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Cousin of former New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe.
Lost his front tooth playing rugby when he was ten. Never got it fixed until, at the insistence of the director for "The Crossing, " who paid for it out of his own pocket.
First lead role when he was 25.
Tried a music career, playing under the name Rus Le Roc, and titled his first single "I Want to Be Like Marlon Brando".
After filming Gladiator, he and some friends took a 4,000 mile motorcycle trip around Australia.
Owns a 560-acre farm in 7.5 hours North-West from Sydney, Australia
Dropped out of high school.
Performed on stage in "Grease" and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."
Russell's rock group is named 30 Odd Foot of Grunts. They played their first concert following Russell's success in "Gladiator" in Austin, Texas in August 2000. The tickets for the concert was selling for over $500 on e-bay.com.
Russell suffered a shoulder injury, which will require surgery, while filming on the set of Jodie Foster's "Flora Plum". It is uncertain if the film will have to be recast. [5 September 2000]
Has starred in two films based on articles from Vanity Fair magazine. Insider, The (1999) was based on a story by Marie Brenner named "The Man Who Knew Too Much". Proof of Life (2000) is based on the article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade" by William Prochnau.
Dated Meg Ryan. [2001]
Turned down the role of Logan/Wolverine in X-Men (2000).
Crowe and his band, 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts, performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. [16 August 2001]
Proudly displayed his grandfather's British Honours medal (MBE) while making his Oscar Winner speech in 2001.
Has indicated an interest in taking out Australian citizenship due to the amount of time and energy he spends Down Under (keeping his New Zealand citizenship as well).
Although his surname is of Irish extraction, he lists his background as "Norwegian and Maori".
When Crowe's acceptance speach for his Best Actor award during the British Film Awards was edited, Crowe shoved the producer of the show, Malcolm Gerrie, against a wall and cursed at him, telling him: "Who on Earth had the ... audacity to take out the best actor's poem? I'll make sure you never work in Hollywood." He later issued a full apology.
His grandfather was from Wrexham, Wales
Ranked #28 in Premiere's 2002 annual Power 100 List.
At The Orange British Academy Film Awards on Monday January 28th 2002 was nominated for the Performance by an actor in a leading role Award for his role in A Beautiful Mind.
Following his involvement in a brawl in a London restaurant, Russell stated that he was under a lot of stress and announced that he was going back to Australia to relax and spend more time with his father and his long-time girlfriend singer Danielle Spencer. [November 2002]
Discovered by British actor and musical director/writer Daniel Abineri, who gave Crowe his first professional acting role in a New Zealand tour of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. Abineri later awarded Crowe the title role in his first stage musical, 'Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom', which premiered in Melbourne in 1989.
Engaged to Danielle Spencer (II)
Ranked #30 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List.
Has known spouse, Danielle Spencer (II) since 1989 when they co-starred in the 1990 film, "The Crossing". Their co-star of the film, Robert Mammone (The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions), was one of Crowe's groomsmen at their wedding. |
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1. Nottingham (2009) .... Sir Robert Tornham
2. State of Play (2008).... Cal McAffrey
3. Body of Lies (2008) .... Ed Hoffman
4. Tenderness (2008) .... Detective Cristofuoro
5. American Gangster (2007) .... Det. Richie Roberts
6. 3:10 to Yuma (2007) .... Ben Wade
7. A Good Year (2006) .... Max Skinner
8. Cinderella Man (2005) .... Jim Braddock
9. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) .... Capt. Jack Aubrey
10. A Beautiful Mind (2001) .... John Nash
11. Proof of Life (2000) .... Terry Thorne
12. Gladiator (2000) .... Maximus
13. The Insider (1999) .... Jeffrey Wigand
14. Mystery, Alaska (1999) .... Sheriff John Biebe
15. Breaking Up (1997) .... Steve
16. Heaven's Burning (1997) .... Colin
17. L.A. Confidential (1997) .... Officer Wendell 'Bud' White
18. Rough Magic (1995) .... Alex Ross
... aka Miss Shumway jette un sort (France)
19. Virtuosity (1995) .... SID 6.7
20. No Way Back (1995) .... FBI Agent Zack Grant
21. The Quick and the Dead (1995) .... Cort
22. The Sum of Us (1994) .... Jeff Mitchell
23. For the Moment (1993) .... Lachlan
... aka Un temps pour aimer (Canada: French title)
24. The Silver Brumby (1993) .... The Man
... aka The Silver Stallion: King of the Wild Brumbies
25. Love in Limbo (1993) .... Arthur Baskin
... aka Just One Night
26. Hammers Over the Anvil (1993) .... East Driscoll
27. "The Late Show" .... Shirty, the Slightly Aggressive Bear (1 episode, 1992)
- Episode #1.20 (1992) TV episode .... Shirty, the Slightly Aggressive Bear
28. Romper Stomper (1992) .... Hando
29. "Police Rescue" .... Constable Tom 'Bomber' Young (1 episode, 1992)
- The Right Stuff (1992) TV episode .... Constable Tom 'Bomber' Young
30. Spotswood (1992) .... Kim Barry
... aka The Efficiency Expert (USA)
31. "Brides of Christ" (1991) (mini) TV mini-series .... Dominic Maloney
32. Proof (1991) .... Andy
33. "Acropolis Now" .... Danny O' Brian (1 episode, 1991)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Greeks (1991) TV episode .... Danny O' Brian
34. The Crossing (1990) .... Johnny
35. Blood Oath (1990) .... Lt. Corbett
... aka Prisoners of the Sun (USA)
36. "Living with the Law" (1988) TV series .... Gary Harding
37. "Neighbours" .... Kenny Larkin (4 episodes, 1987)
- Episode #1.596 (1987) TV episode .... Kenny Larkin
- Episode #1.589 (1987) TV episode .... Kenny Larkin
- Episode #1.588 (1987) TV episode .... Kenny Larkin
- Episode #1.581 (1987) TV episode .... Kenny Larkin
38. "Spyforce" .... Orphan (1 episode, 1972)
- The Saviour: Part 2 (1972) TV episode .... Orphan |
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