Russell Crowe

3:10 to Yuma

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Dan Evans is fighting to maintain Ranches and families during the long, debilitating drought. Desperately needs money for the construction of wells and to pay off debts, so report to the transportation of criminals, Ben Wade'a, hoping for a prize of $ 200. Together with a group of people local sheriff, it has lead to the contention of Bisbee, where the train is to take rabusia to Yumy for trial. But from the very beginning must fight with members of the Wade'a, bezwględnymi murderers, who at all costs try to recapture him. Dan Evans also rejects the proposal Wade'a huge cash receipt of $ 1000 from the attack on the coach.

Other sporting interests

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Crowe is a big cricket fan. He played cricket in school and his cousins Martin Crowe and Jeff Crowe are former Black Caps Captains. Russell Crowe also captained the 'Australian' Team containing Steve Waugh against an English side in the 'Hollywood Ashes' Cricket Match.
He is also a fan of the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.

As with Leeds Rhinos, Crowe is well known to be a supporter of Leeds United.He has also admitted to being a big fan of SERIE A club S.S Lazio.

Early life

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Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Jocelyn Yvonne (née Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe,both of whom were movie set caterers; his father also managed a hotel.Crowe's maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who, according to Crowe, produced the first film by New Zealander Geoff Murphy,and was also named an MBE for filming footage of World War II. Crowe's maternal great-great grandmother was Māori and as a result Crowe is registered on the Māori electoral roll in New Zealand Crowe also has Welsh, Scottish, Norwegian and Irish ancestry. Two of Russell Crowe's cousins, Martin and Jeff Crowe are former New Zealand national cricket captains.

When Crowe was four years old, his family moved to Australia, where his parents pursued a career in film 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, who years later played Crowe's father in The Sum of Us and who coincidentally had been educated at the same school which Crowe was to attend for two years: Sydney Boys High School.

Russell Ira Crowe

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Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an Academy Award-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe-, and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning New Zealand-Australian actor. His acting career began in the early 1990s with roles in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films such as Romper Stomper. In the late 1990s, he began appearing in US films such as the 1997 movie L.A. Confidential. In the 2000s, he was nominated for three Oscars, and in 2001, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring role in the film Gladiator. Crowe is also co-owner of National Rugby League team the South Sydney Rabbitohs.