Billy Crudup
Acting • Born 1968-07-08
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.
Filmography
66 credits
Mission: Impossible III
Movie • 2006
Musgrave
The Good Shepherd
Movie • 2006
Archibald Cummings
The Hi-Lo Country
Movie • 1998
Pete Calder
Big Fish
Movie • 2003
Will Bloom
Almost Famous
Movie • 2000
Russell Hammond
Sleepers
Movie • 1996
Tommy Marcano
Monument Ave.
Movie • 1998
Teddy
Without Limits
Movie • 1998
Steve Prefontaine
Public Enemies
Movie • 2009
J. Edgar Hoover
Jesus' Son
Movie • 2000
FH
Everyone Says I Love You
Movie • 1996
Ken
Charlotte Gray
Movie • 2001
Julien Levade
Stage Beauty
Movie • 2004
Ned Kynaston
Inventing the Abbotts
Movie • 1997
Jacey Holt
Watchmen
Movie • 2009
Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
Pretty Bird
Movie • 2008
Curtis Prentiss
Dedication
Movie • 2007
Henry Roth
Trust the Man
Movie • 2005
Tobey
Waking the Dead
Movie • 2000
Fielding Pierce
Eat Pray Love
Movie • 2010
Steven
Too Big to Fail
Movie • 2011
Timothy Geithner
The Watch
Movie • 2012
Neighbor
Thin Ice
Movie • 2012
Randy
World Traveler
Movie • 2002
Cal
Grind
Movie • 1997
Eddie
Blood Ties
Movie • 2013
Frank
The Longest Week
Movie • 2014
Dylan Tate
Rudderless
Movie • 2014
Sam Manning
Glass Chin
Movie • 2014
J.J. Cook
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Movie • 2015
Dr. Philip Zimbardo
Spotlight
Movie • 2015
Eric Macleish
The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics
Movie • 2009
Self
Jay Kelly
Movie • 2025
Timothy
Youth in Oregon
Movie • 2017
Brian Gleason
20th Century Women
Movie • 2016
William
Jackie
Movie • 2016
The Journalist
Alien: Covenant
Movie • 2017
Oram
1 Mile To You
Movie • 2017
Coach K
The Auction
Movie
Scuba Diver #1
Justice League
Movie • 2017
Henry Allen (uncredited)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Movie • 2019
Elgie
After the Wedding
Movie • 2019
Oscar
More Human Than Human
Movie • 2018
Self
From Jackie to Camelot
Movie • 2017
Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie • 2021
Henry Allen (uncredited)
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
Movie • 2017
Oram
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
Movie • 2017
Christopher Oram
American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans
Movie • 2025
Self - Narrator (voice)
Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages
Movie • 2017
Oram
Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott
Movie • 2017
Self
Megadoc
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Hello Tomorrow!
TV • 2023
Jack Billings
Warren the Ape
TV • 2010
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Gypsy
TV • 2017
Michael Holloway
The Last Movie Stars
TV • 2022
Self
The Last Movie Stars
TV • 2022
James Goldstone (voice)
The Morning Show
TV • 2019
Cory Ellison
Rachael Ray
TV • 2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV • 2014
Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Sarah Silverman Program.
TV • 2007
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest