Actor of The Week: Russell Crowe

 

Russell Ira Crowe (lahir 7 April 1964) adalah seorang aktor, pembuat film, musisi dan penyanyi. Meskipun warga negara Selandia Baru, ia telah tinggal sebagian besar hidupnya di Australia sejak 1985. Dia menjadi perhatian internasional karena perannya sebagai Jenderal Romawi Maximus Decimus Meridius dalam film sejarah epik Gladiator (2000), disutradarai oleh Ridley Scott, di mana Crowe memenangkan Academy Award, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, Empire Award, dan Penghargaan Lingkaran Kritikus Film London untuk Aktor Utama Terbaik, bersama dengan sepuluh nominasi lainnya dalam kategori yang sama. Penampilan pemenang penghargaan Crowe lainnya termasuk penggambaran perusahaan tembakau whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand dalam film drama The Insider (1999) dan John F. Nash dalam biopik A Beautiful Mind (2001).

Film Crowe lainnya termasuk drama Romper Stomper (1992), thriller detektif misteri LA Confidential (1997), film perang epik Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), drama tinju Cinderella Man (2005), the Western 3:10 to Yuma (2007), drama kriminal American Gangster (2007), drama thriller State of Play (2009), dan kolaborasi ketiga dengan Ridley Scott dalam Robin Hood (2010).

Crowe kemudian membintangi drama musikal Les Misérables (2012), ia berperan sebagai Jor-El dalam epik superhero Man of Steel (2013), drama fantasi alkitabiah Noah (2014), dan komedi aksi The Nice Guys (2016).

Pada tahun 2014, Crowe membuat debut penyutradaraannya dengan drama The Water Diviner, di mana ia juga membintangi. Pekerjaan Crowe telah memberinya beberapa penghargaan selama karirnya, termasuk bintang di Hollywood Walk of Fame, dua Golden Globe Awards, satu BAFTA dan satu Academy Award dari tiga nominasi berturut-turut (1999, 2000, dan 2001). Crowe juga menjadi pemilik bersama tim National Rugby League (NRL) South Sydney Rabbitohs sejak 2006.

Filmography

Films

 

Television

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1990	Prisoners of the Sun	Lt. Jack Corbett	Stephen Wallace
	The Crossing	Johnny Ryan	George Ogilvie
1991	Proof	Andy	Jocelyn Moorhouse
1992	Spotswood	Kim Barry	Mark Joffe
	Romper Stomper	Hando	Geoffrey Wright
1993	Hammers Over the Anvil	East Driscoll	Ann Turner
	The Silver Brumby	The Man (Egan)	John Tatoulis
	For the Moment	Lachlan Currie	Aaron Kim Johnston
	Love in Limbo	Arthur Baskin	David Elfick
1994	The Sum of Us	Jeff Mitchell	Kevin Dowling
1995	The Quick and the Dead	Cort	Sam Raimi
	No Way Back	FBI Agent Zack Grant	Frank Cappello
	Virtuosity	SID 6.7	Brett Leonard
	Rough Magic	Alex Ross	Clare Peploe
1997	L.A. Confidential	Officer Wendell "Bud" White	Curtis Hanson
	Heaven's Burning	Colin O'Brien	Craig Lahiff
	Breaking Up	Steve	Robert Greenwald
1999	Mystery, Alaska	Sheriff John Biebe	Jay Roach
	The Insider	Jeffrey Wigand	Michael Mann
2000	Gladiator	Maximus Decimus Meridius	Ridley Scott
	Proof of Life	Terry Thorne	Taylor Hackford
2001	A Beautiful Mind	John Nash	Ron Howard
2003	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Captain Jack Aubrey	Peter Weir
2005	Cinderella Man	Jim Braddock	Ron Howard
2006	A Good Year	Max Skinner	Ridley Scott
2007	Bra Boys: Blood Is Thicker than Water	Narrator	Sunny Abberton, Macario De Souza	Voice role; Documentary film
	3:10 to Yuma	Ben Wade	James Mangold
	American Gangster	Det. Richie Roberts	Ridley Scott
2008	Body of Lies	Ed Hoffman
2009	Tenderness	Detective Cristofuoro	John Polson
	State of Play	Cal McAffrey	Kevin Macdonald
2010	Robin Hood	Robin Longstride	Ridley Scott	Also producer
	The Next Three Days	John Brennan	Paul Haggis
2012	The Man with the Iron Fists	Jacknife	RZA
	Les Misérables	Inspector Javert	Tom Hooper
2013	Broken City	Nicholas Hostetler	Allen Hughes
	Man of Steel	Jor-El	Zack Snyder
	Red Obsession	Narrator	David Roach, Warwick Ross	Voice role; Documentary film
2014	Winter's Tale	Pearly Soames / Demon	Akiva Goldsman
	Noah	Noah	Darren Aronofsky
	The Water Diviner	Joshua Connor	Himself	Directorial debut
2015	Fathers and Daughters	Jake Davis	Gabriele Muccino	Also executive producer
2016	The Nice Guys	Jackson Healy	Shane Black
2017	War Machine	Bob White	David Michôd	Uncredited cameo
	The Mummy	Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde[1]	Alex Kurtzman
2018	Turtle Odyssey	Narrator	Caspar Mazzoti, Paul Phelan	Voice role; Documentary film
	Boy Erased	Marshall Eamons	Joel Edgerton
2019	True History of the Kelly Gang	Harry Power	Justin Kurzel
2020	Unhinged	Tom Cooper	Derrick Borte
2021	The Georgetown Project	Anthony Miller	Joshua John Miller & M.A. Fortin	Post-production
2022	Thor: Love and Thunder	Zeus	Taika Waititi	Filming

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1972	Spyforce	Orphan	Episode: "The Saviour: Part 2"
1977	The Young Doctors	Russell	1 episode
1987	Rafferty's Rules	Bobby Jarvis	Episode: "Suspicious Minds"
	Neighbours	Kenny Larkin	4 episodes
1991	Brides of Christ	Dominic Maloney	Episode: "Rosemary"
	Acropolis Now	Danny O' Brian	Episode: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Greeks"
1992	Police Rescue	Tom 'Bomber' Young	Episode: "The Right Stuff"
2004	Colour of War: The Anzacs	Narrator	3 episodes
2012	Republic of Doyle	Boyd Keiley	Episode: "Streets of John's"
2018	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Himself	1 episode
2019	The Loudest Voice	Roger Ailes	Miniseries; also executive producer
	Take Us Home: Leeds United	Narrator	Documentary; 6 episode
2022	Ark: The Animated Series	Kor the Prophet	Voice role[2]