Billy Crystal
Department: Acting
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
Monsters, Inc.
2001
City Slickers
1991
When Harry Met Sally...
1989
Forget Paris
1995
Sicko
2007
The Princess Bride
1987
Deconstructing Harry
1997
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
1994
America's Sweethearts
2001
Throw Momma from the Train
1987
Analyze This
1999
Analyze That
2002
Fathers' Day
1997
Comic Relief 2006
2006
Which Witch?
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Mike's New Car
2002
It Ain't Over
2023
Voices That Care
1991
Running Scared
1986
Monsters University
2013
In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994
The Journey
2001
My Giant
1998
Get Bruce!
1999
Animalympics
1980
Pixar 25 Magic Moments
2011
Mr. Saturday Night
1992
Small Apartments
2012
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2007
Parental Guidance
2012
Rabbit Test
1978
Memories of Me
1988
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
Mantle
2005
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
2006
Human Feelings
1978
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021
Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow
1989
Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started
1986
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979
Inside the Golden Statue
1998
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
Party Central
2014
Comic Relief III
1989
SST: Death Flight
1978
Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays
2014
Hamlet
1996
The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall
2013
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
City Slickers In Westworld
2017
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
1998
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022
The Love We Make
2011
Cars
2006
This Is Spinal Tap
1984
Mr. Saturday Night
2022
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Caesar's Writers
1996
Christmas in Hollywood
2003
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1986
The Pixar Story
2007
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012
Untogether
2019
I'm Still Here
2010
The Comedian
2016
American Movie
1999
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
2017
Kareem: Minority of One
2015
First Pitch
2015
This Is Bob Hope...
2017
Andre the Giant
2018
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018
The Concert for New York City
2001
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001
Kings of Comedy USA
2006
Tooth Fairy
2010
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
2000
Standing Up, Falling Down
2020
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
2011
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
2014
The Warner Bros. Story: 75 Years of Laughter
1998
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
1998
Stand Tall
1997
A Century of Cinema
1994
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
Here Today
2021
Branford Marsalis: Steep
1991
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020
How Harry Met Sally…
2001
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999
Doug Henning's World of Magic
1982
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
Billy Crystal: A Comic's Line
1984
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Grand Slam!
1988
Comic Relief '90
1990
An All-Star Toast to the Improv
1988
The Best of Comic Relief
1986
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025
When It Was a Game 2
1992
When It Was a Game 3
2000
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
King Kong: Monster and Myth
2024
Horton Hatches the Egg
1992
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008
Monsters Funday Football
2025
Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special
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Scenes from a Friendship
2019
The Daily Show
1996
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Critic
1994
Friends
1994
All in the Family
1971
Soap
1977
Frasier
1993
Inside Comedy
2012
The Jay Leno Show
2009
Liberty's Kids
2002
The View
1997
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Story of Late Night
2021
Never Have I Ever
2020
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Shut Up and Dribble
2018
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Doug Henning's World of Magic
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Comedians
2015
Hollywood Squares
1998
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1975
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Back on the Record with Bob Costas
2021
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Before
2024
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Muppets Tonight
1996
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Flitterabend
1988
Web Therapy
2008
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
Comic Relief
1986
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
Donny & Marie
1976
The Love Boat
1977
Jay Leno's Garage
2015
Modern Family
2009
Monsters at Work
2021
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Primetime Glick
2001
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Costas Now
2005
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
2009
Baseball
1994
The Oscars
1953
The Critic
1994
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Grammys
1959
Web Therapy
2011
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Fridays
1980
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1979