Billy Crystal
Acting • Born 1948-03-14
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.
Filmography
188 credits
Monsters, Inc.
Movie • 2001
Mike (voice)
City Slickers
Movie • 1991
Mitch Robbins
When Harry Met Sally...
Movie • 1989
Harry Burns
Forget Paris
Movie • 1995
Mickey Gordon
Sicko
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
The Princess Bride
Movie • 1987
Miracle Max
Deconstructing Harry
Movie • 1997
Larry / The Devil
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Movie • 1994
Mitch Robbins
America's Sweethearts
Movie • 2001
Lee Phillips
Throw Momma from the Train
Movie • 1987
Larry Donner
Analyze This
Movie • 1999
Dr. Ben Sobel
Analyze That
Movie • 2002
Dr. Ben Sobel
Fathers' Day
Movie • 1997
Jack Lawrence
Comic Relief 2006
Movie • 2006
Which Witch?
Movie
Mike's New Car
Movie • 2002
Mike (voice)
It Ain't Over
Movie • 2023
Self
Voices That Care
Movie • 1991
Self - Choir Member
Running Scared
Movie • 1986
Danny Costanzo
Monsters University
Movie • 2013
Mike (voice)
In Search of Dr. Seuss
Movie • 1994
The Voice of America (voice)
The Journey
Movie • 2001
Self
My Giant
Movie • 1998
Sam 'Sammy' Kamin
Get Bruce!
Movie • 1999
Self
Animalympics
Movie • 1980
Rugs Turkell / Joey Gongolong / Art Antica (voice)
Pixar 25 Magic Moments
Movie • 2011
Self
Mr. Saturday Night
Movie • 1992
Buddy Young Jr.
Small Apartments
Movie • 2012
Burt Walnut
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Movie • 2020
Narrator (voice)
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Parental Guidance
Movie • 2012
Artie Decker
Rabbit Test
Movie • 1978
Lionel Carpenter
Memories of Me
Movie • 1988
Abbie
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Movie • 2011
Self
Mantle
Movie • 2005
Self
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
Movie • 2006
Self
Human Feelings
Movie • 1978
Miles Gordon
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow
Movie • 1989
Self
Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started
Movie • 1986
Self
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Movie • 1979
Danny Doyle
Inside the Golden Statue
Movie • 1998
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Movie • 2007
Self
Party Central
Movie • 2014
Mike (voice)
Comic Relief III
Movie • 1989
SST: Death Flight
Movie • 1978
David
Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays
Movie • 2014
Self
Hamlet
Movie • 1996
First Gravedigger
The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall
Movie • 2013
Self
Sports on the Silver Screen
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
City Slickers In Westworld
Movie • 2017
Mitch Robbins
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
Movie • 2022
Self
The Love We Make
Movie • 2011
Self
Cars
Movie • 2006
Mike Car (voice)
This Is Spinal Tap
Movie • 1984
Morty the Mime
Mr. Saturday Night
Movie • 2022
Buddy Young, Jr.
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
Movie • 1985
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
Caesar's Writers
Movie • 1996
Self - Host
Christmas in Hollywood
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Movie • 2001
Self
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
Movie • 1986
Self
The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Self - Mike Wazowski
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
Movie • 2012
Self
Untogether
Movie • 2019
David
I'm Still Here
Movie • 2010
Billy Crystal
The Comedian
Movie • 2016
Billy Crystal
American Movie
Movie • 1999
Academy Awards Emcee (uncredited)
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Movie • 1980
Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Beser
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Movie • 2002
Self
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Movie • 1989
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Movie • 2017
Self
Kareem: Minority of One
Movie • 2015
Self
First Pitch
Movie • 2015
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
Andre the Giant
Movie • 2018
Self
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Movie • 2018
Self
The Concert for New York City
Movie • 2001
Self
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
Movie • 2001
Self
Kings of Comedy USA
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Tooth Fairy
Movie • 2010
Jerry (uncredited)
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Movie • 2000
Mattress Salesman (uncredited)
Standing Up, Falling Down
Movie • 2020
Marty
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
Movie • 2019
Self
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
Movie • 2011
Harry
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
Movie • 2014
Self
The Warner Bros. Story: 75 Years of Laughter
Movie • 1998
Self - Host
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
Movie • 1998
Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Laughter")
Stand Tall
Movie • 1997
Self
A Century of Cinema
Movie • 1994
Self
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Movie • 2020
Self
Here Today
Movie • 2021
Charlie Burnz
Branford Marsalis: Steep
Movie • 1991
Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
Movie • 2020
Self
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Movie • 2020
Miracle Max
How Harry Met Sally…
Movie • 2001
Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Movie • 2020
Miracle Max
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
Movie • 1999
Narrator (voice)
Doug Henning's World of Magic
Movie • 1982
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie • 1999
Self
Billy Crystal: A Comic's Line
Movie • 1984
Self
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Movie • 2021
Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Grand Slam!
Movie • 1988
Self
Comic Relief '90
Movie • 1990
Self
An All-Star Toast to the Improv
Movie • 1988
Self
The Best of Comic Relief
Movie • 1986
Self
FireAid Benefit Concert
Movie • 2025
Self
When It Was a Game 2
Movie • 1992
Self (voice)
When It Was a Game 3
Movie • 2000
Self (voice)
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie • 2020
(archive footage)
King Kong: Monster and Myth
Movie • 2024
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Horton Hatches the Egg
Movie • 1992
Narrator (voice)
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Movie • 2005
Self
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
Movie • 2025
Self
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
Movie • 2008
Monsters Funday Football
Movie • 2025
Mike Wazowski (Voice)
Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special
Movie
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Various Characters
The Critic
TV • 1994
Friends
TV • 1994
Tim (uncredited)
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Al Bender
Soap
TV • 1977
Jodie Dallas
Frasier
TV • 1993
Jack (voice)
Inside Comedy
TV • 2012
Self
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
Liberty's Kids
TV • 2002
John Adams (voice)
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
The Story of Late Night
TV • 2021
Self
Never Have I Ever
TV • 2020
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Host
Shut Up and Dribble
TV • 2018
Self - Entertainer
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Billy Crystal
Doug Henning's World of Magic
TV • 1975
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Co-Host
The Comedians
TV • 2015
Billy
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
TV • 1975
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Back on the Record with Bob Costas
TV • 2021
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Before
TV • 2024
Dr. Eli Adler
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Larry
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest
Muppets Tonight
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Flitterabend
TV • 1988
Self
Web Therapy
TV • 2008
Garreth Pink
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
TV • 1992
Narrator (voice)
Comic Relief
TV • 1986
Self - Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Bernie Mac Show
TV • 2001
Self
Donny & Marie
TV • 1976
Self
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Newton Weems
Jay Leno's Garage
TV • 2015
Self
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Self
Monsters at Work
TV • 2021
Mike (voice)
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
Primetime Glick
TV • 2001
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Costas Now
TV • 2005
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
TV • 2009
Self
Baseball
TV • 1994
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self - Presenter
The Critic
TV • 1994
Gary Grossman (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
Web Therapy
TV • 2011
Garreth Pink
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
TV • 2009
Self - Host
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Fridays
TV • 1980
Self - Guest Host
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
TV • 2025
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Fernando Lamas
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self - Guest Host