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Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is a New Zealand actor and film director. His work on screen has earned him various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award. Crowe was born in New Zealand, spending ten years of his childhood in Australia and residing there permanently by age 21. He began acting in Australia and had his break-out role in Romper Stomper (1992). He gained international recognition in the late 1990s for his starring roles in L.A. Confidential (1997) and The Insider (1999). Crowe gained wider stardom for playing the title role of Gladiator (2000), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Further acclaim came for portraying real-life mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. in A Beautiful Mind (2001). Crowe then starred in several films in the 2000s, including Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Cinderella Man (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), American Gangster (2007), State of Play (2009), and Robin Hood (2010). Crowe has since appeared in the films Les Misérables (2012), Man of Steel (2013), Noah (2014), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the drama The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. Aside from acting, Crowe has co-own the National Rugby League (NRL) team South Sydney Rabbitohs since 2006.
Minecraft: The Beginnings is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Rian Johnson and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnson from a screenplay and story by Colin Trevorrow and J.J. Abrams based on the Minecraft video game. The first installment in the Minecraft Dimensions film series, it stars Sasha Calle, Kiernan Shipka, Nicholas Hoult, Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Kaluuya, Brad Garrett, Russell Crowe, and Oscar Isaac. The film follows a young girl who catches a glimpse of another world by looking through an Eye of Ender, only for one of the spawns from the strange world, known as Endermen, to quickly discover her. Against the wishes of the evil Ender Dragon, another spawn from the dimension enters the overworld to keep the girl safe from the Enderman that spotted her. Minecraft: The Beginnings was released in theaters on February 8th, 2025; the film was highly praised for its visual effects, direction, action sequences, story, and acting performances. It was also a sleeper hit, grossing $178 worldwide, attaining a strong cult following. Calle's performance received universal acclaim, earning her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. A sequel is in development along with a spin-off/prequel focusing on a younger version of Calle's character.
