Russell Ira Crowe was born on April 7, 1964 in New Zealand. When he was four years old, he moved to Australia, later dropping out of high school.

He became a Hollywood actor, and won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2001 for Gladiator and was nominated for the award in 2000 for The Insider and in 2002 for A Beautiful Mind.

On April 7, 2003 (his 39th birthday), Crowe married singer and actress Danielle Spencer. On December 21, 2003, son Charles Spencer Crowe was born.

Filmography as actor includes

Cinderella Man (2004)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Proof of Life (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
The Insider (1999)
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Breaking Up (1997)
Heaven's Burning (1997)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Rough Magic (1995)
Virtuosity (1995)
No Way Back (1995)
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
For the Moment (1994)
The Sum of Us (1994)
The Silver Brumby (1993)
Love in Limbo (1993)
Romper Stomper (1992)
Spotswood (1992)
Hammers Over the Anvil (1991)
Proof (1991)
Brides Of Christ (1991)
The Crossing (1990)
Prisoners of the Sun (1990)