Russell Crowe Fast Facts

Birth Name:		Russell Ira Crowe
Date of Birth:		April 7, 1964
Birth Place:		Wellington, New Zealand
Education:		Dropped out of high school to work full-time to help his family.
Marriages:		Danielle Spencer (2003 - present)
Children:		Charles (son) - born in 2003 Tennyson (son) - born in 2006
Famous Romances:		Meg Ryan
Big Break:		After many Austrailian movies, Sharon Stone got him a role in her American Western, The Quick and the Dead
Starmaking Role:		L.A. Confidential
Biggest Hit:		Gladiator
Tabloid Moments:		General bad-boy image that manifests itself with fights with both fans and paparazzi Love affair with Meg Ryan during the filming of Proof of Life that ended her marriage Telephone throwing incident at the Mercer Hotel in New York city.
Good Works:		Makes many charitable contributions, often choosing to offer money to right small wrongs he reads about in the news, like rebuilding a library that was burned in an act of Anti-semitism.
Side Jobs:		Owns a team in the Australian Football League Rancher