Russell Crowe

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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

Late Show with David Letterman

The Late Late Show with James Corden

All Movies (102)

• The Last Druid2027
• The Weight2026 · as Warden Clancy
• The Get Out2026 · as Manco Kapak
• Beast2026 · as Sammy
• Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary2025
• Nuremberg2025 · as Hermann Göring
• Kraven the Hunter2024 · as Nikolai Kravinoff
• Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration2024 · as Self
• The Exorcism2024 · as Anthony Miller
• Sleeping Dogs2024 · as Roy Freeman
• Land of Bad2024 · as Reaper
• The Pope's Exorcist2023 · as Father Gabriele Amorth
• Poker Face2022 · as Jake Foley
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever2022 · as Arthur Coates
• The Ghost of Richard Harris2022 · as Self
• Thor: Love and Thunder2022 · as Zeus
• Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher2022 · as Jack Slack
• Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Zack Snyder's Justice League2021 · as Jor-El (voice)
• Unhinged2020 · as Man (Tom Cooper)
• True History of the Kelly Gang2019 · as Harry Power
• Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic2019 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Boy Erased2018 · as Marshall Eamons
• Turtle Odyssey2018 · as Narrator (voice)
• Mel Brooks: Unwrapped2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home2018 · as J.P. Steel
• The Mummy2017 · as Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
• War Machine2017 · as Bob White
• David Stratton: A Cinematic Life2017 · as Self
• The Nice Guys2016 · as Jackson Healy
• The Last Laugh2016 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Fathers and Daughters2015 · as Jake Davis
• The Water Diviner2014 · as Joshua Connor
• Noah2014 · as Noah
• Winter's Tale2014 · as Pearly Soames
• Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel2013
• Man of Steel2013 · as Jor-El
• Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story2013 · as Self
• Broken City2013 · as Nicholas Hostetler
• Boy on Bridge2013 · as Self
• Les Misérables2012 · as Javert
• The Man with the Iron Fists2012 · as Jack Knife
• La Classe américaine2012 · as Self
• Watch the Throne2011 · as Self
• The Next Three Days2010 · as John Brennan
• Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood2010 · as Self
• Robin Hood2010 · as Robin Longstride
• The Real Robin Hood2010 · as Self
• State of Play2009 · as Cal McAffrey
• Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies'2009 · as Self
• Tenderness2009 · as Detective Cristofuoro
• Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'2008 · as Self
• Body of Lies2008 · as Ed Hoffman
• Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'2008 · as Self
• Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'2008 · as Self
• American Gangster2007 · as Richie Roberts
• 3:10 to Yuma2007 · as Ben Wade
• Bra Boys2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Good Year2006 · as Max Skinner
• Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World2006 · as Self
• Strength and Honor: Production Pods2005 · as Self
• Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'2005 · as Self
• Cinderella Man2005 · as Jim Braddock
• Nos Bastidores de Hollywood2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Hundred Days2004 · as Self
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World2003 · as Captain Jack Aubrey
• Celebrity Naked Ambition2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Inside a Beautiful Mind2002 · as Self
• Texas2002 · as Self
• L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")2002
• A Beautiful Mind2001 · as John Nash
• Proof of Life2000 · as Terry Thorne
• Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport2000 · as Self
• Gladiator2000 · as Maximus
• The Insider1999 · as Jeffrey Wigand
• Mystery, Alaska1999 · as John Biebe
• Heaven's Burning1997 · as Colin
• Breaking Up1997 · as Steve
• L.A. Confidential1997 · as Wendell 'Bud' White
• The Spell of the Yukon1996 · as Robert Service's poems read by (voice)
• Rough Magic1995 · as Alex Ross
• Virtuosity1995 · as Sid 6.7
• No Way Back1995 · as Zack Grant
• The Quick and the Dead1995 · as Cort
• The Sum of Us1994 · as Jeff Mitchell
• Hammers Over the Anvil1994 · as East Driscoll
• For the Moment1993 · as Lachlan
• The Silver Brumby1993 · as The Man
• Love In Limbo1993 · as Arthur Baskin
• Romper Stomper1992 · as Hando
• Spotswood1992 · as Kim Barry
• Proof1991 · as Andy
• The Crossing1990 · as Johnny
• Blood Oath1990 · as Lt. Corbett
• Manager On The Case1989 · as N. Courtney (Injured Worker)
• Last Breath— · as Self
• American Son—
• Billion Dollar Spy— · as Adolf Tolkachev
• Unabom— · as Henry Murray
• Highlander— · as Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez
• American Gangster Special— · as Self
• Prometheus: Génesis Mala'kak - Primera Parte— · as Narrador en Ingles

All TV Shows (45)

• Sam Pang Tonight2025 · as Self - Guest
• ARK: The Animated Series2024 · as Kor (voice)
• The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure2021 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Sound2020 · as Self - Co-Host
• Take Us Home: Leeds United2019 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Loudest Voice2019 · as Roger Ailes
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Frame2013 · as Jor-El
• The Last Leg2013 · as Self
• Damage Control2010 · as Narrator (voice)
• Republic of Doyle2010 · as Boyd Kelley
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• El hormiguero2006 · as Self
• Discovery Atlas2006
• The Chaser's War on Everything2006
• Made in Hollywood2005 · as Self
• Inside 9/112005
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• Rove1999 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Show1992 · as Shirty, the Slightly Aggressive Bear
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Brides of Christ1991 · as Dominic Maloney
• Police Rescue1991 · as Constable Tom 'Bomber' Young
• Acropolis Now1989 · as Danny O' Brian
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• Seitenblicke1987 · as Self
• Rafferty's Rules1987 · as Bobby Jarvis
• Neighbours1985
• AACTA Awards1976 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Omnibus1967
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Sanremo Music Festival1951 · as Self - Special Guest