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Billy Crudup

Billy Crudup

Acting1968Manhasset, 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.

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Acting History

Future
The Auction
as Scuba Diver #1
2025
Jay Kelly
as Timothy
American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Megadoc
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2023
Hello Tomorrow!
TVas Jack Billings10 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self1 eps
Hello Tomorrow!
TVExecutive Producer10 eps
2022
The Last Movie Stars
TVas James Goldstone (voice)1 eps
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Henry Allen (uncredited)
2019
2016
Jackie
as The Journalist
2015
Spotlight
as Eric Macleish
The Stanford Prison Experiment
as Dr. Philip Zimbardo
2014
The Longest Week
as Dylan Tate
Rudderless
as Sam Manning
Glass Chin
as J.J. Cook
Take Care
Thanks
2013
Blood Ties
as Frank
2012
The Watch
as Neighbor
Thin Ice
as Randy
2011
Too Big to Fail
as Timothy Geithner
2009
Public Enemies
as J. Edgar Hoover
Watchmen
as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2008
Pretty Bird
as Curtis Prentiss
2007
Dedication
as Henry Roth
2006
The Good Shepherd
as Archibald Cummings
2005
The Tony Danza Show
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
2004
Stage Beauty
as Ned Kynaston
The Daily Show
TVas Self2 eps
2003
Big Fish
as Will Bloom
2002
2001
Charlotte Gray
as Julien Levade
2000
Almost Famous
as Russell Hammond
Waking the Dead
as Fielding Pierce
1998
The Hi-Lo Country
as Pete Calder
Without Limits
as Steve Prefontaine
1997
Grind
as Eddie
1996
Sleepers
as Tommy Marcano

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/8/1968(57 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhasset, New York, USA