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Billy Crudup

ビリー・クラダップ　/　びりー・くらだっぷ

American stage actor

July 8, 1968 (age 57)　・　Manhasset, New York, United States

New York
stage actor
film actor
television actor

My Take

Crudup is the rare actor whose career I admire more for its shape than its peaks. He had every opportunity to chase pure movie stardom after Almost Famous, yet kept returning to the stage and to supporting parts in films like Big Fish and Watchmen, where craft matters more than billing. The Tony and the Emmy feel less like breakthroughs than overdue acknowledgments of three decades of consistency. What I value most is his unpredictability within reliability: you never know quite what register he will choose, only that it will serve the piece. To my mind, he is a model of how to sustain an acting life with integrity.

Overview

William Gaither Crudup (; born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in Jesus' Son (1999). He went on to star in high-profile films, including Almost Famous (2000), Big Fish (2003), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Watchmen (2009), Public Enemies (2009), The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), Jackie (2016), and Alien: Covenant (2017)…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Billy Crudup
Name (Japanese): ビリー・クラダップ
Reading: びりー・くらだっぷ
Born: July 8, 1968 (age 57)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Monkey
Origin: Manhasset, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: St. Thomas Aquinas High School
University: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Awards & achievements

1995 Theatre World Award
2007 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
2020 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Clarence Derwent Awards
2024 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Supporting Actor

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%80%E3%83%83%E3%83%97

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