Russell Crowe  is a New Zealand-born Australian actor recognized for his dedication, intensity, and ruggedly beautiful good looks. Gladiator earned him an Academy Award (2000).



His father was also a hotel manager. His maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cameraman who received an MBE for his work with the New Zealand Film Unit during World War II. Crowe is Mori and had a maternal great-great-grandmother who is Ngati Porou .His paternal grandfather was a Welshman from Wrexham , and another of his grandparents was Scottish .His ancestors also come from England Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, and Sweden. He is the nephew of cricketer Dave Crowe and the cousin of former New Zealand national cricket captains Martin and Jeff Crowe .Crowe’s family relocated to Australia when he was four years old and settled in Sydney where his parents pursued a profession in film set catering.


Crowe’s mother’s godfather was the producer of the Australian TV series Spyforce and at the age of five or six, he was recruited for a line of speech in one episode of the series alongside series star Jack Thompson.  Thompson would later play Crowe’s character’s father in The Sum of Us in 1994.  Crowe also made a brief appearance in the serial The Young Doctors. He attended Vaucluse Public School and Sydney Boys High School in Australia before returning to New Zealand with his family when he was 14 in 1978. He attended Auckland Grammar School with his cousins and brother Terry, as well as Mount Roskill Grammar School  before dropping out at the age of 16 to pursue his acting dreams.



He received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for A Beautiful Mind and Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for The Loudest Voice (2019). He has also been nominated for Best Actor in a Drama for The Insider, Gladiator, Master, and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and Cinderella Man . Russel Crowe’s Weight Gain :Russell Crowe underwent a significant physical metamorphosis for his film Unhinged and it isn’t the first time he has altered his weight for a part.