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
Crowe & Dunlevy Crowe & Dunlevy Crowe & Dunlevy is an American law firm headquartered in Oklahoma. It has offices in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Dallas, and is the second largest firm in Oklahoma. According to the National Law Journal's 2012 list of largest U.S. law firms by number of lawyers (the "NLJ 350"), Crowe & Dunlevy is the 340th largest law firm in the country. Founded in 1902, Crowe & Dunlevy is Oklahoma's second oldest law firm. The firm was founded in 1902 by Charles Edward Johnson (1870–1950). Johnson was a Swedish emigrant and a University of Texas Law School graduate. The