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Russell Crowe While it wasn't until the year 2000, that Russell Crowe became a houeshold name with the success of the International Box-office and Academy-award winning hit "Gladiator", the talented actor has actually been around Hollywood for quite a while prior to the acclaimed film; starring in such movies as: "The Insider" (for which he garnered his first Academy Award nomination), "Romper Stomper", and "The Quick and the Dead".Following the success of "Gladiator", he pursued further challenging roles in films such as: "A Beautiful Mind" and "Cinderella Man". While the success and fame of his movie career may be enviable to some, Crowe has been quite notorious for lambasting the media and fan attention he gets; resulting in several well-publicized altercations with a number of establishments, including the police. Crowe is, however, known to be an active charity worker in his spare time, as well as the lead singer for his own band "30 odd foot of grunts". He is married to Australian singer and actress Danielle Spencer with whom he has two sons and spends most of his time in Sydney, Australia. Back to Russell Crowes Index |