Name: Russell Crowe
Birth Name: Russell Ira Crowe
Birthdate: April 7, 1964
Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR RUSSELL CROWE
You could say Sharon Stone "discovered" Hollywood's bad boy, holding up production on her western
The Quick and the Dead until he was free to star in it.
L.A. Confidential
(1997), his third American film, was his real breakthrough. By 2000, he
was a bona fide star, with three Oscar noms and one win for
Gladiator
(2000) in three years. He has, however, earned a reputation for being
difficult, and getting arrested for his boozing, brawling and bad
behavior hasn't helped.
5 Things:
1. He took a friend's advice and left then-girlfriend Danielle
Spencer in Australia to start his career. He married her eight years
later.
2. He was the subject of a kidnapping threat.
3. He's worked as a waiter, a car detailer, a DJ, an insurance
salesman, a telephone solicitor, a fruit picker, a horse wrangler and a
bingo caller on a resort island.
4. He spent months learning the violin for Master and Commander.
5. Crowe formerly headed up the band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts and now has a group called The Ordinary Fear of God.
Quote:
"I can't be dispassionately removed from the things I do. I really feel
sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things
that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short
time, mate — learn to like it."
—
GQ, March 1999
Family:
Wife: Danielle Spencer, actress, born May 16, 1970; met while co-starring in
The Crossing (1990); married April 7, 2003
Son: Charles Spencer Crowe, born Dec. 21, 2003
Awards:
2004: Golden Globe nomination: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2002: Academy Award nomination: Best Actor, A Beautiful Mind; Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), A Beautiful Mind
2001: Academy Award: Best Actor, Gladiator; Golden Globe nomination: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), Gladiator
2000: Academy Award nomination: Best Actor, The Insider; Golden Globe nomination: Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), The Insider
FILMS
American Gangster - (2007) - Actor
3:10 to Yuma - (2007) - Actor
A Good Year - (2006) - Actor
Cinderella Man - (2005) - Actor
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - (2003) - Actor
A Beautiful Mind - (2001) - Actor
Gladiator - (2000)
- Actor
Proof of Life - (2000) - Actor
Mystery, Alaska - (1999) - Actor
The Insider - (1999) - Actor
Heaven's Burning - (1997) - Actor
L.A. Confidential - (1997) - Actor
Breaking Up - (1997) - Actor
No Way Back - (1996) - Actor
Rough Magic - (1995) - Actor
Virtuosity - (1995) - Actor
The Quick and the Dead - (1994) - Actor
The Sum of Us - (1994) - Actor
The Silver Stallion - (1994) - Actor
The Efficiency Expert - (1992) - Actor
Romper Stomper - (1992) - Actor
For the Moment - (1992) - Actor
The Crossing - (1992) - Actor
Proof - (1991) - Actor
Brides of Christ - (1991) - Actor
Hammers Over the Anvil - (1991) - Actor
Tenderness - () - Actor
