Profile of Billy Crudup on Famous Like Me

Billy Crudup (born July 8, 1968 in Manhasset, New York) is an American actor. He attended the University of North Carolina where he received an undergraduate degree, then went to Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and earned a Master in Fine Arts in 1994. A year after graduation, he started working on Broadway.

He began acting in films such as 1996's Sleepers and 1997's Inventing the Abbotts. Since then, he has been in many films but regularly returns to stage acting.

He's been the voice of MasterCard "Priceless" commercials since 1997, making his first appearance in an ad in 2005.

He dated actress Mary Louise Parker since 1996 and received negative publicity when they broke up in 2003 when she was seven months pregnant, and he was seen with actress Claire Danes. Danes and Crudup both confirmed they were dating in 2004.

Billy Crudup starred in the production of The Pillowman, also starring Jeff Goldblum, on Broadway in New York, which closed on September 18 2005.

Filmography

• The Good Shepherd (2006)
• Trust the Man (2005)
• Stage Beauty (2004) - Ned Kynaston
• Big Fish (2003) - Will Bloom
• Charlotte Gray (2001) - Julien Levade
• World Traveler (2001) - Cal
• Almost Famous (2000) - Russell Hammond
• Waking the Dead (2000) - Fielding Pierce
• Jesus' Son (1999) - FH
• The Hi-Lo Country (1998) - Pete Calder
• Without Limits (1998) - Steve Prefontaine
• Snitch (1998) - Teddy
• Princess Mononoke (1997) - (voice: English version) Ashitaka
• Grind (1997) - Eddie Dolan
• Inventing the Abbotts (1997) - John Charles 'Jacey' Holt
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996) - Ken
• Sleepers (1996) - Tommy Marcano

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