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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

65

Gender

Male

Birthday

1968-07-08 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Manhasset, New York, USA

Also Known As

William Crudup

William Gaither Crudup

Μπίλι Κράνταπ

빌리 크루덥

Біллі Крудап

比利·克魯登

بیلی کروداپ

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

Acting

The Good Shepherd

2006

The Good Shepherd

as

Arch Cummings

The Hi-Lo Country

1998

The Hi-Lo Country

as

Pete Calder

Big Fish

2003

Big Fish

as

Will Bloom

Almost Famous

2000

Almost Famous

as

Russell Hammond

Sleepers

1996

Sleepers

as

Tommy Marcano

Monument Ave.

1998

Monument Ave.

as

Teddy

Without Limits

1998

Without Limits

as

Steve Prefontaine

Public Enemies

2009

Public Enemies

as

J. Edgar Hoover

Jesus' Son

2000

Jesus' Son

as

FH

Charlotte Gray

2001

Charlotte Gray

as

Julien Levade

Stage Beauty

2004

Stage Beauty

as

Ned Kynaston

Inventing the Abbotts

1997

Inventing the Abbotts

as

Jacey Holt

Watchmen

2009

Watchmen

as

Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan

Pretty Bird

2008

Pretty Bird

as

Curtis

Dedication

2007

Dedication

as

Henry Roth

Trust the Man

2005

Trust the Man

as

Tobey

Waking the Dead

2000

Waking the Dead

as

Fielding Pierce

Eat Pray Love

2010

Eat Pray Love

as

Steven

Too Big to Fail

2011

Too Big to Fail

as

Timothy Geithner

The Watch

2012

The Watch

as

Neighbor

Thin Ice

2012

Thin Ice

as

Randy

Grind

1997

Grind

as

Eddie

Blood Ties

2013

Blood Ties

as

Frank

The Longest Week

2014

The Longest Week

as

Dylan Tate

Rudderless

2014

Rudderless

as

Sam Manning

Glass Chin

2014

Glass Chin

as

J.J. Cook

The Stanford Prison Experiment

2015

The Stanford Prison Experiment

as

Dr. Philip Zimbardo

Spotlight

2015

Spotlight

as

Eric Macleish

Jay Kelly

2025

Jay Kelly

as

Youth in Oregon

2017

Youth in Oregon

as

Brian Gleason

20th Century Women

2016

20th Century Women

as

William

Jackie

2016

Jackie

as

The Journalist

Alien: Covenant

2017

Alien: Covenant

as

Oram

1 Mile To You

2017

1 Mile To You

as

Coach K

The Auction

2025

The Auction

as

Scuba Diver #1

Justice League

2017

Justice League

as

Henry Allen (uncredited)

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021

Zack Snyder's Justice League

as

Henry Allen (uncredited)

Phobos

2017

Phobos

as

Oram

Prologue: Last Supper

2017

Prologue: Last Supper

as

Christopher Oram

The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

as

Self - Guest

Hello Tomorrow!

Hello Tomorrow!

as

Jack Billings

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as

Self - Nominee

Gypsy

Gypsy

as

Michael Holloway

The Last Movie Stars

The Last Movie Stars

as

James Goldstone (voice)

The Morning Show

The Morning Show

as

Cory Ellison

Production

Crew

Take Care

2014

Take Care

as

Directing