Russell Crowe was fighting fit on Friday.
The Oscar winner took the stage at the 2025 AACTA Awards and was looking slimmed down and glowing.
The 60-year-old was dapper in a fitted black suit as he presented an award at the Home of the Arts (HOTA) on the Gold Coast.
Looking youthful, Russell sported a salt and pepper beard and long brunette locks with grey tinges.
He seemed in great spirts and showed off a hint of his chest, wearing his black shirt partially unbuttoned.
Russell completed the look with a pair of patent leather shoes and a chunky gold designer watch.
Russell Crowe (pictured) was fighting fit on Friday. The Oscar winner took the stage at the 2025 AACTA Awards and was looking slimmed down and glowing
Late last year, it was revealed that early 25 years after he starred in the original smash hit film Gladiator (2000), Crowe is set to battle the Roman Empire once again.
Deadline reported that the New Zealand–born actor and director has signed on to star in The Last Druid.
William Eubank serves as the director, and work from a screenplay he wrote with Phil Gawthorne and Carlyle Eubank.
The movie will ‘tell the story of a Roman Emperor who discovers a secluded Druid stronghold in the mountains of Caledonia,’ according to the publication.
‘A peaceful Celtic elder (Crowe) must take up arms to protect his family and people from annihilation,’ the synopsis read.
The casting process was at the time ongoing, with more actors brought in ahead of the shoot.
Ben Pugh is producing alongside Range Media Partners’ Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger, along with Adrián Guerra, who’s also producing for Nostromo.
Felix Farmer’s Brandon Millan and Sam Wasson will executive-produce alongside George Hsieh.
Russell, pictured last year, appears to have gotten trimmer in recent months
The 60-year-old was dapper in a fitted black suit as he presented an award at the Home of the Arts (HOTA) on the Gold Coast
Looking youthful, Russell sported a salt and pepper beard and long brunette locks
He seemed in great spirts and showed off a hint of his chest, wearing his black shirt partially unbuttoned
The actor did not appear in the sequel, Gladiator II, which stars Paul Mescal as Lucius Verus, the former heir to the Roman Empire and son of Maximus, who was played by Crowe in the original.
For his role as Maximus Decimus Meridius, Crowe won the Academy Award for Best Actor, which was one of five Oscars it won out of 11 nominations, including the coveted Best Picture award.
Eubank, 41, made his directorial debut with the science fiction drama film Love (2011).
During his career behind the camera he has also directed The Signal (2014) starring Brenton Thwaites and Olivia Cooke; Underwater (2020), starring Kristen Stewart and Vincent Cassel; and Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin starring Emily Bader.
The Holyoke, Massachusetts native has previously directed Crowe in the action thriller film Land Of Bad (2024), which also featured Liam Hemsworth, Luke Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle and Milo Ventimiglia.
He will next direct thriller The Epiphany, starring Sylvester Stallone, which is due to shoot this year.
Crowe was most recently be seen in Kraven The Hunter and the buzzed-about historical drama Nuremberg.
Directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Scarpa, who based the screenplay on a story from Peter Craig and David Scarpa, Gladiator II premiered in theaters in the US on November 22.
Crowe, who won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator in 2000 (pictured), does not appear in Gladiator II
Last year, Crowe revealed he still has to ‘work for a living’ after comparing his career to fellow Hollywood megastar Daniel Day-Lewis.
Crowe, who has appeared in huge blockbusters including Gladiator, made a flippant comment about the realities of being a film star in a new interview.
Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience, Russell revealed what it was really like meeting the globally famous Daniel before making a comment about his wealth.
Host Joe Rogan first described the Gangs of New York star as a ‘weird dude’ because he ‘disappears [from the spotlight] for a couple of years and makes shoes’.
Russell then remarked that Daniel always manages to ‘come back with a vengeance and a fury’ as he commented on his hugely successful career.
Jokingly comparing their levels of fame, the Cinderella Man actor then quipped: ‘Some of us have to work for a living, mate, you know?’
Russell went on to muse that Daniel must be very independently wealthy in order to maintain such a lifestyle.
Elsewhere in the chat, Russell also gave an insight into what it was like meeting Daniel in person, insisting he is still a huge fan despite being famous himself.
