Billy Crudup Bio | Wiki
Billy Crudup 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. Billy has starred in numerous high-profile films, including Without Limits (1998), Almost Famous (2000), and Big Fish (2003) among others.
He has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in Jesus’ Son, and received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations as part of an ensemble cast for Almost Famous and Spotlight, winning for the latter.
Billy Crudup Age
Billy was born on July 8, 1968, in Manhasset, New York, United States. He is 54 years old.
Billy Crudup Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx.1.74 m).
Billy Crudup Family
He was born in Manhasset, New York, to his parents Georgann and Thomas Henry Crudup III. Billy’s parents divorced during his childhood and later remarried, before divorcing a second time. On his father’s side, he is a descendant of Congressman Josiah Crudup of North Carolina.
Billy’s maternal grandfather was William Cotter “Billy” Gaither, Jr., a well-known Florida trial lawyer, and his maternal grandmother later remarried to Episcopal bishop James Duncan. Born the second of three boys, Billy has two brothers: Tommy, an executive producer, and Brooks, also a producer.
Billy Crudup Wife | Naomi Watts
From 1996 to November 2003, Billy was in a relationship with actress Mary-Louise Parker. Parker was seven months pregnant with their son, born in January 2004, when Billy ended their relationship and began dating actress Claire Danes. He and Danes separated in 2006. In October 2017, Billy began dating Naomi Watts.
Naomi is a British actress. After her family moved to Australia, she made her film debut there in the drama For Love Alone (1986) and then appeared in Hey Dad..! (1990).
Billy Crudup Education
He graduated from Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1986. Later, Billy attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received an undergraduate degree, and he continued his passion for acting with the undergraduate acting company, LAB! Theatre.
He also acted for UNC-STV’s most popular show, General College. Billy was a member of the Beta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He then studied at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts graduate acting program, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1994.
Billy Crudup Almost Famous
He played lead guitarist Russell Hammond from Stillwater, the fictional band at the center of Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous (2000). Billy received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations as part of an ensemble cast for Almost Famous and Spotlight, winning for the latter.
Billy Crudup Movies And Tv Shows
2011 Too Big to Fail
2017 Gypsy
2019 At Home with Amy Sedaris
2019–present The Morning Show
2022 The Last Movie Stars
TBA Hello Tomorrow!
2021 Zack Snyder’s Justice League
2021 Die in a Gunfight
2019 After the Wedding
2019 Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Billy Crudup Watchmen
Billy completed filming Watchmen with director Zack Snyder in Vancouver, British Columbia. He portrayed the superhero Doctor Manhattan. He portrayed former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner in a TV film about 2008’s financial crisis, Too Big to Fail (2011). Crudup stars in the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2020.
Billy Crudup Sleepers
He began acting in films such as 1996’s Sleepers, and 1997’s Inventing the Abbotts. Sleepers is a 1996 American legal crime drama film written, produced, and directed by Barry Levinson, and based on Lorenzo Carcaterra’s 1995 book of the same name.
Billy Crudup Morning Show
He stars in the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2020. The Morning Show (also known as Morning Wars in Australia and Indonesia) is an American drama television series starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell, that premiered on Apple TV+ on November 1, 2019. The series is inspired by Brian Stelter’s book Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV.
Billy Crudup Dr Manhattan
He portrayed the superhero Doctor Manhattan, a fictional character who appears in comics published by DC Comics. Billy debuted in the graphic novel limited series Watchmen. Doctor Manhattan was created by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons.
Billy Crudup Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Bily’s estimated net worth is $8 million.
Who Is Billy Crudup Married To
He is not married. In October 2017, Billy began dating Naomi Watts, a British actress. After her family moved to Australia. She made her film debut there in the drama For Love Alone (1986) and then appeared in Hey Dad..! (1990).