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Russell Crowe
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Person

Russell Crowe

b. 1964

New Zealand actor

Born
7 Apr 1964 · Strathmore Park
Part ofNew Zealand1807 – todayAustralia1808 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 71 years
  1. 7 Apr 1964BornBorn in Strathmore Park
  2. 2001AwardCentenary Medal
  3. 2001AwardAcademy Award for Best Actor
  4. 2002AwardBAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
  5. 2002AwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1964 – today).

  1. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  3. 1968Prague Spring
  4. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  5. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  6. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  7. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  9. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  10. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  11. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  12. 1985Schengen Agreement
  13. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  14. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  15. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  17. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  19. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  20. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  21. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  22. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  23. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  24. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  25. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  26. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  27. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  28. 20112011 Norway attacks
  29. 2011Libyan civil war
  30. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  31. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  32. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  33. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  34. 2015Paris Agreement
  35. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  36. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  37. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  38. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  39. 2023Gaza war
  40. 20242024 Summer Olympics

Biography

Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is a New Zealand–born actor and film director. His work on screen has earned him various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and two Golden Globes.

Crowe moved to Australia at the age of four and began residing there permanently by the age of 21. He began acting in Australia and had his breakthrough role in Romper Stomper (1992), for which he won the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He gained international recognition in the late 1990s for his starring roles The Quick and the Dead (1995), L.A. Confidential (1997) and The Insider (1999), the latter of which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. Crowe gained wider stardom for playing the title role of Gladiator (2000), which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor, and for portraying mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. in A Beautiful Mind (2001), which saw him nominated for another Academy Award.

Crowe's other roles include Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Cinderella Man (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), American Gangster (2007), Robin Hood (2010), Les Misérables (2012), Man of Steel (2013), Noah (2014), The Nice Guys (2016), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), The Pope's Exorcist (2023) and Nuremberg (2025). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the drama The Water Diviner, in which he also starred.

Outside of acting, Crowe has been the co-owner of National Rugby League (NRL) team South Sydney Rabbitohs since 2006.

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