--- name: "Russell Crowe" canonical: "https://film.one/person/russell-crowe" fi1m_id: "russell-crowe" imdb_id: "nm0000128" tmdb_id: 934 wikidata_id: "Q129817" roles: ["Actor"] born: "7 April 1964" reviewed_on_fi1m: 19 average_fi1m_score: 63 average_as: "actor" average_over: 18 updated: "2026-10-23T21:03:29.390618+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Russell Crowe ## Identity Russell Crowe - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/russell-crowe - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** russell-crowe - **IMDb ID:** nm0000128 - **TMDB ID:** 934 - **Wikidata ID:** Q129817 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Crowe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129817, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/934 Actor. Born 7 April 1964 in Wellington, North Island, New Zealand. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 7 April 1964, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand - **Active:** 1992–present - **Also known as:** Russell Ira Crowe - **Titles on Fi1m:** 19: 18 acting, 1 other - **Frequently works with:** [Brian Grazer](https://film.one/person/brian-grazer.md), [Ridley Scott](https://film.one/person/ridley-scott.md), [Akiva Goldsman](https://film.one/person/akiva-goldsman.md), [Brian Helgeland](https://film.one/person/brian-helgeland.md), [Christian Bale](https://film.one/person/christian-bale.md), [Christopher Plummer](https://film.one/person/christopher-plummer.md), [Daniel Zovatto](https://film.one/person/daniel-zovatto.md), [Derrick Borte](https://film.one/person/derrick-borte.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated) - **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as actor, over 18 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (3), 2000s 73 (4), 2010s 63 (5), 2020s 55 (7) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 61 across 17 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 7 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 14 of 18 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 13, Action 9, Thriller 8, Adventure 6, Crime 3, History 3 - **Screen time:** 39 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $3,991m across 15 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Crowe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129817, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/934 ## Coming up - *The Last Druid* (2027-06-24) ## Streaming the US now - **Apple TV:** [*Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World*](https://film.one/film/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world.md) (86), [*Beast*](https://film.one/film/beast.md) (66), [*A Beautiful Mind*](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md) (62), [*Robin Hood*](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-2010.md) (55) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*L.A. Confidential*](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md) (88), [*Unhinged*](https://film.one/film/unhinged.md) (48) - **Netflix:** [*Nuremberg*](https://film.one/film/nuremberg.md) (64), [*UNABOMBER*](https://film.one/film/unabomber.md) (44) - **HBO Max:** [*Les Misérables*](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md) (62), [*Man of Steel*](https://film.one/film/man-of-steel.md) (60) - **Hulu:** [*Gladiator*](https://film.one/film/gladiator.md) (84) - **Disney+:** [*Thor: Love and Thunder*](https://film.one/film/thor-love-and-thunder.md) (55) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Russell Crowe > Russell Crowe makes violent men seem reassuring, and we rate him most when he lets us feel the danger in that. His broad supporting turns can be enjoyable, but an accent and a temper do not always make a character. In *L.A. Confidential* (1997), Russell Crowe makes Bud White's capacity for violence feel almost comforting. He looks capable of dealing with trouble, and that physical assurance encourages us to overlook what he might do. We felt uneasy about how readily we warmed to him, because Crowe makes strength so persuasive that we start making excuses for its use. It is the performance we would start with: direct, forceful and troubling without advertising how much thought has gone into it. Curtis Hanson gives him a useful counterweight in Guy Pearce's tight, watchful Ed Exley, whose principles look considerably harder to maintain. His Australian breakthrough in *Romper Stomper* (1992) established that physical intensity; *L.A. Confidential* and *The Insider* (1999) brought international