Billy Crystal

Biography

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

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	FireAid Benefit Concert	Self
2025	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault	Self
2024	King Kong: Monster and Myth	Self - Actor (archive footage)
2023	It Ain't Over	Self
2022	Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry	Self
2022	Mr. Saturday Night	Buddy Young, Jr.
2021	Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony	Self (archive footage)
2021	Here Today	Charlie Burnz
2021	Roll Up Your Sleeves	Self
2020	Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!	Narrator (voice)
2020	Standing Up, Falling Down	Marty
2020	Feeding America Comedy Festival	Self
2020	AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star	Self
2020	A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion	Miracle Max
2020	In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover	Miracle Max
2019	Untogether	David
2019	Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate	Self
2018	Andre the Giant	Self
2018	Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind	Self
2017	City Slickers In Westworld	Mitch Robbins
2017	Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me	Self
2017	This Is Bob Hope...	Narrator (voice)
2016	The Comedian	Billy Crystal
2015	Kareem: Minority of One	Self
2015	First Pitch
2014	And the Oscar Goes To...	Self (archive footage)
2014	Party Central	Mike (voice)
2014	Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays	Self
2014	Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip	Self
2013	Monsters University	Mike (voice)
2013	The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall	Self
2012	Small Apartments	Burt Walnut
2012	Parental Guidance	Artie Decker
2012	12-12-12 \| The Concert for Sandy Relief	Self
2011	Pixar 25 Magic Moments	Self
2011	Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis	Self
2011	The Love We Make	Self
2011	When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren	Harry
2010	I'm Still Here	Billy Crystal
2010	Tooth Fairy	Jerry (uncredited)
2007	Sicko	Self (archive footage)
2007	Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s	Self (archive footage)
2007	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project	Self
2007	The Pixar Story	Self / Mike Wazowski (voice)
2007	Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
2006	Comic Relief 2006
2006	Tony Bennett: An American Classic	Self
2006	Cars	Mike Car (voice)
2006	Kings of Comedy USA	Self (archive footage)
2005	Mantle	Self
2003	Christmas in Hollywood	Self (archive footage)
2002	Analyze That	Dr. Ben Sobel
2002	Mike's New Car	Mike (voice)
2002	Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute	Self
2001	Monsters, Inc.	Mike (voice)
2001	America's Sweethearts	Lee Phillips
2001	The Journey	Self
2001	Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World	Self
2001	The Concert for New York City	Self
2001	As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'	Self
2001	How Harry Met Sally…	Self
2000	The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle	Mattress Salesman (uncredited)
2000	When It Was a Game 3	Self (voice)
1999	Analyze This	Dr. Ben Sobel
1999	Get Bruce!	Self
1999	American Movie	Academy Awards Emcee (uncredited)
1999	Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales	Narrator (voice)
1999	Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special	Self
1998	My Giant	Sam 'Sammy' Kamin
1998	Inside the Golden Statue	Self
1998	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy	Self (archive footage)
1998	The Warner Bros. Story: 75 Years of Laughter	Self - Host
1998	Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory	Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Laughter")
1997	Deconstructing Harry	Larry / The Devil
1997	Fathers' Day	Jack Lawrence
1997	Sports on the Silver Screen	Self (archive footage)
1997	Stand Tall	Self
1996	Hamlet	First Gravedigger
1996	Caesar's Writers	Self - Host
1995	Forget Paris	Mickey Gordon
1994	City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	Mitch Robbins
1994	In Search of Dr. Seuss	The Voice of America (voice)
1994	A Century of Cinema	Self
1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!	Self (archive footage)
1992	Mr. Saturday Night	Buddy Young Jr.
1992	When It Was a Game 2	Self (voice)
1991	City Slickers	Mitch Robbins
1991	Voices That Care	Self - Choir Member
1991	Branford Marsalis: Steep	Self
1990	Comic Relief '90	Self
1989	When Harry Met Sally...	Harry Burns
1989	Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow	Self
1989	Comic Relief III
1989	Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary	Self
1988	Memories of Me	Abbie
1988	Grand Slam!	Self
1988	An All-Star Toast to the Improv	Self
1987	The Princess Bride	Miracle Max
1987	Throw Momma from the Train	Larry Donner
1986	Running Scared	Danny Costanzo
1986	Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started	Self
1986	Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special	Self
1986	The Best of Comic Relief	Self
1985	Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain	Self
1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self
1984	This Is Spinal Tap	Morty the Mime
1984	Billy Crystal: A Comic's Line	Self
1982	Doug Henning's World of Magic	Self
1980	Animalympics	Rugs Turkell (voice)
1980	Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb	Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Beser
1979	Breaking Up Is Hard to Do	Danny Doyle
1978	Rabbit Test	Lionel Carpenter
1978	Human Feelings	Miles Gordon
1977	SST: Death Flight	David
	Which Witch?

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night	Self
2024	Before	Dr. Eli Adler
2021	The Story of Late Night	Self
2021	Back on the Record with Bob Costas	Self
2021	Monsters at Work	Mike (voice)
2020	Never Have I Ever	Himself
2018	Shut Up and Dribble	Self - Entertainer
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self
2015	The Comedians	Billy
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015	Jay Leno's Garage	Self
2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2012	Inside Comedy	Self
2009	The Jay Leno Show	Self
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest
2009	Modern Family	Self
2009	Studio 42 with Bob Costas	Self
2008	Web Therapy	Garreth Pink
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self
2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self
2005	Costas Now	Self
2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self
2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self
2002	Liberty's Kids	John Adams (voice)
2001	The Bernie Mac Show	Self
2001	Primetime Glick
1998	Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist
1997	The View	Self - Guest
1996	The Daily Show	Self
1996	Muppets Tonight	Self
1994	The Critic
1994	Friends	Tim (uncredited)
1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self
1994	Baseball	Self
1994	The Critic	Gary Grossman (voice)
1993	Frasier	Jack (voice)
1992	The Larry Sanders Show	Billy Crystal
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Self - Guest
1992	Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories	Narrator (Voice)
1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self
1988	Flitterabend	Self
1986	Comic Relief	Self - Host
1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Larry
1977	Soap	Jodie Dallas
1977	The Love Boat	Newton Weems
1976	Donny & Marie	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Various Characters
1975	Doug Henning's World of Magic	Self
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host
1975	Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1971	All in the Family	Al Bender
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self
1959	The Grammys	Self
1953	The Oscars	Self - Presenter