Billy Crudup: ‘My celebrity crush? I got to marry her’
The actor on a disastrous speech, his rules for how people should get around cities and an embarrassing encounter with a doorman
Born in New York state, Billy Crudup, 57, made his film debut in Sleepers in 1996. His subsequent movies include Almost Famous (2000), Big Fish (2003), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Spotlight (2015), Alien: Covenant (2017) and most recently Jay Kelly. On TV he has a long-running role in The Morning Show, for which he has won two Emmys. He stars in High Noon at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre until 6 March. He has a son and is married to Naomi Watts. He lives in New York City.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Flashes of hubris.

© Photograph: Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images

© Photograph: Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images

© Photograph: Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images


