Editing Russell Crowe (section)

==Early life==
Crowe was born in [[Strathmore Park]], a suburb of [[Wellington|Wellington, New Zealand]], on 7 April 1964,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Crowe |url= http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/crowe/timeline.html |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101121093244/http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/crowe/timeline.html |archive-date=21 November 2010 |access-date=30 June 2008 |publisher=People in the News ([[CNN]])}}</ref> the son of film set caterers Jocelyn Yvonne (née Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe.<ref name="actors">{{Cite web |date=4 January 2004 |title=Inside The Actors Studio With Russell Crowe – Transcript |url=http://www.kaspinet.com/Inside_The_Actors_Studio-Transcript.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623093158/http://www.kaspinet.com/Inside_The_Actors_Studio-Transcript.htm |archive-date=23 June 2008 |access-date=10 April 2010 |publisher=Kaspinet.com}}</ref> His father also managed a hotel.<ref name="actors" /> His maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who was appointed an [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for filming footage of [[World War II]] as a member of the New Zealand Film Unit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside The Actors Studio – Transcript |url= http://www.kaspinet.com/Inside_The_Actors_Studio-Transcript.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150324015003/http://www.kaspinet.com/Inside_The_Actors_Studio-Transcript.htm |archive-date=24 March 2015 |publisher=kaspinet.com}}</ref> Crowe is [[Māori people|Māori]], and identifies with [[Ngāti Porou]] through one of his maternal great-great-grandmothers.<ref name="Ancestry">{{Cite tweet |number=353596721428824064 |user=russellcrowe |title=Born NZ, live Australia, 1 Welsh grandad, 1 Scottish, also Italian, Norwegian & Maori heritage, also English in there but I don't mention that |author=Russell Crowe |date=6 July 2013 |access-date=4 August 2013}}</ref><ref name="actors" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Crowe ~ Russell ... Something to Crowe About! |url= http://russellcrowe.5u.com/Interviews/JuiceMagazine_5_93.html |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045042/http://russellcrowe.5u.com/Interviews/JuiceMagazine_5_93.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |publisher=5u.com}}</ref> His paternal grandfather, John Doubleday Crowe, was a Welsh man from [[Wrexham]], while another of his grandparents was Scottish.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Crowe |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/iconsofwales/sites/content/pages/russell_crowe.shtml |url-status=deviated |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060630132713/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/iconsofwales/sites/content/pages/russell_crowe.shtml |archive-date=30 June 2006 |access-date=19 November 2006 |publisher=BBC Wales |date=30 June 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2010 |title=English folklore brings Crowe back to Wales |url= http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/88090/english-folklore-brings-crowe-back-to-wales.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151016030751/http://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/88090/english-folklore-brings-crowe-back-to-wales.aspx |archive-date=16 October 2015 |access-date=22 February 2013 |website=[[The Leader (Welsh newspaper)|The Leader]] |location=Wrexham}}</ref> His other ancestry includes English, German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 June 2005 |title=Russell Crowe: Hollywood livewire |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4070410.stm |access-date=10 April 2010 |archive-date=5 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205180620/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/4070410.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=5 February 2011 |title=Brits 'Sheepish' About 'Kiwi' Cousins Despite Close Historical Links |publisher=Ancestry.co.uk |url= http://www.ancestry.co.uk/about/default.aspx?section=pr-2011-02-05 |access-date=4 March 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120330235306/http://www.ancestry.co.uk/about/default.aspx?section=pr-2011-02-05 |archive-date=30 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |date=7 February 2011 |title=Ancestry entdeckt preußische Wurzeln des "Gladiator" Russell Crowe |publisher=Ancestryeurope.lu |lang=de |url= http://www.ancestryeurope.lu/press/press-releases/deutschland/2011/02/ancestry-entdeckt-preuische-wurzeln-des-gladiator-russell-crowe/ |url-status=dead |access-date=4 March 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170706111523/http://www.ancestryeurope.lu/press/press-releases/deutschland/2011/02/ancestry-entdeckt-preuische-wurzeln-des-gladiator-russell-crowe/ |archive-date=6 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="Ancestry" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Johansen / Olsen Family Tree |url=http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=clarkenz&id=I055 |publisher=ancestry.com |access-date=16 May 2015 |archive-date=22 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222124726/http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=clarkenz&id=I055 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is a cousin of former [[New Zealand national cricket captains]] [[Martin Crowe|Martin]] and [[Jeff Crowe]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=North East Wales Showbiz – Russell Crowe |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/showbiz/russellcrowe.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100523081252/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/showbiz/russellcrowe.shtml |archive-date=23 May 2010 |access-date=22 February 2013 |publisher=BBC}}</ref> and the nephew of cricketer [[Dave Crowe]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Video: Family, friends pay respects at Martin Crowe's funeral |work=[[Newshub]] |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2016/03/family-friends-pay-respects-at-martin-crowes-funeral.html |access-date=3 March 2016 |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723153313/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2016/03/family-friends-pay-respects-at-martin-crowes-funeral.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

When Crowe was four years old, his family moved to Australia and settled in [[Sydney]], where his parents pursued their career in film set catering.<ref name="actors" /> His mother's godfather was the producer of the Australian TV series ''[[Spyforce]]'', and Crowe was hired for a line of dialogue in one episode of the series at age five or six, opposite series star [[Jack Thompson (actor)|Jack Thompson]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Crowe – Charlie Rose |url=https://charlierose.com/videos/20843 |via=charlierose.com |access-date=13 September 2018 |archive-date=19 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019172228/https://charlierose.com/videos/20843 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later, in 1994, Thompson would play the supportive father of Crowe's gay character in ''[[The Sum of Us (film)|The Sum of Us]]''.<ref>Buckmaster, Luke. (18 July 2014). [https://www.theguardian.com/film/australia-culture-blog/2014/jul/18/the-sum-of-us-rewatched-a-loving-father-a-gay-son ''The Sum of Us rewatched – a loving father, a gay son''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406002806/https://www.theguardian.com/film/australia-culture-blog/2014/jul/18/the-sum-of-us-rewatched-a-loving-father-a-gay-son |date=6 April 2023 }}. ''[[The Guardian]]''.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sum of Us (1994): Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111309/fullcredits |access-date=6 May 2019 |website=IMDb |archive-date=9 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909053241/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111309/fullcredits |url-status=live }}</ref> Crowe also appeared briefly in the serial ''[[The Young Doctors]]''. In Australia, he was educated at [[Vaucluse Public School]] and [[Sydney Boys High School]],<ref name="actors" /> before his family moved back to New Zealand in 1978 when he was 14. He continued his secondary education at [[Auckland Grammar School]], with his cousins and brother Terry, and [[Mount Roskill Grammar School]] before leaving school at the age of 16 to pursue his acting ambitions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 May 2016 |title=Russell Crowe talks fatherhood and finding new love |url=https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/sunday-style/russell-crowe-is-looking-for-love/news-story/f08c04f7175200b9bfa2c792c36da4a6 |access-date=5 March 2019 |website=news.com.au |archive-date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919194350/https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/sunday-style/russell-crowe-is-looking-for-love/news-story/f08c04f7175200b9bfa2c792c36da4a6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>