William Gaither Crudup was born in Manhasset, New York, United States, on July 8, 1968, is an American actor. Young Billy Crudup first started performing on the New York stage. He made big screen debut in crime drama film Sleepers (1996) in role as Tommy Marcano. He got his television debut in HBO biographical drama film Too Big to Fail (2011) in role as Timothy Geithner. Billy's breakthrough performance came as Russell Hammond in comedy drama film Almost Famous (2000). He landed his Broadway debut in a play "Arcadia" (1995) in role as Septimus Hodge, at Lincoln Center Theatre, for which he won the Theatre World Award for Best Actor.
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Billy Crudup
July 8, 1968
56 years old
United States
Aries
Dark Brown
Dark Brown
5 ft 8½ in | 174 cm
$8 Million
73 kg | 161 lbs
10 US | 43 EU
He won the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance — Male for his role as Pete Calder in Western film The Hi-Lo Country (1998).
He won the Paris Film Festival for Best Actor and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his role as FH in drama movie Jesus' Son (1999).
He was nominated for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor — Drama / Romance and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for his role as Russell Hammond in comedy drama film Almost Famous (2000).
He was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama for his role as Julien Levade in drama film Charlotte Gray (2001).
He won the Silver Berlin Bear for Outstanding Artist Contribution for his role as Arch Cummings in spy movie The Good Shepherd (2006).
He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award for his role as Eric MacLeish in biographical drama film Spotlight (2015).
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) coming-of-age romantic drama as Jacey Holt
Without Limits (1998) biographical sports as Steve Prefontaine
He portrayed Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan in superhero movie Watchmen (2009).
Big Fish (2003) fantasy comedy drama as William "Will" Bloom
Mission: Impossible III (2006) action spy as John Musgrave
The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) thriller drama as Dr. Philip Zimbardo
20th Century Women (2016) comedy drama as William
Jackie (2016) biographical drama as The Journalist
Alien: Covenant (2017) science fiction horror as Christopher Oram
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) comedy drama as Elgin Branch
He played Dr. Henry Allen in superhero films: Justice League (2017) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).
He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and the Critics Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series also was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Cory Ellison in Apple TV+ drama television series The Morning Show (2019-2023).
Gypsy (2017) Netflix drama series as Michael Holloway
He voiced James Goldstone in limited documentary series The Last Movie Stars (2022).
Graduated from Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (1986).
Graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts (1994), with a Master of Fine Arts degree.
Has two brothers, Tommy and Brooks.
Has English, Scottish and German ancestry.
He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon’s Beta Chapter.
He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Vissarion Belinsky in a play "The Coast of Utopia" (2006-2007), at Lincoln Center Theatre.
He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Bernard Nightingale in a play "Arcadia" (2011), at Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as John Merrick in a play "The Elephant Man" (2002), at Royale Theatre.
He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Katurian in a play "The Pillowman" (2005), at Edwin Booth Theatre.
He was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Staff Captain Solyony in a play "The Three Sisters" (1997), at Roundabout Theatre.
Loves to play golf.
He was a member of the Boy Scouts of America.
He dated Claire Danes (2003-2006), Jennifer Connelly (1996) and Laurel Holloman (1990).
Has been in relationship with actress Mary-Louise Parker (1996-2003), they have one son, William Atticus Parker.
He started dating actress Naomi Watts in 2017.