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Russell Crowe: Biography

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Birth Name: Russell Ira Crowe
Birth Place: Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/07/1964, Aries
Profession: Actor; musician

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A hunky New Zealand native who initially dreamed of rock and roll stardom, Crowe played in a band as an adolescent and toured in the musicals Grease, The Rocky Horror Show and Blood Brothers before switching to... read more

Russell Crowe: TV Guide News

Movie News: Russell Crowe Steps In for Brad Pitt | Today's News: Our Take | 12/4/2007
We'd been hearing it was going to happen for weeks, and now it's official: The Beautiful Mind star has agreed to replace Angelina Jolie's babydaddy in State of Grace as the reporter who winds up falling for the wife of the politician he's investigating.... Ben Kingsley is scrubbing in as a mental hospital MD opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island.... Las Vegas' Molly Sims has scored roles in both Jim Carrey's Yes Man and Steve Martin's Pink Panther 2.... To help promote Judd Apatow's upcoming rock comedy Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, leading man John C. Reilly is going on tour in character. read more
Russell Crowe to Pinch-hit for Brad Pitt? | Today's News: Our Take | 11/27/2007
I'm not sure he's got the cheekbones for the job, but Variety says Universal Pictures execs spent their holiday weekend attempting to coax Oscar winner Russell Crowe to replace Angelina Jolie's other half in the all-star political thriller State of Play. Brad Pitt claims the studio is to blame, and all they had to do was wait out the writers' strike so a script that he liked could be hammered out. But Universal counters that it has the option of suing, seeing as the heartthrob bailed on a pay-or-play deal. Personally, I think they should just make a documentary of this drama and call it a day. — Ben Katner read more
New to TV: Cable Tackles Russell Crowe's Rugby Team | Today's News: Our Take | 10/1/2007
Comcast's Versus network has bought South Sydney Story, a docuseries detailing Russell Crowe's role as owner of an Aussie pro rugby team, says Variety. The series will air Wednesday nights over five weeks in October and November.... CBS has ordered eight episodes of Jingles, a reality competition from (guess who) Mark Burnett, in which contestants conjure up catchy tunes touting real-life products.... NBC has granted a 13-episode order to Robinson Crusoe, a drama series based on the Daniel Defoe novel and to premiere as early as fall 2008. read more
Russell Crowe's Rumored Star Trek, More Film News | Today's News: Our Take | 9/12/2007
Will J.J. Abrams' Star Trek feature take its villainy to the Maximus? With the Enterprise's fledgling crew gradually getting cast — Zachary Quinto (as Spock) and Anton Yelchin (Chekov), to name two — there is a story in the New York Post that Russell Crowe is being courted to play the central baddie.... Per Variety, Fight Club members Brad Pitt and Edward Norton will reunite for an adaptation of State of Play.... Director Roman Polanski has pulled out of the $100-million Pompeii, and preparations on the big-budget epic have been halted due to fear of a looming actors' strike. read more
At the Movies, Ryan Gosling Picks Bones | Today's News: Our Take | 6/28/2007
Half Nelson's Ryan Gosling will play husband to Rachel Weisz (and thus the father of a murdered girl) in Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Lovely Bones.... Twelve years after they worked together on The Quick and the Dead, Russell Crowe may play the boss of Leonardo DiCaprio's idealistic CIA agent in Body of Lies, a spy thriller helmed by Ridley Scott.... Per Variety, Mena Suvari is a wife who tests her war-pilot-turned-writer-husband's devotion in unusual ways — inviting a young Italian beauty into their bedroom, even — in The Garden of Eden, based on the Ernest Hemingway novel. read more

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Russell Crowe: Photos

Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman courtesy Byron Cohen/Harpo Productions, Inc.

American Chopper, Russell Crowe courtesy Mark Rogers/TLC

American Chopper, Mikey, Russell Crowe courtesy Mark Rogers/TLC

American Chopper, Steve Moreau, Russel Crowe courtesy Mark Rogers/TLC

American Chopper, Russel Crowe, Teutuls courtesy Mark Rogers/TLC

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Russell Crowe: TV Listings

Russell Crowe: Credits

Title	Year	Type	Video
Body Of Lies (Actor)	2008	Movie
Screen Actors Guild Awards (Appearing)	2008	TV Show Series	Available
3:10 To Yuma (Actor - Ben Wade)	2007	Movie
American Gangster (Actor - Detective Richie Roberts)	2007	Movie	Available
Big Movie Premiere: American Gangster (Appearing)	2007	TV Show Series