Russell Crowe

@Producer, Timeline and Childhood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Russell Crowe is a New Zealand born film actor, producer and musician based in Australia and the U School Dropouts New Zealander Film & Theater Personalities Actors T V & Movie Producers Musicians INTJ Aries Celebrities Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealand film actor, producer and musician. He is mostly based in Australia and America, and became famous worldwide with perhaps the most brilliant film of his career, ‘The Gladiator’, for which he was honored with an Academy Award. Crowe started his acting career when he was young and left New Zealand, where he was born and brought up, for Australia. There he first started to appear in small roles on the television and later ventured into the Australian feature films. But his position as an A-list Hollywood celebrity quickly escalated when he did movies like, ‘Gladiator’, ‘A Beautiful Mind’, ‘American Gangster’, etc. He is not just an actor but also a musician of great talent and has been associated with many Australian and Canadian bands. He starred and sang as ‘Javert’ in the British-American epic adventure movie by Ridley Scott, ‘Les Miserables’. For his exceptional service to Australian society and Australian film production, Crowe has been honored with the Australian Centenary Medal by the Australian government.

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Birthday: April 7, 1964 Nationality: New Zealander Famous: Producer, School Dropouts, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, T V & Movie Producers, Musicians, INTJ Spouses: Danielle Spencer (m. 2003) Siblings: Terry Crowe Known as: Russell Ira Crowe Childrens: Charles Spencer Crowe, Tennyson Spencer Crowe Information Detail Birthday April 7, 1964 Nationality New Zealander Famous Producer, School Dropouts, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, T V & Movie Producers, Musicians, INTJ Spouses Danielle Spencer (m. 2003) Siblings Terry Crowe Known as Russell Ira Crowe Childrens Charles Spencer Crowe, Tennyson Spencer Crowe Universities Sydney Boys High School Auckland Grammar School Mount Roskill Grammar School Birth Place Wellington, New Zealand Height 182cm Gender Male Father John Alexander Crowe Mother Jocelyn Yvonne Wemyss Net Worth $98 million as of May 19,2017 Sun Sign Aries Born in Wellington, New Zealand Famous as Actor, Producer, Musician

Wellington, New Zealand

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Crowe got married to Australian singer Danielle Spencer in 2003, after having an on and off relationship with her since 1989. The couple has two sons together: Charles Spencer Crowe and Tennyson Spencer Crowe. In 2012, it was reported that Crowe and Spencer had separated. Unsplash Personal Life

He was involved in a brief romantic affair with the American actress Meg Ryan in 2000. Unsplash Personal Life

Russell Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne and John Alexander Crowe on 7 April 1964. His father was a hotel manager and movie set caterer and his mother was also in the catering business. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

At the age of 4, Crowe moved to Australia with his family. He attended Sydney Boys High School and was involved in acting from a very young age. He appeared in TV series like, ‘Spyforce’, ‘The Young Doctors’, etc. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He and his family again moved back to New Zealand when Crowe was 14. He continued his secondary education at the Mount Roskill Grammar School in New Zealand, but he soon dropped out to pursue acting professionally. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In the early 1980s, Crowe aspired to become a musician and made stage performances as ‘Russ Le Roq’. He released many singles like, ‘I Just Want to Be Like Marlon Brando’ and in 1984 performed at ‘The Venue’, Auckland. Unsplash Career

At 21, Crowe returned to Australia to study at National Institute of Dramatic Art but later dropped the idea. In 1986, he was hired for the role of ‘Eddie/ Dr Scott’ in the ‘The Rocky Horror Show’. Unsplash Career

In 1988, Crowe secured the role of ‘Mickey’ in the Australian production of ‘Blood Brothers’. In the same year, he was also cast as ‘Johnny’ in the stage musical ‘Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom’. Unsplash Career

After this, he did Australian television for some time and briefly appeared in series like, ‘Neighbors’, ‘Living with the Law’, etc. and in 1990, he was cast in his first feature film, ‘The Crossing’ by Faith Martin. Unsplash Career

Around the same time, he also started shooting for another film titled ‘Blood Oath’ (aka Prisoners of the Sun) and the film released a month earlier than ‘The Crossing’. Unsplash Career

Movies that are considered to have escalated Crowe’s career in Hollywood are ‘Gladiator (2000)’ and ‘A Beautiful Mind (2001)’. Both the movies earned him accolades like Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award, back to back. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	April 7, 1964
Nationality	New Zealander
Famous	Producer, School Dropouts, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, T V & Movie Producers, Musicians, INTJ
Spouses	Danielle Spencer (m. 2003)
Siblings	Terry Crowe
Known as	Russell Ira Crowe
Childrens	Charles Spencer Crowe, Tennyson Spencer Crowe
Universities	Sydney Boys High School Auckland Grammar School Mount Roskill Grammar School
Birth Place	Wellington, New Zealand
Height	182cm
Gender	Male
Father	John Alexander Crowe
Mother	Jocelyn Yvonne Wemyss
Net Worth	$98 million as of May 19,2017
Sun Sign	Aries
Born in	Wellington, New Zealand
Famous as	Actor, Producer, Musician

Russell Crowe

New Zealander

Apr 7, 1964

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Wellington, New Zealand