Russell Crowe
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Series
Neighbours
1985
Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014
Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Series
El hormiguero
Self
2006
Film
Gladiator
Maximus
2000
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Film
Kraven the Hunter
Nikolai Kravinoff
2024
Film
Thor: Love and Thunder
Zeus
2022
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Film
The Get Out
Manco Kapak
2026
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Film
Beast
Sammy
2026
Film
Man of Steel
Jor-El
2013
Series
Sanremo Music Festival
Self - Special Guest
1951
Series
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016
Series
Omnibus
1967
Series
Police Rescue
Constable Tom 'Bomber' Young
1991
Film
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Jor-El (voice)
2021
Series
The Last Leg
Self
2013
Film
The Mummy
Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
2017
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Film
Nuremberg
Hermann Göring
2025
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Film
The Nice Guys
Jackson Healy
2016
Series
Republic of Doyle
Boyd Kelley
2010
Film
Les Misérables
Javert
2012
Film
American Gangster
Richie Roberts
2007
Film
A Beautiful Mind
John Nash
2001
Series
The Word
1990
Film
L.A. Confidential
Wendell 'Bud' White
1997
Series
Made in Hollywood
Self
2005
Series
Rafferty's Rules
Bobby Jarvis
1987
Film
Land of Bad
Reaper
2024
Series
Rove
Self
1999
Film
State of Play
Cal McAffrey
2009
Film
3:10 to Yuma
Ben Wade
2007
Film
Robin Hood
Robin Longstride
2010
Film
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Captain Jack Aubrey
2003
Film
A Good Year
Max Skinner
2006
Film
Noah
Noah
2014
Film
Body of Lies
Ed Hoffman
2008
Film
The Pope's Exorcist
Father Gabriele Amorth
2023
Film
Cinderella Man
Jim Braddock
2005
Film
Sleeping Dogs
Roy Freeman
2024
Series
ARK: The Animated Series
Kor (voice)
2024
Film
The Insider
Jeffrey Wigand
1999
Film
Unhinged
Man (Tom Cooper)
2020
Film
War Machine
Bob White
2017
Seitenblicke
Self
1987
Film
The Exorcism
Anthony Miller
2024
Film
The Quick and the Dead
Cort
1995
Film
Winter's Tale
Pearly Soames
2014
Film
The Next Three Days
John Brennan
2010
Film
Broken City
Nicholas Hostetler
2013
Film
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Arthur Coates
2022
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Series
The Frame
Jor-El
2013
Series
The Loudest Voice
Roger Ailes
2019
Film
Boy Erased
Marshall Eamons
2018
Film
Fathers and Daughters
Jake Davis
2015
Film
The Water Diviner
Joshua Connor
2014
Film
The Man with the Iron Fists
Jack Knife
2012
Series
AACTA Awards
Self
1976
Film
Poker Face
Jake Foley
2022
Film
Proof of Life
Terry Thorne
2000
Film
Virtuosity
Sid 6.7
1995
Unabomber
Henry Murray
2026
Film
Mystery, Alaska
John Biebe
1999
Film
Celebrity Naked Ambition
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Highlander
Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez
Film
True History of the Kelly Gang
Harry Power
2019
Film
Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher
Jack Slack
2022
Series
Brides of Christ
Dominic Maloney
1991
Film
Rough Magic
Alex Ross
1995
Series
Sam Pang Tonight
Self - Guest
2025
Series
The Late Show
Shirty, the Slightly Aggressive Bear
1992
Series
The Chaser's War on Everything
2006
Series
Acropolis Now
Danny O' Brian
1989
Film
Romper Stomper
Hando
1992
Film
No Way Back
Zack Grant
1995
Series
Take Us Home: Leeds United
Narrator (voice)
2019
Film
The Weight
Warden Clancy
2026
Film
Tenderness
Detective Cristofuoro
2009
Series
The Sound
Self - Co-Host
2020
Film
Heaven's Burning
Colin
1997
Film
The Last Druid
2027
Film
The Last Laugh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Film
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
Film
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025
Film
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Spotswood
Kim Barry
1992
Series
Discovery Atlas
2006
Film
The Silver Brumby
The Man
1993
Film
Breaking Up
Steve
1997
Film
Bra Boys
Narrator (voice)
2007
Film
Proof
Andy
1991
Film
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Self
2005
Film
Inside a Beautiful Mind
Self
2002
Series
The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure
Narrator (voice)
2021
Series
Inside 9/11
2005
Film
Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport
Self
2000
Film
For the Moment
Lachlan
1993
Film
The Sum of Us
Jeff Mitchell
1994
Film
Blood Oath
Lt. Corbett
1990
Film
The Ghost of Richard Harris
Self
2022
Film
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
Self
2024
Film
Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home
J.P. Steel
2018
Film
L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002
Film
The Real Robin Hood
Self
2010
Film
What Love Builds
Self
2026
Film
Turtle Odyssey
Narrator (voice)
2018
Film
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
2008
Damage Control
Narrator (voice)
2010
Film
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self
2017
Film
Hammers Over the Anvil
East Driscoll
1994
Film
La Classe américaine
Self
2012
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story
Self
2013
Film
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
Self
2010
Film
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
Self
2008
Film
Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
2013
Film
Billion Dollar Spy
Adolf Tolkachev
Film
Boy on Bridge
Self
2013
Film
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Self
2005
Film
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Self (archive footage)
2018
Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential'
Self
2008
Film
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
Self
2006
Film
Love In Limbo
Arthur Baskin
1993
Film
Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies'
Self
2009
Prometheus: Génesis Mala'kak - Primera Parte
Narrador en Ingles
Film
Watch the Throne
Self
2011
American Son
Film
Texas
Self
2002
Film
The Hundred Days
Self
2004
Film
The Crossing
Johnny
1990
American Gangster Special
Self
Film
The Spell of the Yukon
Robert Service's poems read by (voice)
1996
Film
Manager On The Case
N. Courtney (Injured Worker)
1989
When Love Builds
Director
Series
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
Bluefly