Russell Crowe Biography, Wiki, Height, Movies, Pictures

Russell Crowe Biography, Wiki, Height, Movies, Pictures:

Russell Crowe Pictures

Russell Crowe Height

Russell Crowe height is 5 ft 10.5 in (179 cm)

Russell Crowe Biography

Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is a New Zealand-born actor and musician. His acting career began in the late 1980s with roles in Australian TV series including Police Rescue and Neighbours. In the early 1990s, Crowe’s prominence grew significantly through winning an Australian Film Industry Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an inner-city skinhead in the Geoffrey Wright film, Romper Stomper. In the late 1990s, Crowe turned his acting attention to the USA with his breakout role coming via L.A. Confidential. He has been nominated for three Oscars, and in 2001, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring role in the film Gladiator. He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for A Beautiful Mind. Crowe is also co-owner of National Rugby League team the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Jocelyn Yvonne and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom were movie set caterers; his father also managed a hotel. Crowe’s maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who was named an MBE for filming footage of World War II. Crowe’s maternal great-great-grandmother was M?ori, and his paternal grandfather was from Wrexham, Wales; Crowe also has Scottish and Norwegian ancestry. Two of his cousins, Martin and Jeff Crowe, are former New Zealand national cricket captains.

Russell Crowe Filmography

* Robin Hood (2010)

* The Next Three Days (2010)

* State of Play (2009)

* Tenderness (2009)

* Body of Lies (2008)

* 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

* American Gangster (2007)

* A Good Year (2006)

* Cinderella Man (2005)

* Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

* Texas (2003)

* A Beautiful Mind (2001)

* Gladiator (2000)

* Proof of Life (2000)

* Mystery, Alaska (1999)

* The Insider (1999)

* Heaven s Burning (1998)

* Breaking Up (1997)

* L.A. Confidential (1997)

* Rough Magic (1997)

* For the Moment (1996)

* No Way Back (1995)

* Virtuosity (1995)

* The Quick and the Dead (1995)

* The Sum of Us (1995)

* Hammers Over the Anvil (1993)

* Love in Limbo (1993)

* Romper Stomper (1993)

* The Silver Brumby (1993)

* Proof (1992)

* The Spotswood (1992)

* Prisoners of the Sun (1991)

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