Russell Crowe is an actor. He gained international attention for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 epic historical film Gladiator, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Crowe's other performances include tobacco firm whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand in the drama film The Insider (1999) and mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. in the biopic A Beautiful Mind (2001). He has also starred in films Romper Stomper with Daniel Pollock (1992), The Quick and the Dead with Sharon Stone (1995), L.A. Confidential with Guy Pearce (1997), with Paul Bettany (2003), Cinderella Man with Renée Zellweger (2005), 3:10 to Yuma with Christian Bale (2007), American Gangster with Denzel Washington (2007), State of Play with Ben Affleck (2009), and Robin Hood with Cate Blanchett (2010).
Crowe later starred in the 2012 musical drama Les Misérables, as Jor-El in the 2013 superhero epic Man of Steel, the 2014 biblical fantasy drama Noah, and the 2016 action comedy The Nice Guys. In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the drama The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. He has earned various accolades, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, two Golden Globe Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and an Academy Award out of three consecutive nominations (1999, 2000, and 2001).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Prisoners of the Sun | Lt. Jack Corbett | Film debut | ||
| Johnny Ryan | |||||
| 1991 | Proof | Andy | |||
| Spotswood | Kim Barry | ||||
| 1992 | Romper Stomper | Hando | |||
| 1993 | Hammers Over the Anvil | East Driscoll | |||
| The Man (Egan) | |||||
| For the Moment | Lachlan Currie | ||||
| Love in Limbo | Arthur Baskin | ||||
| 1994 | Jeff Mitchell | ||||
| 1995 | Cort | ||||
| No Way Back | FBI Agent Zack Grant | ||||
| Virtuosity | SID 6.7 | ||||
| Rough Magic | Alex Ross | ||||
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Officer Wendell "Bud" White | |||
| Heaven's Burning | Colin O'Brien | ||||
| Breaking Up | Steve | ||||
| 1999 | Mystery, Alaska | Sheriff John Biebe | |||
| Jeffrey Wigand | |||||
| 2000 | Gladiator | Maximus Decimus Meridius | |||
| Proof of Life | Terry Thorne | ||||
| 2001 | John Nash | ||||
| 2003 | Captain Jack Aubrey | ||||
| 2005 | Cinderella Man | Jim Braddock | |||
| 2006 | Max Skinner | ||||
| 2007 | Narrator | Documentary film | |||
| 3:10 to Yuma | Ben Wade | ||||
| American Gangster | Det. Richie Roberts | ||||
| 2008 | Body of Lies | Ed Hoffman | |||
| 2009 | Tenderness | Detective Cristofuoro | |||
| State of Play | Cal McAffrey | ||||
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Robin Longstride | Also producer | ||
| John Brennan | |||||
| 2012 | Jacknife | ||||
| Inspector Javert | |||||
| 2013 | Broken City | Nicholas Hostetler | |||
| Man of Steel | Jor-El | ||||
| Red Obsession | Narrator | Documentary film | |||
| 2014 | Winter's Tale | Pearly Soames / Demon | |||
| Noah | Noah | ||||
| Joshua Connor | Also director; directorial debut | ||||
| 2015 | Fathers and Daughters | Jake Davis | Also executive producer | ||
| 2016 | Jackson Healy | ||||
| 2017 | War Machine | Bob White | Uncredited cameo | ||
| Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward "Eddie" Hyde | [1] | ||||
| 2018 | Turtle Odyssey | Narrator | Documentary film | ||
| Boy Erased | Marshall Eamons | ||||
| 2019 | True History of the Kelly Gang | Harry Power | |||
| 2020 | Unhinged | Tom Cooper | |||
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Jor-El | Uncredited | ||
| 2022 | Zeus | ||||
| Jack Slack | |||||
| Arthur Coates | |||||
| Poker Face | Jake Foley | Also director and writer | |||
| 2023 | The Pope's Exorcist | Father Gabriele Amorth | [2] | ||
| 2024 | Land of Bad | Captain Eddie Grimm "Reaper" | [3] | ||
| Sleeping Dogs | Roy Freeman | [4] | |||
| Anthony Miller | [5] | ||||
| Kraven the Hunter | Nikolai Kravinoff | Post-production | [6] | ||
| Rothko | Mark Rothko | Post-production | [7] [8] | ||
| Nuremberg | Hermann Göring | Filming | [9] |
| Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Spyforce | Orphan | Episode: "The Saviour: Part 2" | |
| 1977 | Russell | Episode #1.83 | ||
| 1987 | Rafferty's Rules | Bobby Jarvis | Episode: "Suspicious Minds" | |
| Neighbours | Kenny Larkin | 4 episodes | ||
| 1991 | Brides of Christ | Dominic Maloney | Episode: "Rosemary" | |
| Acropolis Now | Danny O' Brian | Episode: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Greeks" | ||
| 1992 | Police Rescue | Tom 'Bomber' Young | Episode: "The Right Stuff" | |
| 2004 | Narrator | 3 episodes | ||
| 2007 | South Side Story | Himself | 6 episodes | |
| 2012 | Republic of Doyle | Boyd Keiley | Episode: "Streets of John's" | |
| 2018 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Himself | Episode: "Authoritarianism" | |
| 2019 | Roger Ailes | Miniseries, 7 episodes; also executive producer | ||
| 2019–20 | Narrator | Documentary; 8 episodes | ||
| 2024 | Kor the Prophet | Voice role | [10] | |