New Zealander won Best Actor Oscar for 'Gladiator'; played Javert in Les Miserable in 2012
He made his first acting appearance on an Australian television program at the age of 5.
I was in Cinderella Man, American Gangster, and Master and Commander.
His parents were both movie-set caterers as his father was a manager of a hotel.
He starred with Ed Harris in A Beautiful Mind about John Nash.
