Actor of The Week: Russell Crowe

 

Russell Ira Crowe (lahir 7 April 1964) adalah aktor Australia kelahiran Selandia baru, produser film dan musisi. Dia menjadi  perhatian internasional atas perannya sebagai jenderal Romawi Maximus Decimus Meridius di tahun 2000 Film epik Gladiator, disutradarai oleh Ridley Scott, dimana ia memenangkan Academy Award untuk Aktor Terbaik, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award untuk Aktor Terbaik, Empire Award untuk Aktor Terbaik dan London Film Critics Circle Award untuk Aktor Terbaik dan 10 nominasi lebih lanjut untuk aktor terbaik. Crowe tampil sebagai peniup peluit perusahaan tembakau Jeffrey Wigand dalam film 1999 The Insider, di mana dia menerima lima penghargaan sebagai aktor terbaik dan tujuh nominasi dalam kategori yang sama. Pada tahun 2001,  Crowe dari memerankan seorang ahli matematika dan pemenang Hadiah Nobel John F. Nash dalam biopic A Beautiful Mind yang membawanya pada berbagai penghargaan, termasuk penghargaan BAFTA untuk Aktor Terbaik dalam Peran Utama, Golden Globe Award untuk Aktor Terbaik kategori Motion Picture Drama dan Screen Actors Guild Award untuk Penampilan Peran Utama Pria Terbaik.Film lain Crowe termasuk LA Confidential (1997), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Cinderella Man (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), American Gangster (2007), Body of Lies (2008) dan Robin Hood (2010). Karya Crowe telah menerima beberapa penghargaan, termasuk sebuah bintang di Hollywood Walk of Fame, tiga nominasi Academy Award berturut-turut (1999-2001), salah satu Golden Globe Award untuk Aktor Terbaik, satu BAFTA, dan Academy Award. Karena keberhasilan dan berbagai karakter, beberapa kritikus telah memanggilnya seorang aktor "virtuoso". Ia juga pemilik South Sydney Rabbitohs, tim Australia National Rugby League. Crowe memerankan Javert di Les Miserables, sebuah adaptasi dari teater musik populer. Dia muncul dalam Man of Steel, di mana ia memerankan Jor-El, ayah Superman. Dia akan membintangi Winter's Tale, didasarkan pada novel 1983 dengan nama yang sama oleh Mark Helprin, dan bintang di Noah, sebagai Patriark.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Prisoners of the Sun	Lt. Jack Corbett
1990	The Crossing	Johnny Ryan	Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award – Best Actor in Lead Role
1991	Proof	Andy	Australian Film Institute Award – Best Supporting Actor Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actor – Male
1992	Spotswood	Kim Barrett
1992	Romper Stomper	Hando	Australian Film Institute Award – Best Actor in Lead Role Seattle International Film Festival for Best Actor
1993	Hammers Over the Anvil	East Driscoll	Seattle International Film Festival for Best Actor
1993	The Silver Brumby	The Man (Egan)
1993	For the Moment	Lachlan Currie
1993	Love in Limbo	Arthur Baskin
1994	The Sum of Us	Jeff Mitchell
1995	The Quick and the Dead	Cort
1995	No Way Back	FBI Agent Zack Grant
1995	Virtuosity	SID 6.7
1995	Rough Magic	Alex Ross
1997	L.A. Confidential	Officer Wendell "Bud" White	Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
1997	Heaven's Burning	Colin O'Brien
1997	Breaking Up	Steve
1999	Mystery, Alaska	Sheriff John Biebe
1999	The Insider	Jeffrey Wigand	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (2nd place) San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor (2nd place) Santa Fe Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor (3nd place) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
2000	Gladiator	Maximus Decimus Meridius	Academy Award for Best Actor Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Action Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Empire Award for Best Actor London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Performance Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Fight Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2000	Proof of Life	Terry Thorne	Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Suspense
2001	A Beautiful Mind	John Nash	BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor (2nd place) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—American Film Institute Award for Best Actor Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award – Best Actor in Lead Role Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Performance Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
2003	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Capt. Jack Aubrey	Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
2005	Cinderella Man	Jim Braddock	Australian Film Institute Award – Best International Actor Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
2006	A Good Year	Max Skinner
2007	3:10 to Yuma	Ben Wade	Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2007	American Gangster	Det. Richie Roberts	Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award – Best International Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2008	Tenderness	Detective Cristofuoro
2008	Body of Lies	Ed Hoffman
2009	State of Play	Cal McAffrey	Australian Film Institute Award – Best International Actor
2010	Robin Hood	Robin Longstride	Nominated–Teen Choice Award for Action Adventure Actor
2010	The Next Three Days	John Brennan	Nominated–IFTA Award for Best International Actor
2012	Republic of Doyle	Boyd Keiley	1 episode[1]
2012	The Man with the Iron Fists	Jacknife
2012	Les Misérables	Inspector Javert	National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2013	Broken City	Nicholas Hostetler
2013	Man of Steel	Jor-El	[2][3]
2013	Winter's Tale	Pearly Soames	Filming[4]
2014	Noah	Noah	Post-production