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.

Filmography

• 2027The Auction — Scuba Diver #1
• 2025Jay Kelly — Timothy
• Hello Tomorrow! — Jack Billings, Executive Producer
• The Last Movie Stars — James Goldstone (voice), Self
• 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League — Henry Allen (uncredited)
• 2019After the Wedding — Oscar
• The Morning Show — Cory Ellison
• 2019Where'd You Go, Bernadette — Elgie
• 20171 Mile To You — Coach K
• 2017Alien: Covenant — Oram
• 2017Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos — Oram
• 2017Alien: Covenant – Crew Messages — Oram
• Gypsy — Michael Holloway
• 2017Justice League — Henry Allen (uncredited)
• 2017Youth in Oregon — Brian
• 201620th Century Women — William
• 2016Jackie — The Journalist
• 2015Spotlight — Eric Macleish
• 2015The Stanford Prison Experiment — Dr. Philip Zimbardo
• 2014Glass Chin — J.J. Cook
• 2014Rudderless — Sam Manning
• 2014Take Care — Thanks
• 2014The Longest Week — Dylan Tate
• 2013Blood Ties — Frank
• 2012The Watch — Neighbor
• 2012Thin Ice — Randy
• 2011Too Big to Fail — Timothy Geithner
• 2010Eat Pray Love — Steven
• Warren the Ape
• 2009Public Enemies — J. Edgar Hoover
• 2009The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics
• 2009Watchmen — Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
• 2008Pretty Bird — Curtis Prentiss
• 2007Dedication — Henry Roth
• 2006Mission: Impossible III — Musgrave
• Rachael Ray
• 2006The Good Shepherd — Archibald Cummings
• 2005Trust the Man — Tobey
• 2004Stage Beauty — Ned Kynaston
• 2003Big Fish — Will Bloom
• 2002World Traveler — Cal
• 2001Charlotte Gray — Julien Levade
• 2000Almost Famous — Russell Hammond
• 2000Jesus' Son — FH
• 2000Waking the Dead — Fielding Pierce
• 1998Monument Ave. — Teddy
• 1998The Hi-Lo Country — Pete Calder
• 1998Without Limits — Steve Prefontaine
• 1997Grind — Eddie
• 1997Inventing the Abbotts — Jacey Holt
• 1996Everyone Says I Love You — Ken
• 1996Sleepers — Tommy

Appearances as themselves (15)

• Skip Intro — Self - Guest
• 2025American Thunder: NASCAR to Le Mans — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2025Megadoc — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2018More Human Than Human — Self
• 2017From Jackie to Camelot — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• The Sarah Silverman Program — Self
• The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee