Actor
Billy Crudup
58 years · Manhasset, New York, USA · 49 films
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.
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Jay Kelly
2025 · Timothy
On Netflix
Megadoc
2025 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
On Kanopy
American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans
2025 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · Henry Allen (uncredited)
On HBO Max
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019 · Elgie
On Kanopy
After the Wedding
2019 · Oscar
More Human Than Human
2018 · Self
Justice League
2017 · Henry Allen (uncredited)
On HBO Max
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
2017 · Oram
Alien: Covenant
2017 · Oram
On FXNow
Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages
2017 · Oram
1 Mile To You
2017 · Coach K
On fuboTV
From Jackie to Camelot
2017 · Self
Youth in Oregon
2017 · Brian
On Philo
20th Century Women
2016 · William
On JustWatch TV Plus
Jackie
2016 · The Journalist
Spotlight
2015 · Eric Macleish
On Plex
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015 · Dr. Philip Zimbardo
Rudderless
2014 · Sam Manning
The Longest Week
2014 · Dylan Tate
On fuboTV
Glass Chin
2014 · J.J. Cook
Blood Ties
2013 · Frank
On Hoopla
The Watch
2012 · Neighbor
On Hulu
Thin Ice
2012 · Randy