Date of Birth: Tuesday, April 07, 1964

Place of Birth: Wellington, North Island, New Zealand

Height: 5'11 1/2

His birth name is Russell Ira Crowe. Russell was born in Wellington, New Zealand. In age four, he moved to Sydney, Australia with his family.

Russel's father was a movie set caterers and sometimes he brought Russel to the sets. He started his television career at age 6 in Australian TV series, "Spyforce".

He starred in many box office movies, such as "Gladiators (2000)", "Proof of Life (2000)", "Beautiful Mind (2001)" and "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)".

He wrote a song about Jodie Foster called "Other Ways of Speaking" with his band, 30 Odd Foot of Grunts.

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