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