Russell Crowe Bio Wiki Age Wife Movies Gladiator Zeus and Net Worth
Russell Crowe is a New Zealand actor. He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the epic historical film Gladiator in 2000. Russell won an Academy Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, and Empire Award
He also received London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Leading Actor, along with 10 other nominations in the same category. He has earned various accolades, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, two Golden Globe Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and an Academy Award out of three consecutive nominations (1999, 2000, and 2001).
Russell was born on April 7, 1964, in Wellington, New Zealand. He is58 years old.
He is a man of tall stature and stands at a height of6 ft(Approx. 1.82 m).
He was born in the Wellington suburb of Strathmore Park in New Zealand, to his parents Jocelyn Yvonne and John Alexander Crowe. Russell’s mother was a film set caterer and his father managed a hotel.
When he was four years old, his family moved to Australia and settled in Sydney, where his parents pursued their careers in film set catering. Russell’s mother’s godfather was the producer of the Australian TV series Spyforce, and Crowe was hired for a line of dialogue in one episode of the series at age five or six, opposite series star Jack Thompson.
Russell met Australian singerDanielle Spencerin 1989 while working on the film The Crossing and the two began an on-again, off-again relationship. The two married in April 2003. The wedding took place at Russell’s cattle property in Nana Glen, New South Wales, with the ceremony taking place on his 39th birthday.
The couple has two sons named Charles Spencer born on 21 December 2003 and Tennyson Spencer born on 7 July 2006. In October 2012, it was reported that Russell and Spencer had separated. They divorced in April 2018.
In Australia, Russell was educated at Vaucluse Public School and Sydney Boys High School. Later, his family moved back to New Zealand in 1978 when he was 14. He continued his secondary education at Auckland Grammar School, with his cousins and brother Terry, and Mount Roskill Grammar School before leaving school at the age of 16 to pursue his acting ambitions.
2016 The Nice Guys 2017 War Machine 2017 The Mummy 2018 Turtle Odyssey 2018 Boy Erased 2019 True History of the Kelly Gang 2020 Unhinged 2021 Zack Snyder’s Justice League 2022 Thor: Love and Thunder 2022 Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher 2007 South Side Story 2012 Republic of Doyle 2018 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 2019 The Loudest Voice 2019 Take Us Home: Leeds United 2022 Ark: The Animated Series
Russell came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the epic historical film Gladiator in 2000. He become a three-time Oscar nominee, winning the Academy Award as Best Actor in 2000 for Gladiator. He was also awarded the (Australian) Centenary Medal in 2001 for “service to Australian society and Australian film production.”
Russell received three consecutive best actor Oscar nominations, for The Insider, Gladiator, and A Beautiful Mind. All three films were also nominated for Best Picture, and both Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind won the award. Russell became the first actor to star as the lead in back-to-back Best Picture winners since Walter Pidgeon.
He appeared in Robin Hood, a film based on the Robin Hood legend, directed by Ridley Scott and released on 14 May 2010.
Russell portrayed Zeus in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: Love and Thunder, which was released on July 8, 2022. Zeus is a fictional deity, that appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is based on the god Zeus in Greek mythology.
Thor: Love and Thunder were produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
He starred in the biblical fantasy drama Noah (2014), an American epic biblical drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ari Handel. Inspired by the biblical story of Noah’s Ark from the Book of Genesis and the Book of Enoch, it stars Russell as Noah, along with Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, and Anthony Hopkins.
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Russell’s estimated net worth is $120 million.
He is a man of tall stature and stands at a height of6 ft(Approx. 1.82 m).
He is a 58-year-old New Zealand actor. He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the epic historical film Gladiator in 2000.
