What is Russell Crowes signature role? (1 Viewer)

[badmojo1006]

I guess it is Gladiator, but I could see, LA Confidential, A Beautiful Mind and Master and Commander.

Went with Gladiator. 

 

[nirad3]

Maybe recency bias is hitting me here (just saw Gladiator on TV), but it's gotta be Gladiator. 

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED???

 

[Daywalker]

He had a great run.

 

[Daywalker]

Got to be Gladiator.  But LA Confidential my fav.  Not close either.

 

[Kraft...]

Gladiator definitely Signature 

The Insider - Gladiator - A Beautiful Mind is a pretty phenomenal three year run. Would be tough to beat IMO

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Agree.  Has to be Gladiator but his performance in The Insider is my favorite with LA Confidential a close 2nd.

 

[Ilov80s]

Should be 100% on this one 

 

[Fiddles]

agree with the gladiator but LA confidential is my fav however the nice guys was so ####### funny. hoping for a sequel

 

[Osaurus]

Fightin’ Around the World with Tugger

Master and Commander is a close second.

 

[Ilov80s]

agree with the gladiator but LA confidential is my fav however the nice guys was so ####### funny. hoping for a sequel

Oh yeah and he’s fantastic in The Insider but Maximus is the role he was born to play.

 

[tommyboy]

I guess it is Gladiator, but I could see, LA Confidential, A Beautiful Mind and Master and Commander.

Went with Gladiator. 

Gladiator is just a great movie all around,  before he got fat.

my personal favorite is his character in 3:10 to Yuma.   I love that movie

 

[Jayrok]

The poll looks like it's shooting a bird at the other signature role polls.  

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

Vote: Gladiator

My fav: A Beautiful Mind - He nails it like no other I've seen since Hoffman in Rain Man. 

 

[That one guy]

Gladiator is my favorite movie of all time, so that clearly wins

 

[Socrates11]

His role in Gladiator echoes throughout eternity. 

 

[belljr]

Proof of Life ....

 

[El Floppo]

Wide range of solid roles.

But yeah... Maximus. 

Romper Stomper did define his career trajectory though...clearly a star early on. And agree that master and Commander is pretty great.

 

[Otis]

Jesus an easy one 

 

[Daywalker]

I liked Gladiator on first viewing but I dont find it very rewatchable.

L.A. Confidential I need to watch every few years.

Gladiator is his signature role though.

 

[Gr00vus]

Agree.  Has to be Gladiator but his performance in The Insider is my favorite with LA Confidential a close 2nd.

I threw a vote at The Insider knowing Gladiator would be well represented. I think Wigand was a tougher acting role than Maximus in several ways, and to me that was the pinnacle of Crowe's acting chops, so that's the role I think of with him. He's had so many great ones.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

He should have won for LA Confidential, no doubt. I went with that one.

One of my all time favorite actors.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I’d still go Gladiator but Fightin around the world should have been on here

 

[Cowboysfan8]

Gladiator is just a great movie all around,  before he got fat.

my personal favorite is his character in 3:10 to Yuma.   I love that movie

Same

That was vote

 

[shadyridr]

Yeah this one was the easiest so far

 

[Ghost Rider]

Like others, I share the sentiment that L.A. Confidential is his best film, but Maximus in Gladiator is his signature role. 

 

[HellToupee]

Bud White

 

[rockaction]

Should be 100% on this one 

Weird. I went with L.A. Confidential. I just guess I didn't see the meaning of "signature role" the same way others did. 

 

[Ilov80s]

Weird. I went with L.A. Confidential. I just guess I didn't see the meaning of "signature role" the same way others did. 

He certainly had his breakout with LA and it’s my favorite movie of his but when I imagine Russel Crowe he’s a gladiator. Of course my opinion isn’t all that important.

 

[Man of Constant Sorrow]

I’d still go Gladiator but Fightin around the world should have been on here

Tugger!

...also, can I change my vote to this?

 

[rockaction]

He certainly had his breakout with LA and it’s my favorite movie of his but when I imagine Russel Crowe he’s a gladiator.

Sure. I guess LA just made a greater impression on me. Gladiator seems like a disposable movie to me, and I think cinema -- if we get highfalutin and take it seriously -- is neither greater nor worse for it having been made.

 

[Insein]

Definitely not a type cast actor. He absorbs any role he takes on. 

With that said, Gladiator is the first thing that should come to mind. LA confidential and Beautiful Mind up there, but Gladiator is it 

 

[wikkidpissah]

Russell Crowe is a highly underrated comedian & Javert proves it.

His Jim Braddock is my favorite of his dramatic roles

 

[rockaction]

Russell Crowe is a highly underrated comedian & Javert proves it.

His Jim Braddock is my favorite of his dramatic roles

Your link just links to the top of this thread, though I may be missing something here...

 

[wikkidpissah]

Your link just links to the top of this thread, though I may be missing something here...

fixed

 

[Politician Spock]

Russell Crowe is a highly underrated comedian & Javert proves it.

His Jim Braddock is my favorite of his dramatic roles

He got ripped by the critics for that role...  but I liked it. I thought he did a great job. Problem is that so much Broadway talent has done that role, and did it better because Jervert's role is really nothing if not a Broadway part (well, London, but you know what I mean). He's basically just a Darth Vader that sings. Be mean, and sing well. That's the role. 

That said, Anne Hathaway performed "I Dreamed a Dream" better than any Broadway talent ever did... not because of her singing, but because she acted it out far better than any Broadway talent ever has. That scene is IMHO in the top 10 most tear jerking scenes in movie history.