Billy Crystal
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.
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Acting History
2025
Monsters Funday Football as Mike Wazowski (Voice)
2025Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words as Self
2025FireAid Benefit Concert as Self
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night as Self
2024King Kong: Monster and Myth as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2024Before as Dr. Eli Adler
2023It Ain't Over as Self
2022Mr. Saturday Night as Buddy Young, Jr.
2022Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry as Self
2021Back on the Record with Bob Costas as Self
2021Monsters at Work as Mike (voice)
2021Here Today as Charlie Burnz
2021The Story of Late Night as Self
2021Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
2021Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony as Self (archive footage)
2020Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! as Narrator (voice)
2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover as Miracle Max
2020A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion as Miracle Max
2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star as Self
2020Feeding America Comedy Festival as Self
2020Never Have I Ever as Himself
2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault as (archive footage)
2020Standing Up, Falling Down as Marty
2019Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate as Self
2019Untogether as David
2018Shut Up and Dribble as Self - Entertainer
2018Andre the Giant as Self
2018Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind as Self
2017This Is Bob Hope... as Narrator (voice)
2017Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me as Self
2017City Slickers In Westworld as Mitch Robbins
2016The Comedian as Billy Crystal
2015Kareem: Minority of One as Self
2015Jay Leno's Garage as Self
2015First Pitch
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015The Comedians as Billy
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
2014Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays as Self
2014Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
2014Party Central as Mike (voice)
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall as Self
2013Monsters University as Mike (voice)
2012Parental Guidance as Artie Decker
201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief as Self
2012Small Apartments as Burt Walnut
2012Inside Comedy as Self
2011Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis as Self
2011The Love We Make as Self
2011Web Therapy as Garreth Pink
2011When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren as Harry
2011Pixar 25 Magic Moments as Self
2010I'm Still Here as Billy Crystal
2010Tooth Fairy as Jerry (uncredited)
2009Modern Family as Self
2009The Jay Leno Show as Self
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America as Self - Host
2009Studio 42 with Bob Costas as Self
2008Web Therapy as Garreth Pink
2008Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
2007The Pixar Story as Self - Mike Wazowski
2007Sicko as Self (archive footage)
2007Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s as Self (archive footage)
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006Tony Bennett: An American Classic as Self
2006Comic Relief 2006
2006Kings of Comedy USA as Self (archive footage)
2006Cars as Mike Car (voice)
2005Mantle as Self
2005Costas Now as Self
2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
2003Christmas in Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
2003Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
2002Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute as Self
2002Analyze That as Dr. Ben Sobel
2002Liberty's Kids as John Adams (voice)
2002Mike's New Car as Mike (voice)
2001Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World as Self
2001The Bernie Mac Show as Self
2001Monsters, Inc. as Mike (voice)
2001The Concert for New York City as Self
2001As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' as Self
2001America's Sweethearts as Lee Phillips
2001Primetime Glick
2001The Journey as Self
2001How Harry Met Sally… as Self
2000When It Was a Game 3 as Self (voice)
2000The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle as Mattress Salesman (uncredited)
1999Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales as Narrator (voice)
1999American Movie as Academy Awards Emcee (uncredited)
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
1999Analyze This as Dr. Ben Sobel
1999Get Bruce! as Self
1998Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
1998My Giant as Sam 'Sammy' Kamin
1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy as Self (archive footage)
1998Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Laughter")
1998The Warner Bros. Story: 75 Years of Laughter as Self - Host
1998Inside the Golden Statue as Self
1997Deconstructing Harry as Larry / The Devil
1997The View as Self - Guest
1997Fathers' Day as Jack Lawrence
1997Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
1997Stand Tall as Self
1996Hamlet as First Gravedigger
1996Caesar's Writers as Self - Host
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996Muppets Tonight as Self
1995Forget Paris as Mickey Gordon
1994In Search of Dr. Seuss as The Voice of America (voice)
1994Friends as Tim (uncredited)
1994Baseball as Self
1994Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1994City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Mitch Robbins
1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
1994The Critic
1994The Critic as Gary Grossman (voice)
1994A Century of Cinema as Self
1993Frasier as Jack (voice)
1992Mr. Saturday Night as Buddy Young Jr.
1992The Larry Sanders Show as Billy Crystal
1992When It Was a Game 2 as Self (voice)
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self - Guest
1992Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (voice)
1992Horton Hatches the Egg as Narrator (voice)
1991City Slickers as Mitch Robbins
1991Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
1991Branford Marsalis: Steep as Self
1990Comic Relief '90 as Self
1989Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow as Self
1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self
1989When Harry Met Sally... as Harry Burns
1989Comic Relief III
1988Flitterabend as Self
1988Memories of Me as Abbie
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1988An All-Star Toast to the Improv as Self
1988Grand Slam! as Self
1987Throw Momma from the Train as Larry Donner
1987The Princess Bride as Miracle Max
1986The Best of Comic Relief as Self
1986Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started as Self
1986Running Scared as Danny Costanzo
1986Comic Relief as Self - Host
1986Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special as Self
1985Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain as Self
1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984This Is Spinal Tap as Morty the Mime
1984Billy Crystal: A Comic's Line as Self
1982Faerie Tale Theatre as Larry
1982Doug Henning's World of Magic as Self
1980Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb as Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Beser
1980Fridays as Self - Guest Host
1980Animalympics as Rugs Turkell (voice)
1979Breaking Up Is Hard to Do as Danny Doyle
1978Human Feelings as Miles Gordon
1978SST: Death Flight as David
1978Rabbit Test as Lionel Carpenter
1977The Love Boat as Newton Weems
1977Soap as Jodie Dallas
1976Donny & Marie as Self
1975Doug Henning's World of Magic as Self
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Co-Host
1975Saturday Night Live as Fernando Lamas
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1971All in the Family as Al Bender
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1959The Grammys as Self
1953The Oscars as Self - Presenter
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