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.
Henry Woodfall Crowe Henry Woodfall Crowe Henry Woodfall Crowe (April 29, 1832 – November 7, 1865) was a British-Norwegian interpreter, translator, and author. Crowe was born in Kåfjord, Norway, the son of John Rice Crowe (1795–1877) and Malene Marie Waad (1802–1843). Together with Henry Dick Woodfall, his father started the company Alten Copper Works in Alta around 1826. The company was later renamed the Kåfjord Copper Works. Henry Woodfall Crowe was named after his father's business partner. He participated in the Crimean War in 1854 and 1855 as the interpreter general to the British fleet. Crowe's diary of his experiences on the warship