🎬 Gladiator (2000)

Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is a New Zealand actor and film director. His work on screen has earned him various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award.

Sir Ridley Leighton Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English filmmaker. He directs films in the science fiction, crime, and historical epic genres with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. He ranks among the highest-grossing directors, with his films grossing a cumulative $5 billion worldwide. He ha…

Joaquin Phoenix is an American actor known for intense, physically committed performances. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Joker (2019). In The Master (2012), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, he plays Freddie Quell, a volatile World War II veteran drawn into a mysterious spiritual movement.

Connie Nielsen is a Danish actress best known internationally for playing Lucilla in Gladiator (2000) alongside Russell Crowe. She works across Hollywood and European productions, and is also recognizable as Queen Hippolyta in the Wonder Woman films.

Oliver Reed was a British actor whose career spanned from the 1960s until his death in 1999. Known for his intense screen presence, he appeared in films such as Women in Love and The Three Musketeers. In Gladiator he played the gladiator trainer Proximo - and died during filming, so his final scenes were completed usi…

Richard Harris was an Irish actor best known for playing Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator (2000), whose death sets the whole story in motion. He also had a parallel career as a singer and poet. Younger audiences may recognise him as Professor Dumbledore from the first two Harry Potter films.