Crudup As J. Edgar Hoover By Ryan 'The Rican with the Irish name' McLelland on April 03, 2008 Slow night for news.  Luckily we have Watchmen's Dr. Manhattan himself Billy Crudup throwing some clothes back on for a new role. Crudup has been set to play FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in "Public Enemies," the Michael Mann-directed crime drama for Universal that stars Johnny Depp as John Dillinger. Mann has also set Stephen Lang to play Winstead, the leader of the Texas Rangers who joins the manhunt for John Dillinger and his gang. Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard also star. Source: Variety Tags: Public Enemies, News Comments