Russell Crowe unveils fresh-faced look after shaving off beard: ‘First shave since 2019’

Russell Crowe looked years younger as he posted a beardless photo on Twitter Monday.Russell Crowe/X

So fresh and so clean.

Russell Crowe has been rocking a bearded look for most of his career, but on Monday he debuted a clean-shaven face as he got ready for some exciting new movie roles.

“The actor prepares #20. First shave since 2019,” the “Gladiator” star, 59, captioned a photo of himself on Twitter.

Crowe has been wearing a bushy gray beard for years. ALFONSO CATALANO/Shutterstock Crowe still had his enormous beard on February 8 while attending the Sanremo Music Festival in California. Bonomo Antonino / ipa-agency.net / SplashNews.com The actor went clean-shaven for his 2001 role in “A Beautiful Mind.” ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection

In the pic, Crowe — who’s been wearing a massively bushy beard in recent years — looks decades younger as she rocks a fresh-faced appearance with just a hint of stubble.

The Oscar winner looks at the camera with a serious expression in the pic, wearing a pair of gray-rimmed glasses and a black T-shirt.

And although he mentioned not shaving since 2019, the last time the Oscar winner showed off a clean-shaven face appears to be in 2012 while promoting “Les Miserables.”

And of course, he was known for his smooth look while portraying mathematician John Nash in 2001’s “A Beautiful Mind.”

Crowe went clean-shaven for the Australian premiere of “Les Miserables” with Hugh Jackman in 2012. WireImage He sported a full beard at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic last summer. Getty Images

While he’s largely stayed out of the spotlight in the past four years, it seems Crowe is primed for plenty of movie action with his new look — and fans were loving it.

“20 years younger instantly!” one fan commented on Twitter, while another added, “oh THERE you are.”

“Looks good! It’s nice to change it up and shave. You have a nice face it was hiding behind all that hair,” another fan added.

Crowe wore his beard closely-cropped in 2000’s “Gladiator.” ©DreamWorks/Courtesy Everett Collection

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While Crowe didn’t share which movie role he was preparing for with the big shave, he’s slated to play Adolf Hitler’s right-hand man Hermann Göring in “Nuremberg,” which is due to begin filming soon in Hungary.

Along with the historical drama, the Golden Globe winner has a busy schedule ahead with roles in Marvel movie “Kraven the Hunter,” which releases in August, and “The Beast in Me,” which follows an MMA fighter and is set to start filming this spring.

As for his fresh shave, we’re hoping he keeps this look for a while.