Billy Crudup is an American actor, known for his starring and supporting roles in Almost Famous (2000), Big Fish (2003) and Mission: Impossible III (2006).
Wiki/Biography
William Gaither Crudup was born in Manhasset, New York, USA on Monday, July 8, 1968 (55 years old as of 2023) under the zodiac sign of Cancer. In 1986, he attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He subsequently earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In 1994, he studied for a Master of Fine Arts degree at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. In addition, he also took an undergraduate acting course at LAB! theater. During his childhood, his parents went through a divorce. Later they remarried, but unfortunately they divorced again. At the age of eight, he moved with his family from New York to Texas. After some time, they moved again to Florida. When he was in school, he often participated in school beauty pageants and won roles in them. He loved entertaining family and friends with his comical imitations.
Billy Crudup as a teenager
Crudup belongs to the Beta chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternity. While he was studying at LAB! While studying acting as an undergraduate, he entered the theater world playing the role of “Schroeder” in the children’s musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown!”
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′0″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: brown
family
His family has ancestors from Scotland, Ireland and England.
Parents and siblings
His father, Thomas Henry Crudup III, was a merchant. His mother’s name is Georgann and she is a stage and screen actress.
Billy Crudup and his mother
He has two brothers, Tommy Crudup, a film producer, and Brooks Crudup, also a film producer.
Billy Crudup and his brother Tommy Crudup
Billy Crudup’s brother Brooks Crudup
wife and children
Billy married actress Naomi Watts on June 9, 2023.
Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup wedding photos
He has a son, William Atticus Parker, with his ex-girlfriend Mary Louise Parker, an actress.
Billy Crudup and his son
other relatives
His grandfather was Josiah Crudup, a former North Carolina congressman. His maternal grandfather, William Kurt “Billy” Gaither Jr., was a trial attorney in Florida. His step-grandfather was James Duncan, an Anglican bishop.
Relationships/Affairs
From 1996 to 2003, Billy was in a relationship with actress Mary Louise Parker.
Billy Crudup and Mary Louise Parker
In 1996, he appeared in the Broadway play “Bus Stop,” where he met his long-time girlfriend Mary-Louise Parker. However, they broke up in 2004. When Mary was seven months pregnant with their son, Crudup ended their relationship and began dating actress Claire Danes. Clare was criticized at the time for her involvement with Crudup. In an interview, she talked about their relationship and said that she was only 24 years old at the time and had been deeply in love during that period. In 2004, he began dating actress Claire Danes. They separated in 2006.
Billy Crudup and Claire Danes
He was in a relationship with actress Naomi Watts, whom he dated until 2023. In June 2023, he married Naomi.
Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup
Profession
Movie
He made his debut in the movie “Everybody Says I Love You” in 1996, playing Ken.
Billy Crudup (left) in the movie “Everybody Says I Love You”
He appeared in the films Inventing the Abbotts (1997) and Without Limits (1998). In “The Limits,” he played Olympian Steve Prefontaine. In 1999, he participated in the English version of the animated film “Princess Mononoke”, playing the role of Ashitaka. In 2006, he played British spy Archie Cummings in the film “The Good Shepherd”.
Billy Crudup plays spy in movie ‘The Good Shepherd’
In 2006, he played a supporting role in “Mission: Impossible 3”. In 2007, he played the protagonist Henry Ross in the movie “Devotion”. In 2009, he starred in the movie “Watchmen” as the superhero Dr. Manhattan. In 2011, he played former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in the movie “Too Big to Fail.”
Billy Crudup (left) in the movie “Too Big to Fail”
television
In 1987, he made his television debut as Jason Matthews on the television show General College.
A clip from the TV show “Academy” starring Billy Crudup
Crudup appears on the Apple TV+ series “The Morning Show.” In an interview, he discussed his TV series character Corey, describing him as a mix of personalities. He said in an interview,
There was a 37-year-old CEO of a large company. He hates sunlight. No matter where he goes, there will never be a problem because he is there and because the world does not teach him about the complexities and failures. He had nothing but the pleasure of imagining it in real time. There’s a poker pro who will “constantly talk to you to get information, doing social calculus and poker calculus at the same time. That’s how you see Cory sideways glance in the middle of doing something, checking to see if there’s any information he needs Add to his ever-changing algorithm.”
Billy Crudup (right) on “The Morning Show”
broadway
In 1995, he made his Broadway debut as an actor in the play “Arcadia.”
Billy Crudup on Broadway in Arcadia
In 2007, he appeared in the Broadway play “On the Coast of Utopia”.
Billy Crudup on Broadway in “The Shore of Utopia”
In 2010, he starred in the Broadway production of Metallica.
Play
In August 2013, he performed in the plays “No Man’s Land” and “Waiting for Godot” at the Berkeley Repertory Theater.
Billy Crudup in the play Waiting for Godot
In 2009, he played Zartan in the video “The Ballad of GI Joe”, which was featured on the Funny or Die website. In November 2017, he played the title role in the play Harry Clark at the Vineyard Theatre.
producer
In 2023, he will be the lead actor in the TV series “Hello Tomorrow!” 》executive producer.
TV series “Hello Tomorrow!” Billy Crudup (centre) in
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- 1995: Best Actor Debut Award for Broadway Arcadia
- 1998: Won the National Board of Review’s “Breakthrough Performance of the Year” award for the film “The Limits”
- In 1999, he won the Best Actor Award at the Paris Film Festival for the movie “The Son of Jesus”
- 2007: Wins the Tony Award for Best Actor for his performance in Tom Stoppard’s “On the Shore of Utopia”
- 2020: The Morning Show Primetime Emmy Awards
Facts/Trivia
- In the interview, he talked about his late father, who died in 2005. He described his father as someone who was always eager to gamble and always pursued great success in life. He also mentioned that his grandfather, who fought in World War II, believed that making his son feel strong enough and making him stronger was a way to express love. This left a lasting impact on his father, making him feel like he was never good enough.
- In 2000, he was offered the role of Patrick Bateman in the film American Psycho, but he turned down the role.
- In 2000, the movie “Almost Famous” won an Academy Award. In the film, he plays a rock guitarist. Interestingly, he wasn’t the first choice for the role. Initially, it was offered to Brad Pitt, but he chose to star in the film “Fight Club” (1999).
- In 2002, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in “The Elephant Man.”
- In 2003, he turned down the opportunity to play Bruce Banner in the movie “The Hulk.”
- In 2005, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as Katurian in the Broadway play The Pillowman.
- In 2005, he passed the audition and became a potential candidate for the lead role in the film “Batman Begins.”
- In 2010, actor Michael Hayden succeeded him in Lincoln Center Theater’s production of “Henry IV.”
- In 2011, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in the Broadway play Arcadia.
- He has worked as a voice actor in commercials and promotions to appeal to a wide audience. He is the face of a Mastercard ad campaign in which he utters the word “priceless.” He continued to supply the line for seven years.
- In 2014, Selena Gomez revealed she had a crush on Billy.
- In 2023, Billy Cruise and Terry Crews discovered that they were distant cousins because they shared a common ancestor. On the set of the PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” they learned that 15 percent of Cruise’s ancestors over the past five centuries came from Scotland, Ireland and England, where the Crudup family originated.
- Billy Crudup said in an interview that at one particular point in his career, he worked as a historical interpreter at Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo, North Carolina. As a historical interpreter, his responsibilities include interacting with visitors to provide information, demonstrations and reenactments to highlight the park’s historical importance.
- He enjoyed golfing and often practiced the sport with his wife’s friend, the director Bart Freundlich.
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