Russell Crowe's phone-throwing tantrum at a New York hotel has cost him a dinner date with American President George W Bush.

According to the Sun, the Gladiator star had to host a private screening of his latest film Cinderella Man, before spending the night at the White House, but after the hotel incident officials cancelled the appointment.

Crowe, who injured a hotel clerk by throwing his room's telephone against a wall, will face assault and criminal possession of a weapon charges when he returns to Manhattan Criminal Court on September 14.