Billy Crudup
Billy Crudup (born July 8, 1968 in Manhasset , Long Island , New York ) is an American film and stage actor .
Professional background
Crudup graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale and received his master's degree in fine arts from New York University . Crudup received his first awards for his appearances on Broadway in the play Arcadia by Tom Stoppard . His screen career began in 1996 with a role in Woody Allen's musical - feature film Everyone Says I Love You . In Sleepers by Barry Levinson In the same year he played a boy who was abused in childhood and who later got on the wrong track, which made him noticed to a wider audience internationally.
Since then, Billy Crudup has repeatedly proven his great talent and ability by portraying a wide variety of characters, for example as rock star Russell Hammond in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous .
In 2007 he received a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the Broadway play The Coast of Utopia , also by Tom Stoppard.
Private
From 1996 to 2003 he was in a relationship with the actress Mary-Louise Parker , with whom he has a son. While filming Stage Beauty in 2003, he met actress Claire Danes and the two became a couple. They split in 2006.
Filmography (selection)
- 1996: Everyone Says I Love You (Everyone Says I Love You)
- 1996: Sleepers
- 1997: Princess Mononoke ( Mononoke-hime , speaking role)
- 1997: The Abbotts - When Hate Kills Love (Inventing the Abbotts)
- 1998: Monument Ave. (Snitch)
- 1998: Hi-Lo Country
- 1998: Without Limits
- 1999: Jesus' Son
- 2000: Waking the Dead
- 2000: Almost Famous - Almost Famous (Almost Famous)
- 2002: The Love of Charlotte Gray (Charlotte Gray)
- 2003: Big Fish
- 2004: Stage Beauty
- 2005: Love is a matter of nerves
- 2006: Mission: Impossible III
- 2006: The Good Shepherd (The Good Shepherd)
- 2007: Dedication
- 2009: Watchmen - The Guardians (Watchmen)
- 2009: Public Enemies
- 2010: Eat Pray Love
- 2012: The Watch - Neighbors of the 3rd Kind (The Watch)
- 2013: Blood Ties
- 2014: Rudderless
- 2014: Liebe to Go - The Longest Week of My Life (The Longest Week)
- 2015: The Stanford Prison Experiment
- 2015: Spotlight
- 2016: Youth in Oregon
- 2016: Jackie: The First Lady (Jackie)
- 2016: Century Women (20th Century Women)
- 2017: Alien: Covenant
- 2017: Gypsy (TV series)
- 2017: Justice League
- 2019: After the Wedding
- 2019: Bernadette (Where'd You Go, Bernadette)
- 2019: The Morning Show (Series)
Web links
- Billy Crudup in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Crudup, Billy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film and stage actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1968 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Manhasset , New York , United States |