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Russell Crowe
Australian Actor
Male
Born
Apr 7, 1964
Age
49
Hometown
New Zealand
Nationality
New Zealand
Other Names
Crowe, Russell Ira
Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealand-born Australian actor, film producer, and musician.
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Russell Crowe
Age 49
parents
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John Alexander CroweFather -
Jocelyn Yvonne CroweMother
children
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Charles Spencer CroweSon
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Tennyson Spencer CroweSon
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'Man Of Steel' Second Tv Spot ArrivesMTV News - May 03, 2013
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Geoff Cox’s Dvd Reviews: Les MiserablesThe Bucks Herald - May 02, 2013
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Getting The Small Screen TreatmentHuffington Post - Apr 26, 2013
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Russell Crowe Involved In Truck CrashMonsters and Critics - Apr 23, 2013
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CHILDHOOD
1964
Birth
Crowe was born on 7 April 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Jocelyn Yvonne (née Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom were movie set caterers; his father also managed a hotel.
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TWENTIES
1988
24 Years Old
In the 1988 Australian production of Blood Brothers, Crowe played the role of Mickey.
He was also cast again by Daniel Abineri in the role of Johnny, in the stage musical Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom in 1989.
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In 1992, Crowe starred in the first episode of the second series of Police Rescue.
THIRTIES
After initial success in Australia, Crowe began acting in American films. He co-starred with Denzel Washington in Virtuosity and with Sharon Stone in The Quick and the Dead in 1995.
2000
36 Years Old
In 2000, Crowe was romantically involved with his co-star Meg Ryan while on the set of their film Proof of Life.
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He went on to become a three-time Oscar nominee, winning the Academy Award as Best Actor in 2001 for Gladiator.
2002
38 Years Old
Crowe received three consecutive best actor Oscar nominations, for The Insider, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind. Crowe won the best actor award for A Beautiful Mind at the 2002 BAFTA award ceremony, as well as the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for the same performance.
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FORTIES
In 2005, he re-teamed with A Beautiful Mind director Ron Howard for Cinderella Man.
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On 19 March 2006, the voting members of the South Sydney club voted (in a 75.8% majority) to allow Crowe and businessman Peter Holmes à Court to purchase 75% of the organisation, leaving 25% ownership with the members.
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2008
44 Years Old
Crowe helped to organise a rugby league game that took place in Jacksonville, Florida between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the English Super League champions Leeds Rhinos on 26 January 2008 (Australia Day).
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Crowe wrote a letter of apology to a Sydney newspaper following the sacking of South Sydney's coach Jason Taylor and one of their players David Fa'alogo after a drunken altercation between the two at the end of the 2009 NRL season.
In the 2010 post-season it was reported that Crowe's influence was critical in persuading Greg Inglis, one of the world's best players, to renege on his deal to join the Brisbane Broncos and sign for the Rabbitohs for 2011.
In 2011, Crowe and his family moved to a house with a garden in Sydney´s Rose Bay.
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He has continually been photographed smoking in 2012.
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