The career of the Hollywood actor Russell Crowe has been going on for over 40 years. During this time, he was repeatedly nominated for an Oscar, won one statuette, and tried himself as a director.
Childhood
Russell Ira Crowe was born in the capital of New Zealand, Wellington, in 1964, but after 4 years his entire family moved to the Australian city of Sydney. His maternal grandfather worked as a producer in Australia, so the boy got his first role in a television series at the age of 5. Since then, he was quite often present on the set, which is why he quickly got used to the camera and ceased to be afraid of the stage.
Musical career
In 1978, the Crowe family returned to New Zealand, where they began to experience great financial difficulties. Alex and Jocelyn Crowe were co-owners of a small restaurant, but there was barely enough money from his income. Then Russell Crowe, as a teenager, dropped out of school to look for work. He worked as a waiter and dishwasher. During these years, he founded his own musical rock group, which did not achieve success. Later he organized another group. Both of them, having existed for some time, disintegrated. In 2005, already being a famous actor, he decided to start a solo career, but he never managed to achieve the heights of rock music.
Film career
In 1985, Russell Crowe wanted to start studying acting, but changed his mind after listening to the opinions of his acquaintances. But the desire to become an actor has not gone anywhere, so Crowe begins to go to many castings and screen tests. In the same year he was taken on the musical "The Rocky Horror Show", in which he performed more than 400 times.
Popularity in the film industry came to Crowe after filming the 1992 film "Skinheads". For his performance, he received recognition from moviegoers and many awards. Then he began to receive offers from Hollywood. In 1995, he starred in the film Virtuosity, for which he recorded the main soundtrack with his band.
The actor received his first Oscar statuette at the age of 37, when he took part in the film Gladiator. In the same year, he starred in Mind Games, also receiving prestigious nominations and awards. These two films are considered the most successful of his career. Since 2001, the Australian actor has received millions in royalties.
Since 2002, Russell Crowe has been trying himself as a director: he made the film "Texas", where he played himself, but the film did not become widely known. A breakthrough in his directorial work was the film "The Water Seeker", where he played the main role with Olga Kurylenko.
Personal life
In 2003, the actor and musician married a girl whom he had known for 13 years - Daniel Spencer, an Australian actress. The couple have two sons. Unfortunately, the couple broke up in 2012. The two have converged and diverged on numerous occasions since then, but Spencer cannot stand the complex character of her ex-husband. Nowadays, Russell Crowe is increasingly seen with Terri Irwin, an Australian writer.
