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Gay icon

Before anyone jumps on my freaking back for adding Russell as a gay icon, read this article:

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/crowe%20becomes%20gay%20icon

Extra image

Below is the image from The Insider for future use. The image may need to be resized.

File:Russell Crowe Insider promo.jpeg

Crowe packed on extra pounds to play the character of Dr. Jeffrey Wigand in The Insider.

Fourth Degree Posession

Can someone please tell me what this means?

I would like to know it as well. It's kind of hard to understand for an European. Could anyone please explain it? What are these Degrees of Posession? Thanks in advance!--Nemissimo II 19:15, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Quoted fuck

I've restored the 'fuck' in the GQ quote, as it is a direct quote from the article. see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/alqaida/story/0,12469,1433507,00.html kju 10:56, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I've had to restore it again. Whomever wishes to remove it or replace it with f*** might best see Wikipedia:Profanity first. kju 15:23, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

New Zealand American

Crowe is not a New Zealand-American by the Wikipedia definition:

"An American citizen or a person born in the United States of America who is:

   * born in New Zealand
   * has any New Zealand ancestry"

Crowe is not an American citizen, nor was he born in America. Russell Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and has no American ancestry. kju 00:27, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Maori Ancestry

Is it true that he has Maori ancestry? He is list on the List of Māori people page. Indisciplined 17:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hollywood

A lot of space is devoted to the section on temperatment (which is good), but there is little in the Hollywood section, and most of what is there is about a terrorist threat. More attention could be given to what this guy is known for, and why his has an article in wikipedia, which is making hollywood movies. The page could have an image of him also - Matthew238 08:28, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He's most famous for being a violent, arrogant thug.

Japanese

Can he speak Japanese? How did he learn ?--Jondel 08:48, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Defamation warning

Under the heading, 'Temperament', the line "... which three men unsuccessfully used to attempt to extort money from him" is none-too-clever and should be deleted/seriously amended forthwith. (I'll leave the actual restructuring to those who have existing involvement with the page.) The men were acquitted of extortion-related offences, and according to media reports have now sued the state for malicious prosecution. The line cited runs a grossly serious risk of being defamatory; bearing in mind the men's willingness to litigate, the risk is not merely theoretical.203.3.176.10 02:50, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

YES!

There's already a reference in this article to the South Park episode. I was going to add it if there wasn't one. That's my favorite South Park episode ever.

"Making movies, making music, and fightin' 'round the world!"

Late Show

It is inaccurate to say that he was cast in a 1990 film after guest starring in the Late Show as Shirty the slightly aggressive bear - because the late show was on in 1992 and 1993!

Russell Crowe Australian?

From the information I have, Russell Crowe is not Australian nor does he have Australian citizenship. He is in the process of obtaining it but he is still not a Aussie.

Source: http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-01-27#celeb5

or can anyone prove that he is? I don't want to open a can of worms here but it is not accurate to say that he is Australian if in fact he isn't.--James Bond 09:56, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hes holds australian citizenship now for certain. But im not sure if he still holds New Zealand citizenship.

Yes, he's certainly a New Zealand citizen - and will remain one until he dies unless he formally renounces his citizenship, which is an extremely rare occurence.

Russel Crowe On South Park

I loved how he called people "scrotum", "testicle" and "vagina" 70.49.206.25 03:22, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I removed Fightin' Around the World (TV Show) (2002) linking to South Park from the list, as it looks dubious --h2g2bob (talk) 23:32, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Needs citations

I've removed some material from the article, per Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. If sources can be found, please add (with source) back to the article. --h2g2bob (talk) 00:47, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Family

Crowe also dated American actress Meg Ryan after they had an admitted affair while filming Proof of Life (2000) and in the past, he has been linked to Erica Baxter, Peta Wilson and Courtney Love.

Music

Crowe's early stage name as a musician was "Rus Le Roq" and he was billed as such while performing with the New Zealand production of The Rocky Horror Show. Crowe also toured with Grease in the Australian company.

Knitting?

It says under "Family Life" that knitting is a past time of Crowe's. It doesn't cite any references. Is this true? (DGOZ)

Dark Knight

This article currently lists Russell Crowe as having a cameo role in The Dark Knight, and where I do remember hearing a rumor of this some time ago, is there any confirmation of this casting decision? 24.24.90.148 22:09, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strange...

Very strange how this guys doesn't have a controversy section after his several fights... Oh yeah, he's white & this is wikipedia so never mind

Strange...

Very strange how this guy doesn't have a controversy section after his several fights... Oh yeah, he's white & this is wikipedia so never mind