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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.
Before he was the Man of Steel, he was just a kid from Kansas finding his place in the world. The story begins with the tragic final moments of the planet Krypton, where Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van make the heartbreaking decision to send their only son to the stars to save him from destruction. The ship lands in the quiet town of Smallville, bringing with it a meteor shower that forever changes the lives of its inhabitants, including the tragic loss of young Lana Lang (deeply affecting her mother, Laura Lang). Raised with an unwavering moral compass by Jonathan and Martha Kent, a young Clark must learn to master his emerging and overwhelming powers in secret. As he navigates the complexities of adolescence alongside his first love, Lana, and his loyal friend Pete Ross, Clark discovers the truth about his extraterrestrial origins and the weight of the destiny that awaits him. Years later, an adult Clark, now a Superman, must return to his roots when ruthless crime tycoon Morgan Edge uncovers long-buried secrets in Smallville. To protect his family, Lana, and the world, Clark must finally embrace his alien heritage and prove why Earth needs a beacon of hope.
