CAST & CREATIVE

Equally memorable on the stage and screen, Billy Crudup has earned critical accolades for his performances. He currently stars as Corey Ellison in Apple TV+'s three-time Golden-Globe nominated The Morning Show alongside Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, which earned him an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, two Critics Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. He recently earned a second Emmy nomination for this role. He also recently starred in and executive produced Apple TV+'s Hello Tomorrow!, as Jack Billings, which centers around a group of traveling salesmen hawking lunar timeshares.
							Previously, he starred in the film adaptation of Maria Semple's novel, Where'd You Go, Bernadette, alongside Kristen Wiig and Cate Blanchett and in Bart Freundlich's After the Wedding, alongside Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams. Crudup also starred in Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant along with Michael Fassbender and Katherine Waterston and made his television debut in Netflix's psychological thriller Gypsy opposite Naomi Watts. He appeared in Jackie opposite Natalie Portman; Zack Snyder's Justice League, alongside Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot and Jason Mamoa; 20th Century Women alongside Annette Bening, Elle Fanning and Greta Gerwig; Spotlight, for which he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture; the film also won the 2016 Academy Award® for Best Picture; Youth in Oregon, which debuted at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival; and IFC Films' The Stanford Prison Experiment, which is based on the landmark experiment conducted at Stanford University in the summer of&nbsp;1971.
							Crudup made his motion picture debut in Barry Levinson's Sleepers, opposite Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt and Jason Patric, followed by Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You, and Pat O'Connor's Inventing the Abbotts. Crudup played the leading role in critically acclaimed Without Limits, the story of legendary long distance runner Steven Prefontaine, for which he won the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance of the&nbsp;Year.
							He then starred in the critically acclaimed Jesus' Son opposite Samantha Morton, Holly Hunter and Denis Leary, which earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination, and he reunited with Jennifer Connelly in the acclaimed Waking the Dead. Crudup also starred in Cameron Crowe's Academy Award®-winning Almost Famous along with Frances McDormand and Kate&nbsp;Hudson.
							Crudup's other film credits include: 1 Mile to You, based on Jeremy Jackson's novel Life at These Speed;. Noah Buschel's Glass Chin; William H. Macy's directorial debut Rudderless; &nbsp;Guillaume Canet's Blood Ties opposite Clive Owen; the box office hit Eat Pray Love starring alongside Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, and James Franco; Michael Mann's Public Enemies alongside Johnny Depp and Christian Bale; Zack Synder's Watchmen opposite Patrick Wilson; Charlotte Gray opposite Cate Blanchett; Tim Burton's fantasy tale, Big Fish, also starring Ewan McGregor, Helena Bonham Carter, and Albert Finney;&nbsp; Stage Beauty opposite Claire Danes; Trust the Man with Julianne Moore; J.J. Abrams' Mission Impossible 3 opposite Tom Cruise; and Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd alongside Matt Damon and Angelina&nbsp;Jolie.
							On stage, Crudup most recently reprised his role in the one-man play Harry Clarke at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre and on the West End at the Ambassadors Theatre. He first performed this play at the Vineyard Theatre, for which he won an Outer Critics Circle Award, Off-Broadway Alliance Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Award, Obie Award and garnered a nomination for a Drama League Award. Crudup starred in the repertory productions of No Man's Land and Waiting for Godot on Broadway, opposite Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Shuler Hensley. In 2007, Crudup won a “Best Performance by a Featured Actor” Tony for his role in the Broadway production of The Coast of Utopia.&nbsp;&nbsp;He also received Tony nominations for his roles in The Elephant Man, The Pillowman and&nbsp;Arcadia.
							He made his Broadway debut as Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, directed by Trevor Nunn, which won him several awards, including the Outer Critics Circle Award for “Outstanding Debut of an Actor” and a Theater World Award. He was also honored with the Clarence Derwent Award from Actor's Equity for “Outstanding Broadway&nbsp;Debut”.
							His other stage credits include: William Inge's Bus Stop and the Roundabout Theater's production of Three Sisters, which earned him a Drama Desk nomination. He has appeared in Oedipus with Frances McDormand, starred in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of Measure for Measure at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, and starred in the off-Broadway run of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui opposite Al Pacino and Steve&nbsp;Buscemi.
							Crudup received his Masters of Fine Arts from New York University and also attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.&nbsp; He resides in New York&nbsp;City. 
							Casting for Will Kane for weeks commencing 23 February and 2 March to be confirmed soon.