attention. Stardom followed with Maximus in *Gladiator* (2000), where the physical commitment also allowed for hurt. *A Beautiful Mind* (2001) put him in the biographical lead as mathematician John Nash; *The Water Diviner* (2014) added directing to his work on screen. These changes of scale and subject matter make sense for an actor whose tough men often have feelings they struggle to show. The later supporting parts make that strength less dependable. In J.C. Chandor's *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), he plays Nikolai Kravinoff, a crime boss who wants his sons to fear him. Crowe supplies a heavy accent and a bully's certainty, and seems to be enjoying himself more than almost anyone around him. Alongside Alessandro Nivola's nervy rival Aleksei Sytsevich, he provides some of the pleasure in a film whose script explains everything twice. We enjoy the performance, but the father's appetite for intimidation gives Crowe much less to work with than Bud White's uncomfortable appeal. The risk is that the added quirks begin to do the acting: an accent, a tic, another display of dominance. That is a limitation worth keeping in mind, but it does not make his move towards broad, sometimes grotesque supporting characters a mistake. There is pleasure in watching him be excessive, provided someone has written a person underneath. Start with *L.A. Confidential*, and do not let his enjoyment of *Kraven the Hunter* persuade you to follow him there. ## Biography Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealand actor. He was born on 7 April 1964 in Wellington and spent part of his childhood in Australia, where he began his acting career. Crowe gained international recognition in the late 1990s with roles in *L.A. Confidential* (1997) and *The Insider* (1999). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Maximus in *Gladiator* (2000) and received further acclaim for playing John Nash in *A Beautiful Mind* (2001). Other notable films include *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003), *Cinderella Man* (2005), *American Gangster* (2007) and *Robin Hood* (2010). In later years Crowe has appeared in *Les Misérables* (2012), *Man of Steel* (2013), *Noah* (2014) and *Thor: Love and Thunder* (2022). He made his directorial debut with *The Water Diviner* (2014), in which he also starred. He played Nikolai Kravinoff in *Kraven the Hunter* (2024). *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.* ## On Fi1m (19) ### Performed in (18) — the average rests on these - *Beast* (2026), Fi1m 66, as Sammy — [page](https://film.one/film/beast.md) - *The Weight* (2026), Fi1m 66, as Warden Clancy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-weight.md) - *UNABOMBER* (2026), Fi1m 44, as Henry Murray — [page](https://film.one/film/unabomber.md) - *Nuremberg* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Hermann Göring — [page](https://film.one/film/nuremberg.md) - *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), Fi1m 41, as Nikolai Kravinoff — [page](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md) - *Thor: Love and Thunder* (2022), Fi1m 55, as Zeus — [page](https://film.one/film/thor-love-and-thunder.md) - *Unhinged* (2020), Fi1m 48, as Man (Tom Cooper) — [page](https://film.one/film/unhinged.md) - *Noah* (2014), Fi1m 58, as Noah — [page](https://film.one/film/noah.md) - *Man of Steel* (2013), Fi1m 60, as Jor-El — [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-steel.md) - *Les Misérables* (2012), Fi1m 62, as Javert — [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md) - *Robin Hood* (2010), Fi1m 55, as Robin Longstride — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-2010.md) - *Body of Lies* (2008), Fi1m 60, as Ed Hoffman — [page](https://film.one/film/body-of-lies.md) - *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003), Fi1m 86, as Captain Jack Aubrey — [page](https://film.one/film/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world.md) - *A Beautiful Mind* (2001), Fi1m 62, as John Nash — [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md) - *Gladiator* (2000), Fi1m 84, as Maximus — [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator.md) - *The Insider* (1999), Fi1m 89, as Jeffrey Wigand — [page](https://film.one/film/the-insider.md) - *L.A. Confidential* (1997), Fi1m 88, as Wendell 'Bud' White — [page](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md) - *Romper Stomper* (1992), Fi1m 43, as Hando — [page](https://film.one/film/romper-stomper.