Russell Crowe

Acclaimed actor Russell Crowe has a reputation for being volatile and temperamental, combined with a raucous sense of humor. While other movie stars drive themselves to become bigger, more powerful and richer, he dreams of giving it all up to spend time with his family and a select group of motorcycle-minded friends, on his farm in Australia. The great paradox of one of the screen's biggest idols -- star of LA Confidential, Gladiator and Proof of Life -- is that hardly anyone knows him. This new biography includes interviews with the star himself, his family, co-stars and colleagues, and will reveal the real man behind the cool facade.