BILLY CRUDUP

Theatre
								For the National Theatre:&nbsp;People, Places &amp; Things&nbsp;(also West End and at St Ann’s Warehouse, New York) and&nbsp;Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches&nbsp;and&nbsp;America Part Two: Perestroika&nbsp;(also&nbsp;Broadway)
								In London’s West End:&nbsp;Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train,&nbsp;As You Like It&nbsp;and&nbsp;By the Bog of Cats.&nbsp;
								Other theatre includes:&nbsp;Ahasverus&nbsp;for the RSC;&nbsp;Portia Coughlan&nbsp;(title role) at the Abbey, Dublin;&nbsp;The Duchess of Malfi&nbsp;at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse;&nbsp;Adler and Gibb&nbsp;at the Royal Court;&nbsp;Desire Under the Elms&nbsp;at Lyric Hammersmith;&nbsp;Our New Girl&nbsp;at the Bush;&nbsp;The Painter&nbsp;at the Arcola;&nbsp;The Birds and The Plough and the Stars&nbsp;at the Gate, Dublin;&nbsp;The Grouch&nbsp;at West Yorkshire Playhouse;&nbsp;Someone Else’s Shoes&nbsp;at Soho Theatre;&nbsp;Everything is Illuminated&nbsp;at Hampstead;&nbsp;The Kindness of Strangers&nbsp;at Liverpool Everyman;&nbsp;Robbers&nbsp;at the Tristan Bates;&nbsp;Six Characters in Search of an Author&nbsp;at&nbsp;Chichester
								TV
								Andor 2, Andor, Under the Banner of Heaven,&nbsp;Too Close, Paula&nbsp;(title role),&nbsp;Guerrilla, Apple Tree Yard, The Fall&nbsp;(three series) and&nbsp;Stella.
								Film
								Monday, The Other Lamb, Colette, The Kid Who Would Be King, Juliet Naked, Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, Jimmy’s Hall, and&nbsp;’71.
								Awards
								People, Places &amp; Things&nbsp;– Olivier and Critics Circle awards for Best&nbsp;Actress
								Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches&nbsp;and&nbsp;America Part Two: Perestroika&nbsp;– Olivier Award winner for Best Supporting Actress and a Tony&nbsp;nomination
								Desire Under the Elms&nbsp;– Critics Circle Award for Most Promising&nbsp;Newcomer
								Too Close&nbsp;– BAFTA nomination for Leading&nbsp;Actress

DENISE GOUGH

Eric Roth is an American screenwriter and&nbsp;producer.
								He became known for writing the screenplay for the award-winning Forrest Gump (1994), which brought him fame and his first Golden Globe nomination. During his career, he has written numerous hit films such as The Horse Whisperer (1998), Ali (2000), The Good Shepherd (2006), and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) where he gained his second Golden Globe nomination. In recent years he has also written the screenplays of two big hits: A Star is Born (2018) and Dune (2021). For television, he is remembered for being one of the co-producers of the award-winning political drama House of Cards (2013 –&nbsp;2016).
								Awards and Nominations include: He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: Forrest Gump (1994), The Insider (1999), Munich (2005), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), and Dune (2021) — winning for Forrest Gump; he also earned a Best Picture nomination for producing Mank (2020). Roth also worked on the screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films Ali (2001), Extremely Loud &amp; Incredibly Close (2011), and Killers of the Flower Moon&nbsp;(2023).

ERIC ROTH

Fim credits as Director include: Ladies First, The Beautiful Game, Wicked Little Letters, The One and Only Ivan and Me Before You.
							TV credits as Director include: Call the Midwife and the Hollow Crown.
							Theatre credits as Director include: The Bodyguard (Adelphi / US Tour), The Sunshine Boys (West End), 13 (National), Ruby Wax Losing It (Menier), Blithe Spirit (Savoy), Equus (Gielgud / Broadhurst), After the Dance (National – Ollivier Award for Best Revival and nomination for Best Director), The Misanthrope (Comedy&nbsp;Theatre).

Thea Sharrock

Tim Hatley

Neil Austin

Nick Lidster

Chris Egan

Jina Jay CDG

Paula Wagner is a highly accomplished film and theatre producer whose career spans the top echelons of the entertainment industry. She began her journey as a talent agent at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where she developed a keen eye for talent and a deep understanding of the&nbsp;industry.
							Wagner has made significant contributions to Broadway, with a portfolio that includes notable productions such as The Heiress, featuring Jessica Chastain, David Strathairn, and Dan Stevens; Grace, starring Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon; Terrence McNally’s Tony-nominated play Mothers and Sons; and Pretty Woman: The Musical with Samantha Barks and Andy&nbsp;Karl.
							In film, Wagner co-founded Cruise/Wagner Productions with her former CAA client Tom Cruise, producing a number of critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including the Mission: Impossible series (1, 2, and 3), Without Limits, Shattered Glass, Narc, The Others, Vanilla Sky, and The Last Samurai. Her production company, C/W, thrived at Paramount for 12 years, producing films that have garnered both critical acclaim and box office&nbsp;success.
							After serving as co-owner and CEO of United Artists Entertainment, LLC from 2006 to 2008, Wagner established Chestnut Ridge Productions, where she produced the film Marshall, starring Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, and Kate&nbsp;Hudson.
							A member of the Broadway League and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Wagner has also served on the boards of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) and Film Forum. She is an alumna and trustee emeritus of Carnegie Mellon University, reflecting her commitment to education and the&nbsp;arts.
							Paula Wagner’s influence on both film and theatre is profound, marked by her dedication to storytelling and her ability to bring compelling narratives to life on stage and screen. Her work continues to inspire a new generation of artists and producers in the entertainment&nbsp;industry.

CAST & CREATIVE

BILLY CRUDUP

DENISE GOUGH

ERIC ROTH

Thea Sharrock

Tim Hatley

Neil Austin

Nick Lidster

Chris Egan

Jina Jay CDG

Paula Wagner

Tom Werner

Danny Cohen and Len Blavatnik for Access Entertainment

Mark Rubinstein

Short Street Productions Ltd

Original 1952 Oscar-winning film

Stanley Kramer

Fred Zinnemann

Carl Foreman

CAST & CREATIVE

BILLY CRUDUP

DENISE GOUGH

ERIC ROTH

Thea Sharrock

Tim Hatley

Neil Austin

Nick Lidster

Chris Egan

Jina Jay CDG

Paula Wagner

Tom Werner

Danny Cohen and Len Blavatnik for Access Entertainment

Mark Rubinstein

Short Street Productions Ltd

Original 1952 Oscar-winning film

Stanley Kramer

Fred Zinnemann

Carl Foreman

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