


When Crowe was four years old, his family moved to Sydney, Australia, where his parents pursued a career in set catering. One of Russell Crowe's maternal great-great-grandmothers was Māori, he also has English, German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Scottish, Swedish and Welsh ancestry. He is the son of Jocelyn Yvonne (née Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom were film set caterers his father also managed a hotel. Crowe has also been the co-owner of the National Rugby League (NRL) team South Sydney Rabbitohs since 2006. A gifted and impassioned actor, he portrayed with a rare talent such diverse real-life people as tormented whistle blower Jeffrey Wigand in The Insider (1999), brilliant and mentally-ill mathematician John Nash in A Beautiful Mind (2001), boxer Jim Braddock in Cinderella Man (2005), and television executive and media consultant Roger Ailes in TV miniseries The Loudest Voice (2019).Ĭrowe made his directorial debut with 2014 drama film The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. New Zealand-born Australian actor, whose fabulous performance as the Roman General Maximus Decimus in the film Gladiator (2000) earned him the "Best Actor" Oscar. Photo: Caroline Bonarde Ucci at, license gfdl Biography
