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Billy Crystal

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Mar 14, 1948 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

Biography

William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, filmmaker, and comedian. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom “Soap” and became a Hollywood film star during the 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes When “Harry Met Sally...” and “City Slickers.” He is also known for his role as Mike in the “Monsters Inc.” franchise, and roles in “The Princess Bride,” “Analyze This,” and “Throw Momma From the Train.” He has hosted the Academy Awards eight times.

Known For

Acting
2025FireAid Benefit ConcertSelf
2025Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of WordsSelf
2025Monsters Funday FootballMike Wazowski (Voice)
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday NightSelf
2024King Kong: Monster and MythSelf - Actor (archive footage)
2024BeforeDr. Eli Adler
2023It Ain't OverSelf
2022Robin Williams: Laugh Until You CrySelf
2022Mr. Saturday NightBuddy Young, Jr.
2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir AnthonySelf (archive footage)
2021Here TodayCharlie Burnz
2021Roll Up Your SleevesSelf
2021The Story of Late NightSelf
2021Back on the Record with Bob CostasSelf
2021Monsters at WorkMike (voice)
2020Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!Narrator (voice)
2020Standing Up, Falling DownMarty
2020Feeding America Comedy FestivalSelf
2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own StarSelf
2020A Virtual Princess Bride ReunionMiracle Max
2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween TakeoverMiracle Max
2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault(archive footage)
2020Never Have I EverHimself
2019UntogetherDavid
2019Still Laugh-In: The Stars CelebrateSelf
2019Scenes from a FriendshipSelf
2018Andre the GiantSelf
2018Robin Williams: Come Inside My MindSelf
2018Shut Up and DribbleSelf - Entertainer
2017City Slickers In WestworldMitch Robbins
2017Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be MeSelf
2017This Is Bob Hope...Narrator (voice)
2016The ComedianBilly Crystal
2015Kareem: Minority of OneSelf
2015First Pitch
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2015The ComediansBilly
2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015Jay Leno's GarageSelf
2014Party CentralMike (voice)
2014Billy Crystal: 700 SundaysSelf
2014Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic StripSelf
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2013Monsters UniversityMike (voice)
2013The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick WallSelf
2012Small ApartmentsBurt Walnut
2012Parental GuidanceArtie Decker
201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy ReliefSelf
2012Inside ComedySelf
2011Pixar 25 Magic MomentsSelf
2011Method to the Madness of Jerry LewisSelf
2011The Love We MakeSelf
2011When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen MirrenHarry
2011Web TherapyGarreth Pink
2010I'm Still HereBilly Crystal
2010Tooth FairyJerry (uncredited)
2009The Jay Leno ShowSelf
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2009Modern FamilySelf
2009Studio 42 with Bob CostasSelf
2009Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of AmericaSelf - Host
2008Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008Web TherapyGarreth Pink
2007SickoSelf (archive footage)
2007Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70sSelf (archive footage)
2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectSelf
2007The Pixar StorySelf - Mike Wazowski
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2006Comic Relief 2006
2006Tony Bennett: An American ClassicSelf
2006CarsMike Car (voice)
2006Kings of Comedy USASelf (archive footage)
2005MantleSelf
2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and FoundSelf
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf
2005Costas NowSelf
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf - Guest
2003Christmas in HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2002Analyze ThatDr. Ben Sobel
2002Mike's New CarMike (voice)
2002Billy Connolly: A BAFTA TributeSelf
2002Liberty's KidsJohn Adams (voice)
2001Monsters, Inc.Mike (voice)
2001America's SweetheartsLee Phillips
2001The JourneySelf
2001Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The WorldSelf
2001The Concert for New York CitySelf
2001As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'Self
2001How Harry Met Sally…Self
2001The Bernie Mac ShowSelf
2001Primetime Glick
2000The Adventures of Rocky & BullwinkleMattress Salesman (uncredited)
2000When It Was a Game 3Self (voice)
1999Analyze ThisDr. Ben Sobel
1999Get Bruce!Self
1999American MovieAcademy Awards Emcee (uncredited)
