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 With...
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Watchmen
2009
Sleepers
1996
Megadoc
2025
Big Fish
2003
Alien: Covenant
2017
Spotlight
2015
Justice League
2017
Public Enemies
2009
Mission: Impossible III
2006
Almost Famous
2000
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
2017
Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott
2017
Jackie
2016
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
2017
Jay Kelly
2025
The Good Shepherd
2006
20th Century Women
2016
Eat Pray Love
2010
The Watch
2012
Inventing the Abbotts
1997
Blood Ties
2013
Too Big to Fail
2011
Stage Beauty
2004
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019
Jesus' Son
2000
Thin Ice
2012
Everyone Says I Love You
1996
The Stanford Prison Experiment
2015
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
Rudderless
2014
Trust the Man
2005
1 Mile To You
2017
Charlotte Gray
2001
After the Wedding
2019
Without Limits
1998
Waking the Dead
2000
The Longest Week
2014
Pretty Bird
2008