William Edward 'Billy' Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes When Harry Met Sally... and City Slickers. He has hosted the Academy Awards eight times.
Known For
Movies
- 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 L...
1994
- America's Sweethearts
2001
- Throw Momma from the Tr...
1987
- Analyze This
1999
- Analyze That
2002
- Fathers' Day
1997
- Comic Relief 2006
2006
- Which Witch?
- 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'...
2020
- Cutting Edge Comedians ...
2007
- Parental Guidance
2012
- Rabbit Test
1978
- Memories of Me
1988
- Method to the Madness o...
2011
- Mantle
2005
- Tony Bennett: An Americ...
2006
- Human Feelings
1978
- Hannibal Hopkins et Sir...
2021
- Billy Crystal: Midnight...
1989
- Billy Crystal: Don't Ge...
1986
- Breaking Up Is Hard to ...
1979
- Pesel Ha'Zahav
1998
- And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
- Mr. Warmth: The Don Ric...
2007
- Party Central
2014
- Comic Relief III
1989
- SST: Death Flight
1977
- Billy Crystal: 700 Sund...
2014
- Hamlet
1996
- The Improv: 50 Years Be...
2013
- Sports on the Silver Sc...
1997
- City Slickers In Westwo...
2017
- Saturday Night Live: Th...
1998
- Robin Williams: Laugh U...
2022
- The Love We Make
2011
- Cars
2006
- This Is Spinal Tap
1984
- Mr. Saturday Night
2022
- Richard Lewis: I'm In P...
1985
- Night of 100 Stars II
1985
- Caesar's Writers
1996
- Christmas in Hollywood
2003
- Muhammad Ali - Through ...
2001
- Kraft Salutes the Georg...
1986
- The Pixar Story
2007
- 12-12-12 | The Concert ...
2012
- Untogether
2019
- I'm Still Here
2010
- The Comedian
2016
- American Movie
1999
- Enola Gay: The Men, the...
1980
- Billy Connolly: A BAFTA...
2002
- Saturday Night Live: 15...
1989
- Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've ...
2017
- Kareem: Minority of One
2015
- First Pitch
2015
- This Is Bob Hope...
2017
- Andre the Giant
2018
- Robin Williams: Come In...
2018
- The Concert for New Yor...
2001
- As You Wish: The Story ...
2001
- Kings of Comedy USA
2006
- Tooth Fairy
2010
- The Adventures of Rocky...
2000
- Standing Up, Falling Do...
2020
- Still Laugh-In: The Sta...
2019
- When Harry Met Sally 2 ...
2011
- Eat Drink Laugh: The St...
2014
- The Warner Bros. Story:...
1998
- Warner Bros. 75th Anniv...
1998
- Stand Tall
1997
- A Century of Cinema
1994
- Feeding America Comedy ...
2020
- Here Today
2021
- Branford Marsalis: Steep
1991
- AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4...
2020
- A Virtual Princess Brid...
2020
- How Harry Met Sally…
2001
- In Search of the Sander...
2020
- Goodnight Moon & Other ...
1999
- Doug Henning's World of...
1982
- Saturday Night Live: 25...
1999
- Billy Crystal: A Comic'...
1984
- Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
- Sesame Street | All-Sta...
1994
- Grand Slam!
1988
- Comic Relief '90
1990
- An All-Star Toast to th...
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 Mixtap...
2025
- The AGFA Mystery Mixtap...
2025
TV Shows
- 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 Step...
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...
1975
- Saturday Night Live
1975
- Saturday Night Live
1975
- The Comedians
2015
- Hollywood Squares
1998
- The Tonight Show with J...
1992
- The Late Late Show with...
2015
- The Late Late Show with...
2005
- Saturday Night Live wit...
1975
- The Mike Douglas Show
1961
- The Tonight Show Starri...
2014
- Late Night with Seth Me...
2014
- Back on the Record with...
2021
- The Tonight Show Starri...
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...
2009
- Flitterabend
1988
- The Late Show with Step...
2015
- Web Therapy
2008
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtim...
1992
- Comic Relief
1986
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
- The Bernie Mac Show
2001
- Donny & Marie
1976
- The Love Boat
1977
- Saturday Night Live
1975
- Jay Leno's Garage
2015
- Modern Family
2009
- Monsters at Work
2021
- Real Time with Bill Mah...
2003
- Primetime Glick
2001
- Inside the Actors Studio
1994
- Costas Now
2005
- The Graham Norton Show
2007
- Studio 42 with Bob Cost...
2009
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday ...
2025
- Baseball
1994
- The Oscars
1953
- The Critic
1994