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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.
Redemption is a 2025 American drama film written and directed by Ethan and Joel Coen. It stars Anne Hathaway, Laurence Fishburne, Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Anthony Mackie, and Michael Caine. The film follows a widowed mother of two as she befriends an ex-convict and offers to help him find redemption for his crimes. The film opened in theaters on December 8th, 2025; while Redemption was a financial success and received universal acclaim from critics and audiences, particularly for Hathaway and Fishburne's performances, the direction, screenplay, cinematography, themes, depiction of violence, story, score, and emotional weight, Warner Bros. Pictures was disappointed with the outcome despite it successfully earning $617 million worldwide. The film received several accolades, with Hathaway winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and Fishburne winning an Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hans Zimmer and Carter Burwell were awarded a Saturn Award for Best Original Score, while the Coen brothers were awarded an Academy Award for Best Director.
