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After initial success in Australia, Crowe first starred in a Canadian production in 1993, ''[[For the Moment (film)|For the Moment]]'', before concentrating on American films. He co-starred with [[Denzel Washington]] in ''[[Virtuosity]]'' (the duo later appearing together in ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'') and with [[Sharon Stone]] in ''[[The Quick and the Dead (1995 film)|The Quick and the Dead]]'' in 1995.<ref name="actors" /> He went on to become a three-time Oscar nominee, winning the [[Academy Award]] as [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] in 2000 for ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''.<ref name="actors" /> Crowe was awarded the (Australian) [[Centenary Medal]] in 2001 for "service to Australian society and Australian film production."<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1127575 It's an Honour website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422064357/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1127575 |date=22 April 2023 }}. Retrieved 23 October 2010.</ref>
Crowe received three consecutive best actor Oscar nominations, for ''The Insider'', ''Gladiator'', and ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''.<ref name="actors" /> Crowe won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|best actor award]] for ''A Beautiful Mind'' at the [[56th British Academy Film Awards|2002 BAFTA award]] ceremony, as well as the [[Golden Globe]] and [[Screen Actors Guild Award|Screen Actors Guild]] awards for the same performance. Although nominated for an Academy Award, he lost to Denzel Washington. All three films were also nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], and both ''Gladiator'' and ''A Beautiful Mind'' won the award. Crowe became the first actor to star as the lead in back-to-back Best Picture winners since [[Walter Pidgeon]] (who starred in ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' [1941] and ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' [1942]).{{cn|date=May 2024}}
Within the six-year stretch from 1997 to 2003, he also starred in two other best picture nominees, ''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]'' and ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]''. In 2005, he re-teamed with ''A Beautiful Mind'' director [[Ron Howard]] for the biographical boxing drama ''[[Cinderella Man]]''. In 2006, he re-teamed with ''Gladiator'' director [[Ridley Scott]] for ''[[A Good Year]]'', the first of two consecutive collaborations (the second being ''American Gangster'' co-starring again with Denzel Washington, released in late 2007). Although the light romantic comedy of ''A Good Year'' was not greatly received, Crowe seemed pleased with the film, telling [[STV (TV channel)|STV]] in an interview that he thought it would be enjoyed by fans of his other films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Crowe video interview |url=http://www.stv.tv/content/out/film/videointerviews/display.html?id=opencms:/out/films/video_interviews/russell_crowe_a_good_year_interview |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501091646/http://www.stv.tv/content/out/film/videointerviews/display.html?id=opencms%3A%2Fout%2Ffilms%2Fvideo_interviews%2Frussell_crowe_a_good_year_interview |archive-date=1 May 2008 |access-date=29 May 2007 |publisher=[[STV (TV network)|STV]] |format=Video}}</ref>
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