Billy Crudup
Birthplace: Manhasset
Born: 1968-07-08
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; stage actor; television actor
Biography from Wikipedia
William Gaither Crudup (/ˈkruːdəp/; born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, Crudup has received two Critics Choice Awards, two Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and an Olivier Award.
Crudup made his film debut in the legal crime drama Sleepers (1996). He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Jesus' Son (1999). He has taken roles in Everyone Says I Love You (1996), Inventing the Abbotts (1997), Almost Famous (2000), Big Fish (2003), Public Enemies (2009), The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), Spotlight (2015), Jackie (2016), 20th Century Women (2016) and Jay Kelly (2025). He has also acted in the blockbuster films Mission: Impossible III (2006), Watchmen (2009), Alien: Covenant (2017) and Justice League (2017).
On television, he has portrayed a network executive in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2019–present) for which he won Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He has played Timothy Geithner in the HBO film Too Big to Fail (2011), and acted in the Netflix thriller series Gypsy (2017), and the Apple TV+ science fiction dramedy series Hello Tomorrow! (2023).
On stage, Crudup acted in the Tom Stoppard play The Coast of Utopia (2007) on Broadway for which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He was Tony-nominated for his roles in The Elephant Man (2002), The Pillowman (2009), and Arcadia (2011). He starred in the West End production of the play Harry Clarke (2024) for which he was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor.
In June 2023, Crudup married English actress Naomi Watts.
Sources & attribution
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Jay Kelly (2025) — Timothy
- Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) — Henry Allen
- After the Wedding (2019) — Oscar Carlson
- Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019) — Elgin Branch
- 1 Mile to You (2017) — Coach K
- Alien: Covenant (2017) — Christopher Oram
- Alien: Covenant – Prologue: Crew Messages (2017)
- Justice League (2017) — Henry Allen
- 20th Century Women (2016) — William
- Jackie (2016) — Journalist
- Youth in Oregon (2016) — Brian Gleason
- Spotlight (2015) — Eric Macleish
- The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) — Dr. Philip Zimbardo
- Glass Chin (2014)
- Rudderless (2014) — Sam
- The Longest Week (2014) — Dylan Tate
- Blood Ties (2013) — Frank
- The Watch (2012) — Neighbor
- The Convincer (2011) — Randy Kinney
- Too Big to Fail (2011) — Timothy Geithner
- Eat Pray Love (2010) — Stephen
- Public Enemies (2009) — J. Edgar Hoover
- The Ballad of G.I. Joe (2009)
- Watchmen (2009) — Dr. Manhattan / Jon Osterman
- Pretty Bird (2008) — Curtis Prentiss
- Dedication (2007) — Henry Roth
- Mission: Impossible III (2006) — Musgrave
- The Good Shepherd (2006) — Arch Cummings
- Trust the Man (2005) — Tobey
- Stage Beauty (2004) — Edward 'Ned' Kynaston
- Big Fish (2003) — Will Bloom
- World Traveler (2001) — Cal
- Almost Famous (2000) — Russell Hammond
- Waking the Dead (2000) — Fielding Pierce
- Jesus' Son (1999) — FH
- The Hi-Lo Country (1999) — Pete Calder
- Without Limits (1998) — Steve Prefontaine
- Grind (1997) — Eddie
- Inventing the Abbotts (1997) — Jacey Holt
- Sleepers (1996) — Tommy Marcano
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Julianne Moore · 4 films
- Bart Freundlich · 3 films
- Ezra Miller · 3 films
- Greta Gerwig · 3 films
- Katherine Waterston · 3 films
- Laurence Fishburne · 3 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.