Billy Crudup
Born: 1968-07-08 in Manhasset, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filmography
2025
- Jay Kelly as Timothy
- American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Megadoc as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
- Hello Tomorrow! as Jack Billings
2022
- The Last Movie Stars as Self
2021
- Zack Snyder's Justice League as Henry Allen (uncredited)
2019
- The Morning Show as Cory Ellison
- After the Wedding as Oscar
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Elgie
2018
- More Human Than Human as Self
2017
- Justice League as Henry Allen (uncredited)
- Alien: Covenant as Oram
- 1 Mile To You as Coach K
- Youth in Oregon as Brian Gleason
- Gypsy as Michael Holloway
- From Jackie to Camelot as Self
- Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages as Oram
- Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper as Christopher Oram
- Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos as Oram
- Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott as Self
2016
- 20th Century Women as William
- Jackie as The Journalist
2015
- Spotlight as Eric Macleish
- The Stanford Prison Experiment as Dr. Philip Zimbardo
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- Rudderless as Sam Manning
- Take Care ... (Thanks)
- Glass Chin as J.J. Cook
- The Longest Week as Dylan Tate
2013
- Blood Ties as Frank
2011
- Too Big to Fail as Timothy Geithner
2010
- Eat Pray Love as Steven
- Warren the Ape
2009
- Public Enemies as J. Edgar Hoover
- Watchmen as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics as Self
2008
- Pretty Bird as Curtis
2007
- The Sarah Silverman Program. as Self
- Dedication as Henry Roth
2006
- Mission: Impossible III as Musgrave
- Rachael Ray
- The Good Shepherd as Archibald Cummings
2005
- Trust the Man as Tobey
2004
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- Stage Beauty as Ned Kynaston
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Big Fish as Will Bloom
2002
- World Traveler as Cal
2001
- Charlotte Gray as Julien Levade
2000
- Almost Famous as Russell Hammond
- Jesus' Son as FH
- Waking the Dead as Fielding Pierce
1998
- Without Limits as Steve Prefontaine
- Monument Ave. as Teddy
- The Hi-Lo Country as Pete Calder
1997
- Inventing the Abbotts as Jacey Holt
- Grind as Eddie
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Sleepers as Tommy Marcano
- Everyone Says I Love You as Ken
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee