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.
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Acted in
The Auction
2025
as Scuba Diver #1
Hello Tomorrow!
2023
as Jack Billings
The Last Movie Stars
2022
as James Goldstone (voice)
The Last Movie Stars
2022
as Self
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Henry Allen (uncredited)
The Morning Show
2019
as Cory Ellison
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
as Elgie
After the Wedding
2019
as Oscar
More Human Than Human
2018
as Self
Justice League
2017
as Henry Allen (uncredited)
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
2017
as Christopher Oram
Gypsy
2017
as Michael Holloway
Alien: Covenant
2017
as Oram
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Crew Messages
2017
as Oram
1 Mile To You
2017
as Coach K
From Jackie to Camelot
2017
as Self
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
2017
as Christopher Oram
Youth in Oregon
2017
as Brian Gleason
20th Century Women
2016
as William
Jackie
2016
as The Journalist
Spotlight
2015
as Eric Macleish
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015
as Dr. Philip Zimbardo
Rudderless
2014
as Sam Manning
The Longest Week
2014
as Dylan Tate
Glass Chin
2014
as J.J. Cook
Blood Ties
2013
as Frank
The Watch
2012
as Neighbor
Thin Ice
2012
as Randy
Too Big to Fail
2011
as Timothy Geithner
Eat Pray Love
2010
as Steven
Warren The Ape
2010
The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics
2009
as Self
Public Enemies
2009
as J. Edgar Hoover
Watchmen
2009
as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
Pretty Bird
2008
as Curtis
Dedication
2007
as Henry Roth
The Sarah Silverman Program.
2007
as Self
The Good Shepherd
2006
as Arch Cummings
Mission: Impossible III
2006
as Musgrave
Trust the Man
2005
as Tobey
Stage Beauty
2004
as Ned Kynaston
Big Fish
2003
as Will Bloom
World Traveler
2002
as Cal
Charlotte Gray
2001
as Julien Levade
Almost Famous
2000
as Russell Hammond
Jesus' Son
2000
as FH
Waking the Dead
2000
as Fielding Pierce
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
as Pete Calder
Monument Ave.
1998
as Teddy
Without Limits
1998
as Steve Prefontaine
Grind
1997
as Eddie
Inventing the Abbotts
1997
as Jacey Holt
Everyone Says I Love You
1996
as Ken
Sleepers
1996
as Tommy Marcano
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
