The career of Hollywood actor Russell Crowe has been going on for over 40 years. During this time, he was repeatedly nominated for an Oscar, won one figurine, tried himself in the role of director.
Childhood
Russell Ira Crowe was born in the capital of New Zealand, Wellington, in 1964, but after 4 years his whole family moved to the Australian city of Sydney. His maternal grandfather worked as a producer in Australia, so the boy got the first role in the television series at the age of 5 years. Since then, he was quite often present on the set, which is why he quickly got used to the camera and stopped being afraid of the scene.
Music career
In 1978, the Crow family returned to New Zealand, where they began to face great financial difficulties. Alex and Jocelyn Crowe were co-owners of a small restaurant, but there was barely enough money from his income. Then Russell Crowe, as a teenager, dropped out of school to look for work. He worked as a waiter and dishwasher. In the same years, he founded his own musical rock band, which was not successful. He later organized another group. Both of them, having existed for some time, disintegrated. In 2005, already being a famous actor, he decided to start a solo career, but he failed to achieve the heights of rock music.
Film career
In 1985, Russell Crowe wanted to start studying acting, but changed his mind after hearing the opinions of his friends. But the desire to become an actor has not disappeared, so Crowe begins to go to many auditions and film screenings. In the same year he was taken to the musical Rocky Horror Horror Show, in which he performed more than 400 times.
Crowe gained popularity in the film industry after filming the 1992 film Shaven-headed. For his game, he received the recognition of moviegoers and many awards. Then he began to receive offers from Hollywood. In 1995, he starred in the film "Virtuosity", for which he recorded the main soundtrack with his group.
The actor received the first Oscar statuette at the age of 37 when he took part in the film Gladiator. In the same year he starred in the "Games of the Mind", also having received prestigious nominations and awards. These two films are considered the most successful in his career. Since 2001, the Australian actor receives millions of royalties.
Since 2002, Russell Crowe has also tried himself as a director: he shot the film "Texas", where he played himself, but the film was not widely known. A breakthrough in his directorial work was the painting "The Seeker of Water", where he played a major role together with Olga Kurylenko.
