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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 8, 1968
Place of Birth
Manhasset, New York, USA
Also Known As
- William Crudup
- William Gaither Crudup
- Μπίλι Κράνταπ
Billy Crudup
3.6 Popularity
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
6.0
Timothy
Jay Kelly
2025
7.4
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Megadoc
2025
6.6
Self - Narrator (voice)
American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans
2025
6.1
Jack Billings
Hello Tomorrow!
2023
6.9
Self
The Last Movie Stars
2022
6.9
James Goldstone (voice)
The Last Movie Stars
2022
8.1
Henry Allen (uncredited)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
7.7
Cory Ellison
The Morning Show
2019
6.6
Elgie
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
6.4
Oscar
After the Wedding
2019
Credits
Jay Kelly
as Timothy
2025
6.0
Megadoc
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
7.4
American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
6.6
Hello Tomorrow!
as Jack Billings
2023
6.1
The Last Movie Stars
as Self
2022
6.9
The Last Movie Stars
as James Goldstone (voice)
2022
6.9
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Henry Allen (uncredited)
2021
8.1
The Morning Show
as Cory Ellison
2019
7.7
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
as Elgie
2019
6.6
After the Wedding
as Oscar
2019
6.4
More Human Than Human
as Self
2018
5.2
Justice League
as Henry Allen (uncredited)
2017
6.1
Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott
as Self
2017
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Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
as Oram
2017
6.9
Gypsy
as Michael Holloway
2017
6.6
Alien: Covenant
as Oram
2017
6.2
Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages
as Oram
2017
9.5
1 Mile To You
as Coach K
2017
6.5
From Jackie to Camelot
as Self
2017
7.9
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
as Christopher Oram
2017
6.6
Youth in Oregon
as Brian Gleason
2017
6.0
20th Century Women
as William
2016
7.3
Jackie
as The Journalist
2016
6.5
Spotlight
as Eric Macleish
2015
7.8
The Stanford Prison Experiment
as Dr. Philip Zimbardo
2015
6.8
Rudderless
as Sam Manning
2014
7.2
The Longest Week
as Dylan Tate
2014
5.1
Glass Chin
as J.J. Cook
2014
5.0
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
4.0
Blood Ties
as Frank
2013
6.1
The Watch
as Neighbor
2012
5.6
Thin Ice
as Randy
2012
6.5
Too Big to Fail
as Timothy Geithner
2011
7.0
Eat Pray Love
as Steven
2010
6.2
Warren the Ape
2010
5.0
The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics
as Self
2009
7.5
Public Enemies
as J. Edgar Hoover
2009
6.7
Watchmen
as Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
2009
7.3
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2009
6.1
Pretty Bird
as Curtis
2008
4.9
Dedication
as Henry Roth
2007
6.3
The Sarah Silverman Program.
as Self
2007
6.3
The Good Shepherd
as Archibald Cummings
2006
6.4
Rachael Ray
2006
5.1
Mission: Impossible III
as Musgrave
2006
6.8
Trust the Man
as Tobey
2005
5.1
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
Stage Beauty
as Ned Kynaston
2004
6.6
Big Fish
as Will Bloom
2003
7.8
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
World Traveler
as Cal
2002
3.9
Charlotte Gray
as Julien Levade
2001
6.1
Almost Famous
as Russell Hammond
2000
7.5
Jesus' Son
as FH
2000
6.3
Waking the Dead
as Fielding Pierce
2000
6.1
The Hi-Lo Country
as Pete Calder
1998
6.1
Monument Ave.
as Teddy
1998
5.6
Without Limits
as Steve Prefontaine
1998
6.5
Grind
as Eddie
1997
4.7
Inventing the Abbotts
as Jacey Holt
1997
6.3
Everyone Says I Love You
as Ken
1996
6.4
Sleepers
as Tommy Marcano
1996
7.6
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
🎬
The Auction
as Scuba Diver #1
N/A
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