Billy Crudup
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Daily Show
Tony Awards
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Morning Show
Zack Snyder's Justice League
All Movies (48)
- The Auction2027 · as Scuba Diver #1
- Jay Kelly2025 · as Timothy
- Megadoc2025 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans2025 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Zack Snyder's Justice League2021 · as Henry Allen (uncredited)
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette2019 · as Elgie
- After the Wedding2019 · as Oscar
- More Human Than Human2018 · as Self
- Justice League2017 · as Henry Allen (uncredited)
- Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos2017 · as Oram
- Alien: Covenant2017 · as Oram
- 1 Mile To You2017 · as Coach K
- From Jackie to Camelot2017 · as Self
- Youth in Oregon2017 · as Brian Gleason
- 20th Century Women2016 · as William
- Jackie2016 · as The Journalist
- Spotlight2015 · as Eric Macleish
- The Stanford Prison Experiment2015 · as Dr. Philip Zimbardo
- Rudderless2014 · as Sam Manning
- The Longest Week2014 · as Dylan Tate
- Glass Chin2014 · as J.J. Cook
- Blood Ties2013 · as Frank
- The Watch2012 · as Neighbor
- Thin Ice2012 · as Randy
- Too Big to Fail2011 · as Timothy Geithner
- Eat Pray Love2010 · as Steven
- The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics2009
- Public Enemies2009 · as J. Edgar Hoover
- Watchmen2009 · as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
- Pretty Bird2008 · as Curtis Prentiss
- Dedication2007 · as Henry Roth
- The Good Shepherd2006 · as Archibald Cummings
- Mission: Impossible III2006 · as Musgrave
- Trust the Man2005 · as Tobey
- Stage Beauty2004 · as Ned Kynaston
- Big Fish2003 · as Will Bloom
- World Traveler2002 · as Cal
- Charlotte Gray2001 · as Julien Levade
- Almost Famous2000 · as Russell Hammond
- Jesus' Son2000 · as FH
- Waking the Dead2000 · as Fielding Pierce
- The Hi-Lo Country1998 · as Pete Calder
- Monument Ave.1998 · as Teddy
- Without Limits1998 · as Steve Prefontaine
- Grind1997 · as Eddie
- Inventing the Abbotts1997 · as Jacey Holt
- Everyone Says I Love You1996 · as Ken
- Sleepers1996 · as Tommy
All TV Shows (18)
- Skip Intro2026 · as Self - Guest
- Hello Tomorrow!2023 · as Jack Billings
- The Last Movie Stars2022 · as Self
- The Last Movie Stars2022 · as James Goldstone (voice)
- The Morning Show2019 · as Cory Ellison
- Gypsy2017 · as Michael Holloway
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones2014 · as Self
- Warren the Ape2010
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self - Guest
- The Sarah Silverman Program.2007 · as Self
- Rachael Ray2006
- The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self - Guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
- The Daily Show1996 · as Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
- Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Nominee