah
Movie • 2014
Noah
The Man with the Iron Fists
Movie • 2012
Jack Knife
Broken City
Movie • 2013
Nicholas Hostetler
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Movie • 2006
Self
Hammers Over the Anvil
Movie • 1994
East Driscoll
Love In Limbo
Movie • 1993
Arthur Baskin
Winter's Tale
Movie • 2014
Pearly Soames
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Movie • 2005
Self
Land of Bad
Movie • 2024
Reaper
The Last Laugh
Movie • 2016
Self
Fathers and Daughters
Movie • 2015
Jake Davis
The Water Diviner
Movie • 2014
Joshua Connor
The Pope's Exorcist
Movie • 2023
Father Gabriele Amorth
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
Movie • 2022
Jack Slack
Thor: Love and Thunder
Movie • 2022
Zeus
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Movie • 2022
Self
The Nice Guys
Movie • 2016
Jackson Healy
The Hundred Days
Movie • 2004
Self
Nuremberg
Movie • 2025
Hermann Göring
Sleeping Dogs
Movie • 2024
Roy Freeman
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Movie • 2019
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Last Breath
Movie
Self
Beast
Movie • 2026
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
Movie • 2024
Self
The Mummy
Movie • 2017
Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
Texas
Movie • 2002
Self
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Movie • 2017
Self
War Machine
Movie • 2017
Bob White
Boy Erased
Movie • 2018
Marshall Eamons
True History of the Kelly Gang
Movie • 2019
Harry Power
Turtle Odyssey
Movie • 2018
Narrator (voice)
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Movie • 2013
Self
Unhinged
Movie • 2020
Man (Tom Cooper)
The Exorcism
Movie • 2024
Anthony Miller
Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport
Movie • 2000
Self
Inside a Beautiful Mind
Movie • 2002
Self
American Son
Movie
La Classe américaine
Movie • 2012
Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie • 2021
Jor-El (voice)
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Movie • 2022
Arthur Coates
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Movie • 2008
Self
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Movie • 2008
Self
Poker Face
Movie • 2022
Jake Foley
The Last Druid
Movie • 2026
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
Movie • 2002
Boy on Bridge
Movie • 2013
Self
Bear Country
Movie
Manco Kapak
The Weight
Movie • 2026
Warden Clancy
Billion Dollar Spy
Movie
Adolf Tolkachev
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Unabom
Movie
Henry Murray
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Movie • 2005
Self
Highlander
Movie
Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
Movie • 2010
Self
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
Movie • 2008
Self
Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies'
Movie • 2009
Self
Manager On The Case
Movie • 1989
N. Courtney (Injured Worker)
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
Movie • 2025
American Gangster Special
Movie
Self
Prometheus: Génesis Mala'kak - Primera Parte
Movie
Narrador en Ingles
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
The Spell of the Yukon
Movie • 1996
Robert Service's poems read by (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Chaser's War on Everything
TV • 2006
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Neighbours
TV • 1985
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Discovery Atlas
TV • 2006
ARK: The Animated Series
TV • 2024
Kor (voice)
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
Brides of Christ
TV • 1991
Dominic Maloney
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Inside 9/11
TV • 2005
The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure
TV • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Damage Control
TV • 2010
Narrator (voice)
El hormiguero
TV • 2006
Self
Made in Hollywood
TV • 2005
Self
The Late Show
TV • 1992
Shirty, the Slightly Aggressive Bear
Police Rescue
TV • 1991
Constable Tom 'Bomber' Young
Acropolis Now
TV • 1989
Danny O' Brian
Rove
TV • 1999
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Loudest Voice
TV • 2019
Roger Ailes
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Sound
TV • 2020
Self - Co-Host
The Frame
TV • 2013
Jor-El
Sanremo Music Festival
TV • 1951
Self - Special Guest
AACTA Awards
TV • 1976
Self
Take Us Home: Leeds United
TV • 2019
Narrator (voice)
Republic of Doyle
TV • 2010
Boyd Kelley
Rafferty's Rules
TV • 1987
Bobby Jarvis
Seitenblicke
TV • 1987
Self
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
Self
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Sam Pang Tonight
TV • 2025
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest