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Billy Crudup

Actor, ProducerBorn July 8, 1968 (57 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Stanford Prison Experiment
  • Everyone Says I Love You
  • Blood Ties
  • Dedication

Known For

  • Princess Mononoke
  • Almost Famous
  • Watchmen
  • Big Fish
  • Alien: Covenant
  • The Morning Show
  • Mission: Impossible III
  • Spotlight
  • The Stanford Prison Experiment
  • The Good Shepherd
  • Sleepers
  • Eat Pray Love
  • Jackie
  • Rudderless
  • Where'd You Go, Bernadette
  • 20th Century Women
  • Blood Ties
  • Gypsy
  • Jesus' Son
  • Without Limits
  • Waking the Dead
  • Dedication
  • Hello Tomorrow!
  • Charlotte Gray

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    The Auction · as Scuba Diver #1
    2025
    2023
    Hello Tomorrow! (TV Series) · as Jack Billings
    2021
    Die in a Gunfight · as Narrator
    2021
    Zack Snyder's Justice League · as Henry Allen (uncredited)
    2019
    The Morning Show (TV Series) · as Cory Ellison
    2019
    2019
    After the Wedding · as Oscar
    2017
    Justice League · as Henry Allen (uncredited)
    2017
    At Home with Amy Sedaris (TV Series) · as Dr. Raddish
    2017
    2017
    Gypsy (TV Series) · as Michael Holloway
    2017
    Alien: Covenant · as Oram
    2017
    2017
    1 Mile to You · as Coach K
    2017
    2016
    Youth in Oregon · as Brian Gleason
    2016
    20th Century Women · as William
    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
    2012
    The Watch · as Neighbor
    2011
    Too Big to Fail · as Timothy Geithner
    2011
    Thin Ice · as Randy
    2010
    Eat Pray Love · as Steven
    2010
    Warren the Ape (TV Series)
    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 Arch Cummings
    2006
    Rachael Ray (TV Series)
    2006
    2005
    Trust the Man · as Tobey
    2004
    Stage Beauty · as Ned Kynaston
    2003
    Big Fish · as Will Bloom
    2001
    World Traveler · as Cal
    2001
    Charlotte Gray · as Julien Levade
    2000
    Almost Famous · as Russell Hammond
    2000
    Waking the Dead · as Fielding Pierce
    1999
    Jesus' Son · as Fh
    1998
    The Hi-Lo Country · as Pete Calder
    1998
    Monument Ave. · as Teddy
    1998
    Without Limits · as Steve Prefontaine
    1997
    Princess Mononoke · as Ashitaka
    1997
    Grind · as Eddie
    1997
    Inventing the Abbotts · as Jacey Holt
    1996
    1996
    Sleepers · as Tommy Marcano

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