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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 8, 1968
Place of Birth:
Manhasset, New York, USA
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Billy Crudup
Biography
William Gaither Crudup (born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He is a four-time Tony Award nominee, winning once for his performance in Tom Stoppard's play The Coast of Utopia in 2007. He has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead (along with several other awards nominations) for his performance in Jesus' Son. He received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations as part of an ensemble cast for Almost Famous and Spotlight, winning for the latter - as well as winning the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award for the same. He earned two Primetime Emmy Awards (nominated three times); two Critics' Choice Television Awards; a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film; and three nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his performance on the series The Morning Show (2019).
He has starred in numerous high-profile films, including Without Limits, Princess Mononoke, Almost Famous, Big Fish, Mission: Impossible III, Watchmen, Public Enemies, Spotlight, Jackie, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Justice League, and Alien: Covenant, in both lead and supporting roles.
From 1996 to November 2003, he was in a relationship with actress Mary-Louise Parker. She was seven months pregnant with their son, William Atticus Parker born in January 2004, when he ended their relationship and began dating actress Claire Danes, their relationship ended in 2006.
In 2017, he began dating actress Naomi Watts, after the two met on the set of the Netflix drama series Gypsy. They married in New York City in June 2023.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jay Kelly | |
| 2025 | The Auction | Scuba Diver #1 |
| 2025 | American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans | Narrator |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Henry Allen (uncredited) |
| 2019 | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Elgie |
| 2019 | After the Wedding | Oscar |
| 2018 | More Human Than Human | Self |
| 2017 | Youth in Oregon | Brian Gleason |
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant | Oram |
| 2017 | 1 Mile To You | Coach K |
| 2017 | Justice League | Henry Allen (uncredited) |
| 2017 | From Jackie to Camelot | Self |
| 2017 | Phobos | Oram |
| 2017 | Prologue: Last Supper | Christopher Oram |
| 2016 | 20th Century Women | William |
| 2016 | Jackie | The Journalist |
| 2015 | The Stanford Prison Experiment | Dr. Philip Zimbardo |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Eric Macleish |
| 2014 | The Longest Week | Dylan Tate |
| 2014 | Rudderless | Sam Manning |
| 2014 | Glass Chin | J.J. Cook |
| 2013 | Blood Ties | Frank |
| 2012 | The Watch | Neighbor |
| 2012 | Thin Ice | Randy |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Timothy Geithner |
| 2010 | Eat Pray Love | Steven |
| 2009 | Public Enemies | J. Edgar Hoover |
| 2009 | Watchmen | Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan |
| 2009 | The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics | Self |
| 2008 | Pretty Bird | Curtis |
| 2007 | Dedication | Henry Roth |
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Musgrave |
| 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Arch Cummings |
| 2005 | Trust the Man | Tobey |
| 2004 | Stage Beauty | Ned Kynaston |
| 2003 | Big Fish | Will Bloom |
| 2002 | World Traveler | Cal |
| 2001 | Charlotte Gray | Julien Levade |
| 2000 | Almost Famous | Russell Hammond |
| 2000 | Jesus' Son | FH |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead | Fielding Pierce |
| 1998 | The Hi-Lo Country | Pete Calder |
| 1998 | Monument Ave. | Teddy |
| 1998 | Without Limits | Steve Prefontaine |
| 1997 | Inventing the Abbotts | Jacey Holt |
| 1997 | Grind | Eddie |
| 1996 | Sleepers | Tommy Marcano |
| 1996 | Everyone Says I Love You | Ken |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Hello Tomorrow! | Jack Billings |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | Self |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | James Goldstone (voice) |
| 2019 | The Morning Show | Cory Ellison |
| 2017 | Gypsy | Michael Holloway |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self |
| 2010 | Warren The Ape | |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest |
| 2007 | The Sarah Silverman Program. | Self |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray | |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |