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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.

Set in the late 1970s, several years after the events of the first film, "The Nice Guys 2" follows private detectives Holland March (played by Ryan Gosling) and Jackson Healy (played by Russell Crowe) as they team up once again to solve a new case. This time, the case involves a string of robberies and kidnappings that are linked to a powerful organized crime syndicate. As March and Healy investigate, they discover that the syndicate is involved in a wide range of criminal activities, including drug trafficking, money laundering, and political corruption. To make matters worse, the detectives soon find themselves on the run from the syndicate's ruthless enforcers, who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets safe. Along the way, March and Healy team up with a new ally, a tough-as-nails police detective named Karen (played by a new actress), who has her own reasons for taking down the syndicate. As they navigate the dangerous underworld of 1970s Los Angeles, March, Healy, and Karen must use all of their wit, charm, and fighting skills to stay alive and bring the syndicate to justice.
