{"id":1466,"date":"2025-11-04T15:38:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2025-12-19T10:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:02:36","slug":"billy-crudup-high-school-yearbook-photo-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/billy-crudup-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Crudup High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"celeb_name\">Billy Crudup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Actor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Birthdate:&nbsp;<\/strong>Jul 08, 1968<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>High School:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/class\/St-Thomas-Aquinas-High-School\/1459?communityType=1&amp;year=1985&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Thomas Aquinas High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yearbooks:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/St.-Thomas-Aquinas-High-School\/128514?page=0&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1984<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/St.-Thomas-Aquinas-High-School\/4182830323?page=0&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1985<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Yearbook photos of Billy Crudup from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/class\/St-Thomas-Aquinas-High-School\/1459?communityType=1&amp;year=1985&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. Thomas Aquinas High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"1476\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/billy-crudup-yearbook-photo.png\" alt=\"Billy Crudup 1985 junior yearbook portrait\" class=\"wp-image-1476\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"1477\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/joe-mantegna-80s-picture.png\" alt=\"Billy Crudup 1985 Grandparents' Day yearbook candid\" class=\"wp-image-1477\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"1478\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/billy-crudup-high-school.png\" alt=\"Billy Crudup 1985 yearbook candid\" class=\"wp-image-1478\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"1479\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/young-billy-crudup.png\" alt=\"Billy Crudup 1984 sophomore yearbook portrait\" class=\"wp-image-1479\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"1480\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/StThomasAquinasHighSchool-1984-yearbook-cover.png\" alt=\"St. Thomas Aquinas High School 1984 yearbook cover\" class=\"wp-image-1480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/StThomasAquinasHighSchool-1984-yearbook-cover.png 323w, https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/StThomasAquinasHighSchool-1984-yearbook-cover-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"1481\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/joe-mantegna-high-school-yearbook.png\" alt=\"St. Thomas Aquinas High School 1985 yearbook cover\" class=\"wp-image-1481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/joe-mantegna-high-school-yearbook.png 323w, https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/joe-mantegna-high-school-yearbook-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/St.-Thomas-Aquinas-High-School\/4182830323?page=124&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/St.-Thomas-Aquinas-High-School\/4182830323?page=48&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/yearbooks\/St.-Thomas-Aquinas-High-School\/128514?page=138&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>William Gaither \u201cBilly\u201d Crudup<\/strong>&nbsp;(born July 8, 1968) is an actor. He graduated from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/class\/St-Thomas-Aquinas-High-School\/1459?communityType=1&amp;year=1985&amp;?s=80640\">St. Thomas Aquinas High School<\/a>, in Fort Lauderdale, FL, in 1986. A stage actor since college, Crudup\u2019s first big-screen appearances were in&nbsp;<em>Sleepers<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Everyone Says I Love You<\/em>, both released in 1996. Films for which he is best known include&nbsp;<em>Big Fish<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Spotlight<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Without Limits&nbsp;<\/em>(portraying Steve Prefontaine),&nbsp;<em>Almost Famous<\/em>&nbsp;(portraying Stillwater guitarist Russell Hammond),&nbsp;<em>Watchmen<\/em>(portraying Doctor Manhattan), and&nbsp;<em>Public Enemies<\/em>&nbsp;(portraying J. Edgar Hoover). Crudup was also the voice of MasterCard\u2019s \u201cPriceless\u201d commercials from 1998 to 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awards (partial):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>National Board of Review Award for&nbsp;<strong>Breakthrough Performance<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>The Hi-Lo Country<\/em>. 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tony Award for&nbsp;<strong>Best Featured Actor in a Play<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>The Coast of Utopia: Part 1 \u2013 Voyage<\/em>. 2007<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Wikipedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Crudup Actor Birthdate:&nbsp;Jul 08, 1968 High School:&nbsp;St. Thomas Aquinas High School Yearbooks:&nbsp;1984&nbsp;|&nbsp;1985 Yearbook photos of Billy Crudup from&nbsp;St. Thomas Aquinas High School &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; William Gaither \u201cBilly\u201d Crudup&nbsp;(born July 8, 1968) is an actor. He graduated from&nbsp;St. Thomas Aquinas High School, in Fort Lauderdale, FL, in 1986. A stage actor since college, Crudup\u2019s first big-screen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6701,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions\/6701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}