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Russell
Crowe Bio..
Russell
Crowe was born April 7, 1964 in Wellington,
New Zealand as Russell Ira Crowe. He moved to
Australia at the age of 4 and is now considered
to be an Australian actor. His background is
Norwegian, Irish and Maori.
Russell atended the National Institute of Dramatic
Arts in Sydney, Australia.
He started his acting career in the early 90's
by having roles in quite a number of movies,
with the first groundbreaking one being the
violent Romper Stomper movie in 1992. In 2001Crowe
won the Academy Award for Best Actor in the
"Gladiator"
movie. He was also nominated for Best actor
in "The Insider" and "A Beautiful
Mind". The famous Australian Hollywood
actor also won Best Actor in the 2002 British
Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Russell
Crowe has been involved in movies not just as
an actor, but also as a director and producer.
Crowe was the producer and the director of the
movies "Texas" (2002) and the director
in movie "60 Odd Hours in Italy".
Since 2003 Russell Crowe has been married to
Danielle
Spencer, who is an Australian singer. The
couple have a son Charles Spencer Crowe (born
2003).
Russell
Crowe is also a musician, being the lead singer
in the rock group 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, which
was founded in 1992 and which has released three
music albums in 1998, 2001 and 2003.
Russell
has been arrested several times and has been
accused of physical violence in public places
(the last incident happened on June 6, 2005).
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