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *All Is Lost* (2013), Fi1m 82, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/all-is-lost.md) ## Complete filmography (95) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Last Druid* (2027), Actor - *UNABOMBER* (2026), as Henry Murray — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/unabomber.md) - *The Weight* (2026), as Warden Clancy — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-weight.md) - *What Love Builds* (2026), Director, Producer, Music - *The Get Out* (2026), as Manco Kapak - *Beast* (2026), as Sammy — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/beast.md) - *Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary* (2025), Actor - *Nuremberg* (2025), as Hermann Göring — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/nuremberg.md) - *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), as Nikolai Kravinoff — Fi1m 41, [page](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md) - *The Exorcism* (2024), as Anthony Miller - *Sleeping Dogs* (2024), as Roy Freeman - *ARK: The Animated Series* (2024), series, as Kor (voice) · Executive Producer - *Ricky Stanicky* (2024), Thanks - *Land of Bad* (2024), as Reaper - *The Pope's Exorcist* (2023), as Father Gabriele Amorth - *Poker Face* (2022), Jake Foley, Director, Writer - *The Greatest Beer Run Ever* (2022), as Arthur Coates - *Thor: Love and Thunder* (2022), as Zeus — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/thor-love-and-thunder.md) - *Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher* (2022), as Jack Slack - *The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Treasure* (2021), series, as Narrator (voice) - *Zack Snyder's Justice League* (2021), as Jor-El (voice) - *Unhinged* (2020), as Man (Tom Cooper) — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/unhinged.md) - *True History of the Kelly Gang* (2019), as Harry Power - *Take Us Home: Leeds United* (2019), series, as Narrator (voice) - *The Loudest Voice* (2019), series, as Roger Ailes - *Boy Erased* (2018), as Marshall Eamons - *Turtle Odyssey* (2018), as Narrator (voice) - *Tourism Australia | Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home* (2018), as J.P. Steel - *The Mummy* (2017), as Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde - *War Machine* (2017), as Bob White - *The Nice Guys* (2016), as Jackson Healy - *Fathers and Daughters* (2015), as Jake Davis · Executive Producer - *The Water Diviner* (2014), as Joshua Connor · Director - *Noah* (2014), as Noah, Songs — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/noah.md) - *Winter's Tale* (2014), as Pearly Soames - *Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel* (2013), Actor - *All Is Lost* (2013), Thanks — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/all-is-lost.md) - *Man of Steel* (2013), as Jor-El — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/man-of-steel.md) - *Broken City* (2013), as Nicholas Hostetler - *Les Misérables* (2012), as Javert — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-2012.md) - *The Man with the Iron Fists* (2012), as Jack Knife - *The Next Three Days* (2010), as John Brennan - *Damage Control* (2010), series, as Narrator (voice) - *Robin Hood* (2010), as Robin Longstride · Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-2010.md) - *Republic of Doyle* (2010), series, as Boyd Kelley - *State of Play* (2009), as Cal McAffrey - *Tenderness* (2009), as Detective Cristofuoro - *Body of Lies* (2008), as Ed Hoffman — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/body-of-lies.md) - *American Gangster* (2007), as Richie Roberts - *3:10 to Yuma* (2007), as Ben Wade - *Bra Boys* (2007), as Narrator (voice) - *A Good Year* (2006), as Max Skinner - *Discovery Atlas* (2006), series, Actor - *The Chaser's War on Everything* (2006), series, Actor - *Inside 9/11* (2005), series, Actor - *Cinderella Man* (2005), as Jim Braddock - *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003), as Captain Jack Aubrey — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world.md) - *Texas* (2002), Director, Producer - *L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")* (2002), Actor - *A Beautiful Mind* (2001), as John Nash — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md) - *Proof of Life* (2000), as Terry Thorne - *Gladiator* (2000), as Maximus — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator.md) - *The Insider* (1999), as Jeffrey Wigand — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-insider.md) - *Mystery, Alaska* (1999), as