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Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealand–born actor and film director. His work on screen has earned him various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globes.
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Born 7 April 1964 · Q129817
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“This means we have a future, we have a future and we have cash in the bank and we can begin to focus on the very thing that all of the factionalism and the in-fighting stops us focusing on, which is playing the game of football and playing it competitively”
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Collider: Russell Crowe’s 104-Minute War Thriller Is Officially Exploding on Streaming
The Guardian: Russell Crowe says Gladiator II failed because ‘it didn’t have a moral core’
The Guardian: Tasmanian zombies, Russell Crowe and Crowded House: 10 Australian films to watch out for in 2026
The Guardian: Russell Crowe says makers of Gladiator II did not ‘understand what made the first one special’
The Guardian: Russell Crowe’s 20 best roles – sorted!
The Guardian: Nuremberg review – Russell Crowe is top notch as an on-trial Göring but Rami Malek lets side down
The Guardian: Nuremberg review – Russell Crowe’s Göring v Rami Malek’s psychiatrist in swish yet glib courtroom showdown
Crowe was honoured by Zurich Film Festival with their Lifetime Achievement Award
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The Guardian: Kraven the Hunter review – Russell Crowe busts up laborious superhero yarn
The Guardian: ‘We have a good relationship … as long as he doesn’t start bitching’: why Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe’s Gladiator 2 spat has me entertained
The Guardian: Russell Crowe at Glastonbury review – droll delivery from an A-list everybloke
The Guardian: The Exorcism review – frighteningly bad horror remake with Russell Crowe
The Guardian: The Exorcism review – Russell Crowe v the Devil in cursed horror about a cursed horror
The Guardian: Unoriginal sins: why does Russell Crowe keep making exorcism movies?
“s reactions anymore, choosing to pursue roles that excite him artistically or otherwise. In recent years, his notable appearances have included an enforcer for hire in the cult classic The Nice Guys (2016), a major role in The Mummy (2017), starring as an angry driver in the action thriller Unhinged (2020), playing the mythical Greek god Zeus in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), portraying the famous exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth in The Pope”
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And 2020, he raised over A$400,000 for the NSW RFS by selling his South Sydney Rabbitohs hat in an online auction
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Crowe and Doyle had created a new act (with his fellow Les Mis co-star, Samantha Barks, Scott Grimes and Carl Falk) called Indoor Garden Party who appeared on The One Show to promote their album called The Musical
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It was reported that Crowe had applied for Australian citizenship in 2006 and again in 2013 but was rejected because he failed to fulfil the residency requirements
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Played a gangster in the film adaptation of Mark Helprin's 1983 novel Winter's Tale, and the title role in the Darren Aronofsky's epic religious drama Noah, which earned well financially
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Made his directorial debut with the drama The Water Diviner, in which he also starred
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Released album “The Crowe/Doyle Songbook, Vol. III”.
In 2011, Crowe declared his opposition to the practice of non-medical circumcision on Twitter, referring to it as "barbaric and stupid".
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Souths also announced a corporate partnership with the bookmaking conglomerate Luxbet
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Crowe declared his opposition to the practice of non-medical circumcision on Twitter, referring to it as "barbaric and stupid"
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The NRL was investigating Crowe's business relationships with a number of media and entertainment companies including Channel Nine, Channel Seven, ANZ Stadium and V8 Supercars in relation to the South Sydney Rabbitohs' s
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Crowe persuaded young England international forward Sam Burgess to sign with the Rabbitohs over other clubs that were competing for his signature, after inviting Burgess and his mother to the set of Robin Hood, which he
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At the beginning of 2009, Crowe appeared in a series of Australian special-edition postage stamps called "Legends of the Screen", featuring Australian actors.
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Appeared alongside Christian Bale in the Western film 3:10 to Yuma, a remake of the 1957 film of the same name
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Returned to the US to promote their new release My Hand, My Heart
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Re-teamed with Gladiator director Ridley Scott for A Good Year, the first of three consecutive collaborations (the second being American Gangster, co-starring again with Denzel Washington, released in late 2007)
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Made the Rabbitohs the first club team in Australia to be sponsored by a film, when he negotiated a deal to advertise his film Cinderella Man on their jerseys
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Re-teamed with A Beautiful Mind director Ron Howard for the biographical boxing drama Cinderella Man (2005), which has been listed as one of the best in its genre
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“Some things just come without any real understanding. I don't bother to question it or myself anymore. If you get into a situation like L.A. Confidential, where you can just totally get inside the character, that's a privileged position. Now that I'm more aware of the process I realize it's the position you always want to aim for.”
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for A Beautiful Mind (2002).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for A Beautiful Mind (2002).
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When part of Crowe's appearance at that year's BAFTA Awards was cut out to fit into the BBC's tape-delayed broadcast, Crowe used strong language during an argument with producer Malcolm Gerrie
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Crowe was alleged to have been involved in a brawl with businessman Eric Watson inside the London branch of Zuma, a Japanese restaurant chain
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Won Centenary Medal (2001).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Gladiator (2001).
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Crowe and Spencer reconciled, and they married two years later in April 2003
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For "service to Australian society and Australian film production
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And he felt the pool would help students become better swimmers and improve their water safety
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In 2001, Crowe and Spencer reconciled, and they married two years later in April 2003.
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TOFOG performed shows in London, Los Angeles and in Austin, Texas
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Became romantically involved with American actress Meg Ryan while working on their film Proof of Life
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Crowe starred in his career-defining film Gladiator
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Crowe paid A$42,000 at auction for the brass bell used to open the inaugural rugby league match in Australia in 1908 at a fundraiser to assist Souths' legal battle for re-inclusion in the league
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Crowe was involved in an altercation with a woman at the Plantation Hotel in Coffs Harbour
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As well as three full-length records, Gaslight (1998), Bastard Life or Clarity (2001) and Other Ways of Speaking (2003)
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Appeared in four Hollywood films; this included the science fiction film Virtuosity where he co-starred with Denzel Washington; unfortunately it received poor reviews and failed commercially
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Thompson would play the supportive father of Crowe's gay character in the film The Sum of Us
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Was favoured for the role of Joshua Chamberlain in the epic film Gettysburg but was passed over for Jeff Daniels
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For the Moment, before concentrating on American films
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Crowe starred in the first episode of the second series of Police Rescue
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Crowe starred in Romper Stomper, an Australian film which followed the exploits and downfall of a racist skinhead group in blue-collar suburban Melbourne, directed by Geoffrey Wright and co-starring Jacqueline McKenzie
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Crowe met Australian singer Danielle Spencer while working on the film The Crossing and the two began an on-again, off-again relationship
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Crowe spent six months busking when he could not find other work
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Crowe left New Zealand and returned to Australia
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Born 1964-04-07.
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s reactions anymore, choosing to pursue roles that excite him artistically or otherwise. In recent years, his notable appearances have included an enforcer for hire in the cult classic The Nice Guys (2016), a major role in The Mummy (2017), starring as an angry driver in the action thriller Unhinged (2020), playing the mythical Greek god Zeus in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), portraying the famous exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth in The Pope
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