Billy Crudup
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
Credits
- 2025 · Jay Kelly as Timothy
- 2025 · Megadoc as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023 · Hello Tomorrow! as Jack Billings
- 2022 · The Last Movie Stars as Self
- 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
- 2017 · Justice League as Henry Allen (uncredited)
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott as Self
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos as Oram
- 2017 · Gypsy as Michael Holloway
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant as Oram
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper as Christopher Oram
- 2016 · 20th Century Women as William
- 2016 · Jackie as The Journalist
- 2015 · Spotlight as Eric Macleish
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2009 · Public Enemies as J. Edgar Hoover
- 2009 · Watchmen as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
- 2009 · Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2007 · The Sarah Silverman Program. as Self
- 2006 · The Good Shepherd as Archibald Cummings
- 2006 · Rachael Ray as
- 2006 · Mission: Impossible III as Musgrave
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 2003 · Big Fish as Will Bloom
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2000 · Almost Famous as Russell Hammond
- 1996 · Sleepers as Tommy Marcano
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Future · The Auction as Scuba Diver #1
- 2025 · American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Elgie
- 2019 · After the Wedding as Oscar
- 2018 · More Human Than Human as Self
- 2017 · Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages as Oram
- 2017 · 1 Mile To You as Coach K
- 2017 · From Jackie to Camelot as Self
- 2017 · Youth in Oregon as Brian Gleason
- 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
- 2010 · Warren the Ape as
- 2009 · The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics as Self
- 2008 · Pretty Bird as Curtis Prentiss
- 2007 · Dedication as Henry Roth
- 2005 · Trust the Man as Tobey
- 2004 · Stage Beauty as Ned Kynaston
- 2002 · World Traveler as Cal
- 2001 · Charlotte Gray as Julien Levade
- 2000 · Jesus' Son as FH
- 2000 · Waking the Dead as Fielding Pierce
- 1998 · The Hi-Lo Country as Pete Calder
- 1998 · Monument Ave. as Teddy
- 1998 · Without Limits as Steve Prefontaine
- 1997 · Grind as Eddie
- 1997 · Inventing the Abbotts as Jacey Holt
- 1996 · Everyone Says I Love You as Ken




