
Billy Crudup
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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
Credits

Alien: Covenant (2017)
as Oram

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
as Henry Allen (uncredited)

Justice League (2017)
as Henry Allen (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible III (2006)
as Musgrave

Spotlight (2015)
as Eric Macleish

Watchmen (2009)
as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan

Sleepers (1996)
as Tommy

Big Fish (2003)
as Will Bloom

Jay Kelly (2025)
as Timothy

Almost Famous (2000)
as Russell Hammond

Public Enemies (2009)
as J. Edgar Hoover

The Good Shepherd (2006)
as Archibald Cummings

Eat Pray Love (2010)
as Steven

The Watch (2012)
as Neighbor

20th Century Women (2016)
as William

Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
as Elgie

Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
as Ken

Jackie (2016)
as The Journalist

The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
as Dr. Philip Zimbardo

Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
as Jacey Holt

Blood Ties (2013)
as Frank

Too Big to Fail (2011)
as Timothy Geithner

The Longest Week (2014)
as Dylan Tate

After the Wedding (2019)
as Oscar

Thin Ice (2012)
as Randy

1 Mile To You (2017)
as Coach K

Stage Beauty (2004)
as Ned Kynaston

Trust the Man (2005)
as Tobey

Rudderless (2014)
as Sam Manning

Charlotte Gray (2001)
as Julien Levade

Waking the Dead (2000)
as Fielding Pierce

Jesus' Son (2000)
as FH

Without Limits (1998)
as Steve Prefontaine

The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
as Pete Calder

Megadoc (2025)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pretty Bird (2008)
as Curtis Prentiss

American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans (2025)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Monument Ave. (1998)
as Teddy

Glass Chin (2014)
as J.J. Cook

Dedication (2007)
as Henry Roth

The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics (2009)
Actor

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos (2017)
as Oram

Youth in Oregon (2017)
as Brian Gleason

World Traveler (2002)
as Cal

More Human Than Human (2018)
as Self
The Auction (2027)
as Scuba Diver #1

Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages (2017)
as Oram

Grind (1997)
as Eddie

From Jackie to Camelot (2017)
as Self





