Cast & creator
Billy Crudup
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Daily Show
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.
Also known as: William Crudup, William Gaither Crudup, Μπίλι Κράνταπ
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Filmography (69)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2009
The Morning Show
Cory Ellison
2019The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Alien: Covenant
Oram
2017
The Sarah Silverman Program
Self
2007
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Henry Allen (uncredited)
2021
Justice League
Henry Allen (uncredited)
2017
Rachael Ray
2006
Mission: Impossible III
Musgrave
2006
Hello Tomorrow!
Jack Billings
2023Hello Tomorrow!
Executive Producer
2023
Eat Pray Love
Steven
2010
Spotlight
Eric Macleish
2015
Sleepers
Tommy
1996
Watchmen
Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
2009
Public Enemies
J. Edgar Hoover
2009
Almost Famous
Russell Hammond
2000
The Good Shepherd
Archibald Cummings
2006
Big Fish
Will Bloom
2003
The Last Movie Stars
Self
2022The Last Movie Stars
James Goldstone (voice)
2022
20th Century Women
William
2016
The Watch
Neighbor
2012
Jay Kelly
Timothy
2025
Gypsy
Michael Holloway
2017
After the Wedding
Oscar
2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Elgie
2019
Blood Ties
Frank
2013
Jackie
The Journalist
2016
Skip Intro
Self - Guest
2026
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Dr. Philip Zimbardo
2015
Warren the Ape
2010
The Longest Week
Dylan Tate
2014
Too Big to Fail
Timothy Geithner
2011
The Hi-Lo Country
Pete Calder
1998
Everyone Says I Love You
Ken
1996
Inventing the Abbotts
Jacey Holt
1997
Trust the Man
Tobey
2005
Thin Ice
Randy
2012
Megadoc
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
1 Mile To You
Coach K
2017
Waking the Dead
Fielding Pierce
2000
Without Limits
Steve Prefontaine
1998
Stage Beauty
Ned Kynaston
2004
Charlotte Gray
Julien Levade
2001
Rudderless
Sam Manning
2014
Glass Chin
J.J. Cook
2014
Take Care
Thanks
2014
Jesus' Son
FH
2000
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
Oram
2017
Pretty Bird
Curtis Prentiss
2008
Youth in Oregon
Brian
2017
The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics
2009
More Human Than Human
Self
2018
Monument Ave.
Teddy
1998
American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
Dedication
Henry Roth
2007
World Traveler
Cal
2002The Auction
Scuba Diver #1
2027
Grind
Eddie
1997
Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages
Oram
2017
From Jackie to Camelot
Self
2017