Portrait of Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup

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.

Born: July 8, 1968

Place of Birth: Manhasset, New York, USA

Filmography

2025
Jay Kelly

as Timothy

2025
American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2023
Hello Tomorrow!

as Jack Billings

2022
The Last Movie Stars

as James Goldstone (voice)

2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League

as Henry Allen (uncredited)

2019
The Morning Show

as Cory Ellison

2019
2017
Justice League

as Henry Allen (uncredited)

2017
Gypsy

as Michael Holloway

2017
2017
1 Mile To You

as Coach K

2017
Youth in Oregon

as Brian Gleason

2016
2016
Jackie

as The Journalist

2015
Spotlight

as Eric Macleish

2015
The Stanford Prison Experiment

as Dr. Philip Zimbardo

2014
Rudderless

as Sam Manning

2014
The Longest Week

as Dylan Tate

2014
Glass Chin

as J.J. Cook

2013
Blood Ties

as Frank

2012
The Watch

as Neighbor

2012
Thin Ice

as Randy

2011
Too Big to Fail

as Timothy Geithner

2010
Eat Pray Love

as Steven

2009
Public Enemies

as J. Edgar Hoover

2009
Watchmen

as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan

2009
2008
Pretty Bird

as Curtis

2007
Dedication

as Henry Roth

2006
The Good Shepherd

as Archibald Cummings

2005
2004
Stage Beauty

as Ned Kynaston

2003
Big Fish

as Will Bloom

2002
2001
Charlotte Gray

as Julien Levade

2000
Almost Famous

as Russell Hammond

2000
2000
Waking the Dead

as Fielding Pierce

1998
The Hi-Lo Country

as Pete Calder

1998
1998
Without Limits

as Steve Prefontaine

1997
Grind

as Eddie

1997
1996
Sleepers

as Tommy Marcano

1996
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee