James Franco, Javier Bardem, and Billy Crudup won't be too hard on the eyes, either.

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With his cheekbones built up and his handsome features on the verge of disappearing into jowls, Billy Crudup plays the young but already insufferable J.

NEWYORKER: Public Enemies

The 31-year-old starred in the British TV medical drama "Monroe, " and in 2011 performed on Broadway in the revival of Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" alongside Billy Crudup and Raul Esparza.

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Billy Crudup, with a slender waist, long lashes, and a bit of a flirtatious pucker, is Ned Kynaston, the reigning Desdemona, Ophelia, and Juliet of the early Restoration period.

NEWYORKER: Stage Beauty

Directed by Keith Gordon, the film stars Billy Crudup as Fielding Pierce, an aspiring politician haunted by the memory of his girlfriend Sarah who was killed while assisting Chilean refugees.

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He falls into an intense admiration of the good-looking lead guitarist (Billy Crudup), who is ambiguously friendly, and receives gentle treatment from a trio of groupies, the Band-Aids (led by Kate Hudson).

NEWYORKER: Almost Famous

The New York-based writer Elizabeth Gilbert (Julia Roberts), having fallen into a funk, chucks her weightless husband (Billy Crudup) and her equally weightless lover (James Franco) and restores herself by sampling the gustatory and spiritual gifts of Italy, India, and Bali.

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We are introduced to a band of former crime busters, now under threat: Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), the lithe but witless Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman), a moneyed fop named Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), and, lastly, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), who takes time off from merciless slaughter to narrate the proceedings.

NEWYORKER: Watchmen