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Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor, film producer and musician. Although a New Zealand citizen, he has lived most of his life in Australia and identifies himself as an Australian. He came to international attention for his role as the Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 historical epic film ''Gladiator'', directed by Ridley Scott, for which Crowe won an Academy Award for Best Actor, a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, an Empire Award for Best Actor and a London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and 10 further nominations for best actor. Crowe appeared as the tobacco firm whistle blower Jeffrey Wigand in the 1999 film ''The Insider'', for which he received five awards as best actor and seven nominations in the same category. In 2001, Crowe's portrayal of mathematician and Nobel Prize winner John F. Nash in the biopic ''A Beautiful Mind'' brought him numerous awards, including a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. Crowe's other films include ''Romper Stomper'' (1992), ''L.A. Confidential'' (1997), ''Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' (2003), ''Cinderella Man'' (2005), ''American Gangster'' (2007), ''Robin Hood'' (2010), ''Les Misérables'' (2012), ''Man of Steel'' (2013), ''Noah'' (2014) and ''The Water Diviner'' (2014). Crowe's work has earned him several accolades during his career including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, three consecutive Academy Award nominations (1999–2001), one Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, one BAFTA, and an Academy Award. He is the co-owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, an Australian National Rugby League team. == Early life == Crowe was born on 7 April 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Jocelyn Yvonne (née Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom were film set caterers; his father also managed a hotel.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Russell Crowe Biography (1964–) )〕 Crowe's maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who was named an MBE for filming footage of World War II.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Inside The Actors Studio – Transcript )〕 Crowe's paternal grandfather, John Doubleday Crowe, was from Wrexham, Wales,〔 BBC. 30 June 2006.〕 while one of Crowe's maternal great-grandmothers was Māori.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Russell Crowe ~ Russell ... Somethng to Crowe About! )〕 Crowe also has English, German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Scottish, Swedish, and Welsh ancestry.〔 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Johansen / Olsen Family Tree )〕 He is a cousin of former New Zealand cricket captains Martin Crowe and Jeff Crowe. When Crowe was four years old, his family moved to Sydney, where his parents pursued a career in set catering.〔 The producer of the Australian TV series ''Spyforce'' was his mother's godfather, and Crowe (at age five or six) was hired for a line of dialogue in one episode, opposite series star Jack Thompson (in 1994 Thompson played the father of Crowe's character in ''The Sum of Us''). Crowe also appeared briefly in the serial ''The Young Doctors''. Crowe was educated at Sydney Boys High School.〔 When he was 14, his family moved back to New Zealand where, along with his brother Terry, he attended Auckland Grammar School with cousins Martin Crowe and Jeff Crowe. He then continued his secondary education at Mount Roskill Grammar School, which he left at the age 16 to pursue his ambition of becoming an actor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Russell Crowe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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