Russell Crowe Two of his cousins, Martin Crowe and Jeff Crowe, captained the Black Caps New Zealand international cricket team. Crowe has been a supporter of the rugby league football team the South Sydney Rabbitohs since childhood. Since his rise to fame as an actor, he has continued appearing at home games, and supported the financially troubled club. Following the Super League war of the 1990s Crowe made an attempt to use his Hollywood connections to convince Ted Turner, rival of Super League's Rupert Murdoch, to save the Rabbitohs before they were forced from the National Rugby League competition for two years.
Jonny Phillips (actor) in Paradise" credited as Jonny Phillips. Since 2014 played in a leading role Father Crowe in the Webseries The Outer Darkness. In 2014 he appeared as Alistair Stoke, a neurosurgeon, in Entry Wounds Pt 1 in series 8 of Inspector Lewis. Jonny Phillips (actor) Jonathan Mark Phillips (born 5 September 1963), known as Jonny Phillips, is an English actor. 'Jonny Philips' is best known for his portrayal of 2nd Officer Charles Lightoller in the 1997 blockbuster film "Titanic". He also appeared in an episode of "Midsomer Murders" entitled "Country Matters". In 2012, he appeared in 11 episodes of I Shouldn't