He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 historical epic film Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, for which he 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 ten further nominations for Best Actor. Crowe appeared as the tobacco firm whistle blower Jeffrey Wigand in 1999 film The Insider, for which he received five awards as Best Actor and seven nominations in the same category. Crowe’s work has earned him several accolades, including a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, three Academy Award nominations in a row (1999-2001), one Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, one BAFTA, and an Academy Award. His cousins, Martin and Jeff Crowe, are former New Zealand cricket captains. When he was fourteen, Crowe’s family moved back to New Zealand, where he (along with his brother Terry) attended Auckland Grammar School with cousins Martin Crowe and Jeff Crowe. He had a New Zealand single with I Just Want To Be Like Marlon Brando.
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