Russell Crowe 2006. Crowe was born on 7 April 1964 in the Wellington suburb of Strathmore Park, the son of Jocelyn Yvonne (née Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom were film set caterers; his father also managed a hotel. Crowe's maternal grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer who was named an MBE for filming footage of World War II. Crowe's paternal grandfather, John Doubleday Crowe, was from Wrexham, Wales, while one of Crowe's maternal great-great-grandmothers was Māori. Crowe also has English, German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Scottish, Swedish, and Welsh ancestry. He is a cousin of former New Zealand cricket captains
Phil Crowe Windsor, Co. Phil Crowe Philip Ross Crowe (born April 14, 1970) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Ottawa Senators, and the Nashville Predators between 1994 and 2000. Hailing from Red Deer, Alberta, Crowe played for the Olds Grizzlys of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Undrafted, he signed as a free agent in 1993 with the Los Angeles Kings. He later played 16 games with the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1995-96 season before spending parts of three seasons with the Ottawa Senators. Crowe was claimed