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

• 2027The Last Druid
• 2026Beast — Sammy, Writer
• 2026The Get Out — Manco Kapak
• 2026The Weight — Warden Clancy
• 2026UNABOMBER — Henry Murray
• 2026What Love Builds — Self, Director, Music, Producer
• 2025Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
• 2025Nuremberg — Hermann Göring
• ARK: The Animated Series — Kor (voice), Executive Producer
• 2024Kraven the Hunter — Nikolai Kravinoff
• 2024Land of Bad — Reaper
• 2024Ricky Stanicky — Thanks
• 2024Sleeping Dogs — Roy Freeman
• 2024The Exorcism — Anthony Miller
• 2023The Pope's Exorcist — Father Gabriele Amorth
• 2022Poker Face — Jake Foley, Director, Writer
• 2022Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher — Jack Slack
• 2022The Greatest Beer Run Ever — Arthur Coates
• 2022Thor: Love and Thunder — Zeus
• The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure — Narrator (voice)
• 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League — Jor-El (voice)
• 2020Unhinged — Man (Tom Cooper)
• Take Us Home: Leeds United — Narrator (voice)
• The Loudest Voice — Roger Ailes
• 2019True History of the Kelly Gang — Harry Power
• 2018Boy Erased — Marshall Eamons
• 2018Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home — J.P. Steel
• 2018Turtle Odyssey — Narrator (voice)
• 2017The Mummy — Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde
• 2017War Machine — Bob White
• 2016The Nice Guys — Jackson Healy
• 2015Fathers and Daughters — Jake Davis, Executive Producer
• 2014Noah — Noah, Songs
• 2014The Water Diviner — Joshua Connor, Director
• 2014Winter's Tale — Pearly Soames
• 2013All Is Lost — Thanks
• 2013Broken City — Nicholas Hostetler
• 2013Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel
• 2013Man of Steel — Jor-El
• The Frame — Jor-El
• 2012Les Misérables — Javert
• 2012The Man with the Iron Fists — Jack Knife
• Damage Control — Narrator (voice)
• Republic of Doyle — Boyd Kelley
• 2010Robin Hood — Robin Longstride, Producer
• 2010The Next Three Days — John Brennan
• 2009State of Play — Cal McAffrey
• 2009Tenderness — Detective Cristofuoro
• 2008Body of Lies — Ed Hoffman
• 20073:10 to Yuma — Ben Wade
• 2007American Gangster — Richie Roberts
• 2007Bra Boys — Narrator (voice)
• 2006A Good Year — Max Skinner
• Discovery Atlas
• The Chaser's War on Everything
• 2005Cinderella Man — Jim Braddock
• Inside 9/11
• 2003Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World — Captain Jack Aubrey
• 2002L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
• 2002Texas — Self, Director, Producer
• 2001A Beautiful Mind — John Nash
• 2000Gladiator — Maximus
• 2000Proof of Life — Terry Thorne
• 1999Mystery, Alaska — John Biebe
• 1999The Insider — Jeffrey Wigand
• 1997Breaking Up — Steve
• 1997Heaven's Burning — Colin
• 1997L.A. Confidential — Wendell 'Bud' White
• 1996The Spell of the Yukon — Robert Service's poems read by (voice)
• 1995No Way Back — Zack Grant
• 1995Rough Magic — Alex Ross
• 1995The Quick and the Dead — Cort
• 1995Virtuosity — Sid 6.7
• 1994Hammers Over the Anvil — East Driscoll
• 1994The Sum of Us — Jeff Mitchell
• 1993For the Moment — Lachlan
• 1993Love In Limbo — Arthur Baskin
• 1993The Silver Brumby — The Man
• 1992Romper Stomper — Hando
• 1992Spotswood — Kim Barry
• The Late Show — Shirty, the Slightly Aggressive Bear
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Brides of Christ — Dominic Maloney
• Police Rescue — Constable Tom 'Bomber' Young
• 1991Proof — Andy
• 1990Blood Oath — Lt. Corbett
• 1990The Crossing — Johnny
• The Word
• Acropolis Now — Danny O' Brian
• 1989Manager On The Case — N. Courtney (Injured Worker)
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• Rafferty's Rules — Bobby Jarvis
• Neighbours
• Omnibus
• Billion Dollar Spy — Adolf Tolkachev
• Bluefly
• Highlander — Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez
• Prometheus: Génesis Mala'kak - Primera Parte — Narrador en Ingles
• When Love Builds — Director

Appearances as themselves (52)

• Sam Pang Tonight — Self - Guest
• 2024Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration — Self
• 2022The Ghost of Richard Harris — Self
• 2022Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act — Self (archive footage)
• The Sound — Self - Co-Host
• 2019Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 2018Mel Brooks: Unwrapped — Self (archive footage)
• 2017David Stratton: A Cinematic Life — Self
• 2016The Last Laugh — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Boy on Bridge — Self
• 2013Les Misérables: The History of the World's Greatest Story — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• 2012La Classe américaine — Self
• 2011Watch the Throne — Self
• 2010Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood — Self
• 2010The Real Robin Hood — Self
• 2009Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies' — Self
• 2008Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' — Self
• 2008Sunlight and Shadow: The Visual Style of 'L.A. Confidential' — Self
• 2008Whatever You Desire: Making 'L.A. Confidential' — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• El hormiguero — Self
• 2006Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self
• 2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' — Self
• 2005Strength and Honor: Production Pods — Self
• 2004The Hundred Days — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• 2003Celebrity Naked Ambition — Self (archive footage)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002Inside a Beautiful Mind — Self
• 2000Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport — Self
• Rove — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• Seitenblicke — Self
• AACTA Awards — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Sanremo Music Festival — Self - Special Guest
• American Gangster Special — Self