
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 Award — Best Drama Supporting Actor · 2024
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 2020
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 2007
- Theatre World Award · 1995
- Clarence Derwent Awards
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- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 2011 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2005 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2002 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Spotlight

Big Fish

The Morning Show

Sleepers

Almost Famous

Watchmen

20th Century Women

Rudderless

Too Big to Fail

The Last Movie Stars

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Mission: Impossible III

Public Enemies

American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Gypsy

Stage Beauty

Without Limits

MegaDoc

1 Mile to You

Jackie

Thin Ice

Everyone Says I Love You

After the Wedding

Dedication

The Good Shepherd

The Daily Show

The Sarah Silverman Program.

Inventing the Abbotts

Jay Kelly

Alien: Covenant

Eat Pray Love

Charlotte Gray

Jesus' Son

Hello Tomorrow!

Youth in Oregon

Justice League

Blood Ties

Waking the Dead

The Hi-Lo Country

Take Care

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Watch

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

More Human Than Human

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Trust the Man

The Longest Week