1999Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime TalesNarrator (voice)
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf
1998My GiantSam 'Sammy' Kamin
1998Inside the Golden StatueSelf
1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie MurphySelf (archive footage)
1998The Warner Bros. Story: 75 Years of LaughterSelf - Host
1998Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No GlorySelf - Host (segment "75 Years of Laughter")
1998Hollywood SquaresSelf - Panelist
1997Deconstructing HarryLarry / The Devil
1997Fathers' DayJack Lawrence
1997Sports on the Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)
1997Stand TallSelf
1997The ViewSelf - Guest
1996HamletFirst Gravedigger
1996Caesar's WritersSelf - Host
1996The Daily ShowSelf
1996Muppets TonightSelf
1995Forget ParisMickey Gordon
1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's GoldMitch Robbins
1994In Search of Dr. SeussThe Voice of America (voice)
1994A Century of CinemaSelf
1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Self (archive footage)
1994The Critic
1994FriendsTim (uncredited)
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
1994BaseballSelf
1994The CriticGary Grossman (voice)
1993FrasierJack (voice)
1992Mr. Saturday NightBuddy Young Jr.
1992When It Was a Game 2Self (voice)
1992Horton Hatches the EggNarrator (voice)
1992The Larry Sanders ShowBilly Crystal
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - Guest
1992Shelley Duvall's Bedtime StoriesNarrator (voice)
1991City SlickersMitch Robbins
1991Voices That CareSelf - Choir Member
1991Branford Marsalis: SteepSelf
1990Comic Relief '90Self
1989When Harry Met Sally...Harry Burns
1989Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to MoscowSelf
1989Comic Relief III
1989Saturday Night Live: 15th AnniversarySelf
1988Memories of MeAbbie
1988Grand Slam!Self
1988An All-Star Toast to the ImprovSelf
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf
1988FlitterabendSelf
1987The Princess BrideMiracle Max
1987Throw Momma from the TrainLarry Donner
1986Running ScaredDanny Costanzo
1986Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me StartedSelf
1986Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday SpecialSelf
1986The Best of Comic ReliefSelf
1986Comic ReliefSelf - Host
1985Richard Lewis: I'm In PainSelf
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
1984This Is Spinal TapMorty the Mime
1984Billy Crystal: A Comic's LineSelf
1982Doug Henning's World of MagicSelf
1982Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary SpecialSelf
1982Faerie Tale TheatreLarry
1980AnimalympicsRugs Turkell / Joey Gongolong / Art Antica (voice)
1980Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic BombLt. Jacob 'Jake' Beser
1980FridaysSelf - Guest Host
1979Breaking Up Is Hard to DoDanny Doyle
1979Breaking Up Is Hard to DoDanny Doyle
1978Rabbit TestLionel Carpenter
1978Human FeelingsMiles Gordon
1978SST: Death FlightDavid
1977SoapJodie Dallas
1977The Love BoatNewton Weems
1976Donny & MarieSelf
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Various Characters
1975Doug Henning's World of MagicSelf
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Co-Host
1975Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1975Saturday Night LiveFernando Lamas
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1971All in the FamilyAl Bender
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf - Guest Host
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Host
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1959The GrammysSelf
1953The OscarsSelf - Presenter
-Which Witch?
Production
2024BeforeExecutive Producer
2022Mr. Saturday NightExecutive Producer
2021Here TodayProducer
2020Standing Up, Falling DownExecutive Producer
2015The ComediansExecutive Producer
2012Parental GuidanceProducer
2011When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen MirrenExecutive Producer
2002Analyze ThatExecutive Producer
2001America's SweetheartsProducer
200161*Executive Producer
1999Analyze ThisExecutive Producer
1998My GiantProducer
1995Forget ParisProducer
1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's GoldProducer
1992Mr. Saturday NightProducer
1991City SlickersExecutive Producer
-Which Witch?Producer
Directing
2021Here TodayDirector
200161*Director
1995Forget ParisDirector
1992Mr. Saturday NightDirector
1986Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me StartedDirector
Writing
2022Mr. Saturday NightWriter
2021Here TodayWriter
2014Billy Crystal: 700 SundaysWriter
2001America's SweetheartsScreenplay
1998My GiantStory
1995Forget ParisScreenplay
1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's GoldScreenplay
1992Mr. Saturday NightWriter
1991SessionsWriter
1988Memories of MeWriter
1984Billy Crystal: A Comic's LineWriter
1975Saturday Night LiveWriter
1953The OscarsWriter
-Which Witch?Screenplay
Crew
2008My Best Friend's GirlThanks