Billy Crudup

Also known as William Gaither "Billy" Crudup, William Gaither Crudup

William Gaither Crudup is an American actor. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in Jesus' Son (1999). He went on to star in high-profile films, including Almost Famous (2000), Big Fish (2003), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Watchmen (2009), Public Enemies (2009), The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), Jackie (2016), and Alien: Covenant (2017), in both lead and supporting roles.

Person · Open Library

Born: 1968
Works: 1

Top works

Stage Beauty

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1968

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Wikipedia views (30d)

122,228 total

via Wikimedia Pageviews API

Key facts

Born: William Gaither Crudup , ( 1968-07-08 ) July 8, 1968 (age 57) , Manhasset, New York , U.S.

~6 min read

Article

William Gaither Crudup (/ˈkruːdəp/; born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in Jesus' Son (1999). He went on to star in high-profile films, including Almost Famous (2000), Big Fish (2003), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Watchmen (2009), Public Enemies (2009), The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), Jackie (2016), and Alien: Covenant (2017), in both lead and supporting roles.

Crudup is a four-time Tony Award nominee, winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Tom Stoppard's play The Coast of Utopia in 2007. He has also starred in the streaming television series Gypsy (2017), and The Morning Show (2019–present), which earned him two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and two Critics' Choice Television Awards, and Hello Tomorrow! (2023). In June 2023, he married British actress Naomi Watts.