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Billy Crudup

Acting

Born July 8, 1968 · Manhasset, New York, USA

Also known as William Crudup · William Gaither Crudup · Μπίλι Κράνταπ

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Critics' Choice Television AwardBest Drama Supporting Actor · 2024
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 2020
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 2007
  • Theatre World Award · 1995
  • Clarence Derwent Awards
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  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 2011 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 2005 · nominated
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Play · 2002 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021as Henry Allen (uncredited)

Spotlight

2015as Eric Macleish

Big Fish

2003as Will Bloom

The Morning Show

2019as Cory Ellison

Sleepers

1996as Tommy

Almost Famous

2000as Russell Hammond

Watchmen

2009as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan

20th Century Women

2016as William

Rudderless

2014as Sam Manning

Too Big to Fail

2011as Timothy Geithner

The Last Movie Stars

2022as Self

The Stanford Prison Experiment

2015as Dr. Philip Zimbardo

Mission: Impossible III

2006as Musgrave

Public Enemies

2009as J. Edgar Hoover

American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans

2025as Self - Narrator (voice)

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

2019as Elgie

Gypsy

2017as Michael Holloway

Stage Beauty

2004as Ned Kynaston

Without Limits

1998as Steve Prefontaine

MegaDoc

2025as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1 Mile to You

2017as Coach K

Jackie

2016as The Journalist

Thin Ice

2011as Randy

Everyone Says I Love You

1996as Ken

After the Wedding

2019as Oscar

Dedication

2007as Henry Roth

The Good Shepherd

2006as Archibald Cummings

The Daily Show

1996as Self

The Sarah Silverman Program.

2007as Self

Inventing the Abbotts

1997as Jacey Holt

Jay Kelly

2025as Timothy

Alien: Covenant

2017as Oram

Eat Pray Love

2010as Steven

Charlotte Gray

2001as Julien Levade

Jesus' Son

1999as FH

Hello Tomorrow!

2023as Jack Billings

Youth in Oregon

2017as Brian Gleason

Justice League

2017as Henry Allen (uncredited)

Blood Ties

2013as Frank

Waking the Dead

2000as Fielding Pierce

The Hi-Lo Country

1998as Pete Calder

Take Care

2014Thanks

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

The Watch

2012as Neighbor

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988as Self - Guest

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003as Self

More Human Than Human

2018as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self

Trust the Man

2005as Tobey

The Longest Week

2014as Dylan Tate