Crowe’s other films include L.A. Confidential (1997), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Cinderella Man (2005), American Gangster (2007), 3:10 to Yuma (2007) and Robin Hood (2010). Due to his success and character variety, critics have often called him a “virtuoso” actor. Crowe’s maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who was named an MBE for filming footage of World War II. He was educated at the Sydney Boys High School. “I was working in a theatre show, and talked to a guy who was then the head of technical support at NIDA,” Crowe has recalled. For the role, Crowe won an Australian Film Institute (AFI) award for Best Actor, following up from his Best Supporting Actor award for Proof in 1991. He went on to become a three-time Oscar nominee, winning the Academy Award as Best Actor in 2001 for Gladiator.
