Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup

Known for
Acting
Born
July 8, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Manhasset, New York, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2027
The Auction

The Auction

Movie · as Scuba Diver #1

2026
Skip Intro poster

Skip Intro

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2025
Jay Kelly poster

Jay Kelly

Movie · as Timothy

2025
American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans poster

American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2025
Megadoc poster

Megadoc

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
Hello Tomorrow! poster

Hello Tomorrow!

TV · as Jack Billings · 10 eps

2022
The Last Movie Stars poster

The Last Movie Stars

TV · as Self, James Goldstone (voice) · 3 eps

2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League poster

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Movie · as Henry Allen (uncredited)

2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette poster

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Movie · as Elgie

2019
After the Wedding poster

After the Wedding

Movie · as Oscar

2019
The Morning Show poster

The Morning Show

TV · as Cory Ellison · 40 eps

2018
More Human Than Human poster

More Human Than Human

Movie · as Self

2017
Youth in Oregon poster

Youth in Oregon

Movie · as Brian

2017
Alien: Covenant poster

Alien: Covenant

Movie · as Oram

2017
1 Mile To You poster

1 Mile To You

Movie · as Coach K

2017
Justice League poster

Justice League

Movie · as Henry Allen (uncredited)

2017
From Jackie to Camelot poster

From Jackie to Camelot

Movie · as Self

2017
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos poster

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos

Movie · as Oram

2017
Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages poster

Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages

Movie · as Oram

2017
Gypsy poster

Gypsy

TV · as Michael Holloway · 10 eps

2016
20th Century Women poster

20th Century Women

Movie · as William

2016
Jackie poster

Jackie

Movie · as The Journalist

2015
The Stanford Prison Experiment poster

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Movie · as Dr. Philip Zimbardo

2015
Spotlight poster

Spotlight

Movie · as Eric Macleish

2014
The Longest Week poster

The Longest Week

Movie · as Dylan Tate

2014
Rudderless poster

Rudderless

Movie · as Sam Manning

2014
Glass Chin poster

Glass Chin

Movie · as J.J. Cook

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Blood Ties poster

Blood Ties

Movie · as Frank

2012
The Watch poster

The Watch

Movie · as Neighbor

2012
Thin Ice poster

Thin Ice

Movie · as Randy

2011
Too Big to Fail poster

Too Big to Fail

Movie · as Timothy Geithner

2010
Eat Pray Love poster

Eat Pray Love

Movie · as Steven

2010
Warren the Ape poster

Warren the Ape

TV · 1 ep

2009
Public Enemies poster

Public Enemies

Movie · as J. Edgar Hoover

2009
Watchmen poster

Watchmen

Movie · as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan

2009
The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics poster

The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics

Movie

2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Pretty Bird poster

Pretty Bird

Movie · as Curtis Prentiss

2007
Dedication poster

Dedication

Movie · as Henry Roth

2007
The Sarah Silverman Program poster

The Sarah Silverman Program

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Mission: Impossible III poster

Mission: Impossible III

Movie · as Musgrave

2006
The Good Shepherd poster

The Good Shepherd

Movie · as Archibald Cummings

2006
Rachael Ray poster

Rachael Ray

TV · 1 ep

2005
Trust the Man poster

Trust the Man

Movie · as Tobey

2004
Stage Beauty poster

Stage Beauty

Movie · as Ned Kynaston

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Big Fish poster

Big Fish

Movie · as Will Bloom

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
World Traveler poster

World Traveler

Movie · as Cal

2001
Charlotte Gray poster

Charlotte Gray

Movie · as Julien Levade

2000
Almost Famous poster

Almost Famous

Movie · as Russell Hammond

2000
Jesus' Son poster

Jesus' Son

Movie · as FH

2000
Waking the Dead poster

Waking the Dead

Movie · as Fielding Pierce

1998
The Hi-Lo Country poster

The Hi-Lo Country

Movie · as Pete Calder

1998
Monument Ave. poster

Monument Ave.

Movie · as Teddy

1998
Without Limits poster

Without Limits

Movie · as Steve Prefontaine

1997
Inventing the Abbotts poster

Inventing the Abbotts

Movie · as Jacey Holt

1997
Grind poster

Grind

Movie · as Eddie

1996
Sleepers poster

Sleepers

Movie · as Tommy

1996
Everyone Says I Love You poster

Everyone Says I Love You

Movie · as Ken

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep