• Name: Russell Crowe
  
• Birth Name: Russell Ira Crowe
  
• Height: 5' 11"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: Australian
  
• Birth Date: April 7, 1964
  
• Birth Place: Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
  
• Profession: actor, musician
  
• Education: dropped out of high school
  
• Husband/Wife: Danielle Spencer (actress; born on September 29, 1970; engaged in December 2002; married on April 7, 2003)
  
• Relationship: Meg Ryan (actress; born on November 19, 1961; romance ignited while the two working together in the Proof of Life, 2000)
  
• Father: Alex Crowe (set caterer, former hotel manager)
  
• Mother: Jocelyn Crowe (set caterer)
  
• Grand Father: Stan Wymess (cinematographer; named an MBE for his work shooting footage during WWII)
  
• Son: Charles Spencer Crowe (born on December 21, 2003)
  
• Cousin: Jeff Crowe (professional cricket player), Martin Crowe (professional cricket player)
  
• Claim to fame: as Jeffrey Wigand in The Insider (1999) in which he nominated for an Oscar of Best Actor in 2000.
  

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• I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person — they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.
• "I'd move to Los Angeles if Australia and New Zealand were swallowed up by a huge tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in Europe, and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack."
• On having his first child: "He's gonna travel with me. I mean that's the plan at this point in time. I think prior to him going to school I think the best thing to do is to make sure that he is wherever I am."
• On Nicole Kidman’s Oscar triumph in 2003: "I couldn't be happier for her, her family, her pets, everyone."
• I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person — they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.
• "One of the most painful things of the LA Confidential character I played was that the author, James Ellroy, kept telling me that Bud White wasn't a drinker. I said, 'come on, this is 1953. He's a blue-collar bloke, a cop. You're telling me he doesn't sit around with the boys after his shift and have a beer?' And Ellroy says, 'absolutely not.' So for five months and seven days I didn't have a drink. It's probably the most painful period of my life."
• [on winning the Best Actor Oscar] "If you grow up in the suburbs of anywhere, a dream like this seems kind of vaguely ludicrous and completely unattainable. [But] this moment is directly connected to those imaginings. And for anybody who's on the downside of advantage, and relying purely on courage, it's possible."
• "I'd move to Los Angeles if Australia and New Zealand were swallowed up by a huge tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in Europe, and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack."
• About life after death: "I definitely believe in an afterlife. I've had a couple of experiences in my life that confirm it for me." - Calgary Sun, March 19, 2000.
• “After THE INSIDER, I know the exact chemical compounds in a commercial cigarette, but I’ve been smoking since I was 10. I know it’s terrible, but I am a great fan of irony.”
• "There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows." [on Missing Australia]
• "I'm not one of those fellows that is just going to have a psuedo-middling relationship."
• "I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack."

• Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2002)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2002)
• British Academy Award: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2002)
• Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2002)
• Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Actor, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2002)
• ShoWest Award: Male Star of the Year (2001)
• Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, GLADIATOR (2001)
• Empire Awards: Best Actor, GLADIATOR (2001)
• Australian Film Institute: Global Achievement Award (2001)
• Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Actor - Action, GLADIATOR (2001)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Drama, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, GLADIATOR (2001)
• London Critics Circle Film Awards: Actor of the Year, GLADIATOR (2001)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, THE INSIDER (2000)
• Golden Apple Awards: Male Star of the Year (2000)
• Academy Awards: Best Actor, GLADIATOR (2000)
• Hollywood Film Festival: Actor of the Year (2000)
• National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Actor, THE INSIDER (2000)
• San Diego Film Critics Society Awards: Best Actor, GLADIATOR (2000)
• Santa Fe Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, THE INSIDER (2000)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, THE INSIDER (1999)
• National Board of Review: Best Actor, THE INSIDER (1999)
• Seattle International Film Festival: Best Actor, ROMPER STOMPER (1993)
• AFI Award at Australian Film Institute, ROMPER STOMPER (1992)
• Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards: Best Actor - Male, ROMPER STOMPER (1992)
• AFI Award at Australian Film Institute, PROOF (1991)

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