Russell Crowe - Definition and Overview

Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is a film actor born in Wellington, New Zealand. When he was four years old, he moved to Australia. He attended the Sydney Boys High School and then moved back to New Zealand to attend the Auckland Grammar School. He then moved on to another school where he dropped out.

After initial success in Australia, he became a Hollywood actor in the mid-1990s; he won the Academy Award as Best Actor in 2001 for Gladiator, and he was also nominated for the award for The Insider and A Beautiful Mind.

On April 7, 2003 (his 39th birthday), Crowe married singer and actress Danielle Spencer. On December 21, 2003, his son Charles Spencer Crowe was born.

Crowe has gained notoriety for his off-screen antics, particularly allegations of rowdiness and belligerence, as parodied in an episode of South Park.

Selected Filmography

• The Crossing (1990)
• Proof (1991)
• Romper Stomper (1992)
• The Sum of Us (1994)
• The Quick and the Dead (1995)
• Virtuosity (1995)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Mystery, Alaska (1999)
• The Insider (1999)
• Gladiator (2000)
• Proof of Life (2000)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
• Cinderella Man (2005)

External links

• Russell Crowe (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000128/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Maximum Russell Crowe (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Cinema/1501/)
• Russell Crowe, an unofficial site (http://www.the-crowes-perch.com/)