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William Gaither "Billy" Crudup (pronounced /?kru?d?p/; born July 8, 1968) is an American Tony Award-winning actor of film and stage. He is well known for his roles as guitarist Russell Hammond in Almost Famous, Will Bloom in Big Fish, and Ashitaka in Princess Mononoke. He also starred in the 2007 romantic comedy film Dedication, alongside Mandy Moore. In 2009, he appeared as Doctor Manhattan in the film Watchmen and as J. Edgar Hoover in the film Public Enemies.

2007, he was featured in the first two parts of The Coast of Utopia by Tom Stoppard at Lincoln Center, playing literary critic Vissarion Belinsky, for which he received another Tony Award nomination and subsequent win.

Crudup completed Watchmen with director Zack Snyder in Vancouver, Canada. He portrays the superhero Doctor Manhattan.

He is on the Board of Directors for The Actors Center in New York City.

Movie works

2008 Pretty Bird Curt
2009 Watchmen Jon Osterman / Doctor Manhattan
Public Enemies J. Edgar Hoover
2011 Eat, Pray, Love Steven forthcoming film