Russell Crowe
New Zealand-born actor
Follow Russell Crowe on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| 2024 | Starred in Land of Bad, showcasing his ongoing acting career. |
| 2023 | Portrayed the famous exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth in The Pope's Exorcist. |
| July 2023 | While on holiday in Italy at the archaeological site of Ostia Antica, Crowe playfully entertained Gladiator fans by pretending to have a phone conversation as his character Maximus, referencing his character's death. |
| June 27 2023 | Crowe performed a sold-out concert with Indoor Garden Party in Bologna, Italy, at the Teatro Comunale Nouveau, with all proceeds donated to flood victims in Emilia-Romagna. |
| December 20 2022 | Russell Crowe was appointed by the mayor of Rome as its ambassador of Rome in the world, declaring the importance of hosting the next FIFA World Cup in Italy. |
| July 8 2022 | Played the mythical Greek god Zeus in Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thor: Love and Thunder. |
| May 2022 | Crowe narrated an advertisement for the Labor Party's election campaign, continuing his political engagement with the Australian Labor Party. |
| August 16 2020 | Crowe donated US$5,000 to a GoFundMe fundraiser to help rebuild Le Chef restaurant in Beirut, destroyed in the 2020 Beirut explosion. He made the donation in memory of Anthony Bourdain. |
| 2019 | Crowe won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for The Loudest Voice. |
| 2019 | Raised over A$400,000 for the NSW Rural Fire Service by selling his South Sydney Rabbitohs hat in an online auction during the Australian bushfires. |
| November 2018 | John Oliver's Last Week Tonight show reacquired Russell Crowe's jockstrap and featured it in a comedy skit parodying The Fast and the Furious, with Crowe himself appearing as a mob boss holding the jockstrap he had previously ordered stolen. |
| September 2018 | John Oliver claimed he no longer knew the location of Crowe's jockstrap after the Alaskan Blockbuster's closure and memorabilia transfer. |
| July 2018 | The last operating Alaskan Blockbuster Video store, which displayed Crowe's jockstrap in a glass case, closed down. |
| April 2018 | Finalized divorce from Danielle Spencer. |
| April 2018 | Russell Crowe auctioned over 200 film props, including a jockstrap, in a 'divorce auction' to celebrate his split from Danielle Spencer. The jockstrap sold for $7,000, significantly higher than its estimated price of $500-$600. |
| April 15 2018 | John Oliver revealed on his HBO show Last Week Tonight that he purchased Crowe's jockstrap and other auction items, subsequently donating the money to the Australia Zoo to fund the 'John Oliver Koala Chlamydia Ward'. |
| 2017 | Crowe formed a new musical act called Indoor Garden Party with Samantha Barks, Scott Grimes, and Carl Falk, appearing on The One Show to promote their album. |
| November 2017 | Crowe publicly offered to resettle displaced refugees held in Australia's offshore detention facility on Manus Island, demonstrating his active stance on immigration issues. |
| 2014 | Made his directorial debut with the drama The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. |
| 2013 | Portrayed Superman's biological father, Jor-El, in the Christopher Nolan-produced film Man of Steel. |
| June 2013 | Russell Crowe endorsed former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard, showing his political support for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). |
| June 2013 | Signed to make his directorial debut with The Water Diviner, a historical drama set in 1919, which he also starred in. |
| 2012 | Played Jackknife in The Man with the Iron Fists and took on the role of Javert in the musical film Les Misérables. |
| October 2012 | Reported to have separated from wife Danielle Spencer. |
| August 18 2012 | Crowe appeared with Alan Doyle at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík, Iceland, as part of the Menningarnótt program. |
| September 26 2011 | Crowe appeared onstage at Rogers Arena in Vancouver during Keith Urban's concert, singing 'Folsom Prison Blues' and 'The Joker'. |
| August 2 2011 | Crowe released The Crowe/Doyle Songbook Vol III on iTunes, featuring nine original songs and their acoustic demos, with live performances in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. |
| June 2010 | Announced that he had quit smoking for the sake of his two sons. |
| May 14 2010 | Starred in Robin Hood, directed by Ridley Scott, during which he fractured both legs while performing a scene jumping off a castle portcullis. |
| March 2010 | The Ordinary Fear of God included their version of John Williamson's 'Winter Green' on a compilation album commemorating Williamson's 40 years in the Australian music industry. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Russell Crowe's jockstrap & Russell Crowe, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.