Though he always had the potential to be one of the bigger movie stars of his day, actor Billy Crudup... (Learn more)
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Billy Crudup’s Milestones
| Born in Manhasset, New York | |
| Raised in south Florida and Texas | |
| Turned down the role of Patrick Bateman in "American Psycho" | |
| 1994 | Filmed first feature role in "Grind" (released 1997) |
| 1995 | Broadway debut as the Byronic tutor of a female mathematics genius in Tom Stoppard's play "Arcadia" |
| 1996 | Appeared in small role in Woody Allen's musical "Everyone Says I Love You"; made screen singing debut |
| 1996 | Co-starred with Mary-Louise Parker in Broadway revival of William Inge's "Bus Stop" |
| 1996 | Had co-starring role as one of the boys who grows up to be a murderer in "Sleepers", directed by Barry Levinson |
| 1997 | Had featured role as the charming and sexy Jacey Holt in "Inventing the Abbotts" |
| 1997 | Portrayed Solyoni in Broadway revival of Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters" |
| 1998 | Acted opposite Frances McDormand in Off-Broadway staging of "Oedipus Rex"; had title role |
| 1998 | Co-starred with Woody Harrelson as post-war ranchers in the American Southwest in "The Hi-Lo Country", helmed by Stephen Frears |
| 1998 | First Hollywood lead, the role of runner Steve Prefontaine in Robert Towne's "Without Limits" |
| 1998 | Played a stoned Irish gangster in Ted Demme's "Monument Ave." |
| 1999 | Cast as a drug addicted drifter in "Jesus' Son"; screened at film festivals; released theatrically in 2000 |
| 1999 | Provided the voice for the hero Ashitaka in the English-language version of Hayao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke" |
| 2000 | Had leading role as the charismatic guitarist in a band called Stillwater in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous", a semi-autobiographical drama about a teenage journalist |
| 2000 | Starred as Kennedy-esque political figure in Keith Gordon's "Waking the Dead" |
| 2001 | Acted opposite Julianne Moore in "World Traveler"; screened at Toronto Film Festival |
| 2001 | Had lead in the New York Shakespeare Festival staging of "Measure for Measure" in Central Park (June-July) |
| 2001 | Starred opposite Cate Blanchett in Gillian Armstrong's "Charlotte Gray", a love story set during WWII |
| 2002 | Headlined a Broadway revival of the award-winning play "The Elephant Man"; earned a Tony nomination |
| 2003 | Featured as Albert Finney's son in "Big Fish", which also starred Ewan McGregor |
| 2004 | Cast opposite Claire Danes in "Stage Beauty" based on the play by Jeffrey Hatcher |
| 2005 | Co-starred on Broadway in "The Pillowman," with Jeff Goldblum; earned a Tony nomination for his performance |
| 2006 | Cast opposite Tom Cruise in "Mission: Impossible III," directed by J.J Abrams |
| 2006 | Featured in the first two parts of "The Coast of Utopia," playing literary critic Vissarion Belinsky |
| 2006 | Played a British spy opposite Matt Damon in Robert De Niro's long-anticipated "The Good Shepherd" |
| 2007 | Co-starred in Justin Theroux's directing debut, "Dedication," a romantic comedy premiered at Sundance |
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