Ridley Scott directed the film, which starred Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Dijmon Honsou and Richard Harris. Gladiator tells the story of Maximus ...

Jared Harris has spoken about how his father, the late actor Richard Harris, was once offered the roles of two wizard characters at the same time. Richard famously played Albus Dumbledore ...

"Gladiator II" is a messy sequel to Ridley ... picks up approximately a decade and a half after the death of Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), the Roman emperor who dreamed of a better empire ...