He is a cousin of former New Zealand national cricket captains Martin and Jeff Crowe, and the nephew of cricketer Dave Crowe. His other ancestry includes English, German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish. His paternal grandfather, John Doubleday Crowe, was a Welsh man from Wrexham, while another of his grandparents was Scottish. Crowe is Māori, and identifies with Ngāti Porou through one of his maternal great-great-grandmothers. His maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who was appointed an MBE for filming footage of World War II as a member of the New Zealand Film Unit. He has been the co-owner of the National Rugby League (NRL) team South Sydney Rabbitohs since 2006.Ĭrowe was born in Strathmore Park, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, on 7 April 1964, the son of film set caterers Jocelyn Yvonne (née Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe. In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the drama The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. He has since starred in the war film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), the sports drama Cinderella Man (2005), the Western 3:10 to Yuma (2007), the crime drama American Gangster (2007), the thriller State of Play (2009), and the action film Robin Hood (2010).Ĭrowe later starred as Javert in the musical Les Misérables (2012), as Jor-El in the superhero film Man of Steel (2013), as Noah in the biblical drama Noah (2014), and as Zeus in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). Further acclaim came for portraying mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. Crowe gained wider stardom for playing the title role in the period film Gladiator (2000), winning the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Confidential (1997) and Jeffrey Wigand in the drama The Insider (1999). He gained international recognition for his starring roles as a police detective in the thriller L.A. He has earned various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award.Ĭrowe began acting in Australia and had his breakout role in the drama Romper Stomper (1992). He was born in New Zealand, spent 10 years of his childhood in Australia, and moved there permanently at age 21. Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor.

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