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Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal

Acting · Crew · Directing · Writing

Born March 14, 1948, Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (109)
  • 20269/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later — Self
  • 2026The Hollywood Rabbi — Himself
  • 2025FireAid Benefit Concert — Self
  • 2025Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words — Self
  • SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
  • 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
  • 2024King Kong: Monster and Myth — Self - Actor (archive footage)
  • 2023It Ain't Over — Self
  • 2022Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry — Self
  • Back on the Record with Bob Costas — Self
  • 2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021Roll Up Your Sleeves — Self
  • The Story of Late Night — Self
  • 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star — Self
  • 2020Feeding America Comedy Festival — Self
  • Never Have I Ever — Himself
  • 2019Scenes from a Friendship — Self
  • 2019Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate — Self
  • 2018Andre the Giant — Self
  • 2018Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind — Self
  • Shut Up and Dribble — Self - Entertainer
  • 2017Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me — Self
  • Jay Leno's Garage — Self
  • 2015Kareem: Minority of One — Self
  • The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
  • 2014Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip — Self
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
  • 2013The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall — Self
  • 201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief — Self
  • Inside Comedy — Self
  • 2011Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis — Self
  • 2011Pixar 25 Magic Moments — Self
  • 2011The Love We Make — Self
  • Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America — Self - Host
  • Modern Family — Self
  • Studio 42 with Bob Costas — Self
  • The Jay Leno Show — Self
  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
  • 2007Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project — Self
  • 2007Sicko — Self (archive footage)
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • 2007The Pixar Story — Self - Mike Wazowski
  • 2006Kings of Comedy USA — Self (archive footage)
  • 2006Tony Bennett: An American Classic — Self
  • Costas Now — Self
  • 2005Mantle — Self
  • 2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found — Self
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
  • The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
  • 2003Christmas from Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
  • Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
  • 2002Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute — Self
  • 2001As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' — Self
  • 2001How Harry Met Sally… — Self
  • 2001Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World — Self
  • The Bernie Mac Show — Self
  • 2001The Concert for New York City — Self
  • 2001The Journey — Self
  • 2000When It Was a Game 3 — Self (voice)
  • 1999Get Bruce! — Self
  • 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
  • Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
  • 1998Inside the Golden Statue — Self
  • 1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy — Self (archive footage)
  • 1998The Warner Bros. Story: 75 Years of Laughter — Self - Host
  • 1998Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory — Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Laughter")
  • 1997Sports on the Silver Screen — Self (archive footage)
  • 1997Stand Tall — Self
  • The View — Self - Guest
  • 1996Caesar's Writers — Self - Host
  • Muppets Tonight — Self
  • The Daily Show — Self
  • 1995Comic Relief VII — Self - Host
  • 1994A Century of Cinema — Self
  • Baseball — Self
  • 1994Comic Relief VI — Self - Host
  • Inside the Actors Studio — Self
  • 1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! — Self (archive footage)
  • Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self - Guest
  • 1992When It Was a Game 2 — Self (voice)
  • 1991Branford Marsalis: Steep — Self
  • 1991Voices That Care — Self - Choir Member
  • 1990Comic Relief '90 — Self
  • 1989Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow — Self
  • 1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary — Self
  • 1988An All-Star Toast to the Improv — Self
  • Flitterabend — Self
  • 1988Grand Slam! — Self
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
  • Comic Relief — Self - Host
  • 1986Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special — Self
  • 1986The Best of Comic Relief — Self
  • 1985Night of 100 Stars II — Self
  • 1985Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain — Self
  • 1982Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special — Self
  • 1982Doug Henning's World of Magic — Self
  • Fridays — Self - Guest Host
  • Donny & Marie — Self
  • Doug Henning's World of Magic — Self
  • Film '72 — Self
  • The Merv Griffin Show — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self, Self - Guest Host
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host
  • The Grammys — Self
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