John Biebe - *Heaven's Burning* (1997), as Colin - *Breaking Up* (1997), as Steve - *L.A. Confidential* (1997), as Wendell 'Bud' White — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/l-a-confidential.md) - *The Spell of the Yukon* (1996), as Robert Service's poems read by (voice) - *Rough Magic* (1995), as Alex Ross - *Virtuosity* (1995), as Sid 6.7 - *No Way Back* (1995), as Zack Grant - *The Quick and the Dead* (1995), as Cort - *The Sum of Us* (1994), as Jeff Mitchell - *Hammers Over the Anvil* (1994), as East Driscoll - *For the Moment* (1993), as Lachlan - *The Silver Brumby* (1993), as The Man - *Love In Limbo* (1993), as Arthur Baskin - *The Late Show* (1992), series, as Shirty, the Slightly Aggressive Bear - *Romper Stomper* (1992), as Hando — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/romper-stomper.md) - *Spotswood* (1992), as Kim Barry - *Brides of Christ* (1991), series, as Dominic Maloney - *Proof* (1991), as Andy - *Police Rescue* (1991), series, as Constable Tom 'Bomber' Young - *The Crossing* (1990), as Johnny - *Blood Oath* (1990), as Lt. Corbett - *Acropolis Now* (1989), series, as Danny O' Brian - *Manager On The Case* (1989), as N. Courtney (Injured Worker) - *Rafferty's Rules* (1987), series, as Bobby Jarvis - *Neighbours* (1985), series, Actor - *Omnibus* (1967), series, Actor - *Prometheus: Génesis Mala'kak - Primera Parte*, as Narrador en Ingles - *Billion Dollar Spy*, as Adolf Tolkachev - *Highlander*, as Juan Sánchez-Villalobos Ramírez - *When Love Builds*, as Director - *Bluefly*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand in The Insider (1999)](https://film.one/media/title/881/still-3cd4f8c295f2.jpg) Russell Crowe as Jeffrey Wigand in *The Insider* (1999) — Image via TMDB - ![Russell Crowe as Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)](https://film.one/media/title/5312/still-5371f15e317b.jpg) Russell Crowe as Captain Jack Aubrey in *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003) — Image via TMDB - ![Russell Crowe as John Nash in A Beautiful Mind (2001)](https://film.one/media/title/5610/still-186eb566e080.jpg) Russell Crowe as John Nash in *A Beautiful Mind* (2001) — Image via TMDB - ![Russell Crowe](https://film.one/media/person/10295/gallery-460555a66fdb.jpg) Russell Crowe — Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Russell_Crowe_on_the_Green_Carpet_at_the_2025_Zurich_Film_Festival_06_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Russell_Crowe_on_the_Green_Carpet_at_the_2025_Zurich_Film_Festival_06_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mehtap Colak Yilmaz of VOA Turkish, interviewing Russell Crowe on his latest movie "Water Diviner," April 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/10295/gallery-d96d2c81a7f9.jpg) Mehtap Colak Yilmaz of VOA Turkish, interviewing Russell Crowe on his latest movie "Water Diviner," April 2015. — Voice of America, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Mehtap_Colak_Yilmaz_of_VOA_Turkish%2C_interviewing_Russell_Crowe_on_his_latest_movie_%22Water_Diviner%2C%22_April_2015.jpg/1280px-Mehtap_Colak_Yilmaz_of_VOA_Turkish%2C_interviewing_Russell_Crowe_on_his_latest_movie_%22Water_Diviner%2C%22_April_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Russell Crowe](https://film.one/media/person/10295/gallery-9d0295026fa0.jpg) Russell Crowe — Image via TMDB - ![Russell Crowe](https://film.one/media/person/10295/gallery-28537700c8d1.jpg) Russell Crowe — Image via TMDB - ![Russell Crowe](https://film.one/media/person/10295/gallery-27d905b98c8d.jpg) Russell Crowe — Image via TMDB - ![Russell Crowe](https://film.one/media/person/10295/gallery-add15d215c44.jpg) Russell Crowe — Image via TMDB - ![Russell Crowe](https://film.one/media/person/10295/gallery-02106138bf17.jpg) Russell Crowe — Image via TMDB - ![Russell Crowe](https://film.one/media/person/10295/gallery-19abfe1ca227.jpg) Russell Crowe — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated - 2002: Best Actor (nominated), for *A Beautiful Mind* - 2001: Best Actor (won), for *Gladiator* - 2000: Best Actor (nominated), for *The Insider* ### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won - 2002: Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *A Beautiful Mind* ### Golden Globes — 1 won - 2002: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (won), for *A Beautiful Mind* ### Other awards — 1 won - Centenary Medal 2001: Centenary Medal (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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