Ananova:

Russell Crowe has become a father after his wife, Danielle Spencer, gave birth to a baby boy.

Charles Spencer Crowe was born last night, weighing six pounds two ounces.

Crowe's Australian publicist Wendy Day said in Sydney: "He's a healthy, bouncing baby boy."

New Zealand-born Crowe, the 39-year-old star of Gladiator and Master and Commander, married 32-year-old singer Danielle Spencer on April 7 this year in a ceremony at Crowe's sprawling rural property of Nana Glen near the east Australian beach resort town of Coffs Harbour.