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.

KNOWN FOR

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2021
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2018
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1975
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2022
The Daily Show
2011
Late Show with David Letterman
2001
The Mike Douglas Show
1979
Saturday Night Live
1984
Modern Family
2017
The View
2021
The Graham Norton Show
2024

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
201
Directing
5
Writing
14
Producing
16
Crew
1
2026
The Hollywood Rabbi
as Himself
2026
9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later
as Self
2026
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2025
FireAid Benefit Concert
as Self
2025
Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
as Self
2025
Monsters Funday Football
as Mike Wazowski (Voice)
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2024
King Kong: Monster and Myth
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2024
Before
as Dr. Eli Adler
2024
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2024
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2023
It Ain't Over
as Self
2023
The Grammys
as Self
2022
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
as Self
2022
Mr. Saturday Night
as Buddy Young, Jr.
2022
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2022
Back on the Record with Bob Costas
as Self
2022
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2021
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Here Today
as Charlie Burnz
2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
as Self
2021
The View
as Self - Guest
2021
The Story of Late Night
as Self
2021
Never Have I Ever
as Himself
2021
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2021
Monsters at Work
as Mike (voice)
2020
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Standing Up, Falling Down
as Marty
2020
Feeding America Comedy Festival
as Self
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
as Self
2020
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Miracle Max
2020
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
as Miracle Max
2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
2019
Untogether
as David
2019
Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
as Self
2019
Scenes from a Friendship
as Self
2019
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2018
Andre the Giant
as Self
2018
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
as Self
2018
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2018
Shut Up and Dribble
as Self - Entertainer
2018
Jay Leno's Garage
as Self
2017
City Slickers In Westworld
as Mitch Robbins
2017
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
as Self
2017
This Is Bob Hope...
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Modern Family
as Self
2016
The Comedian
as Billy Crystal
2016
Paige Prater: Anything is Possible
as Dad
2015
Kareem: Minority of One
as Self
2015
First Pitch
2015
The Comedians
as Billy
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2014
Party Central
as Mike (voice)
2014
Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays
as Self
2014
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Web Therapy
as Garreth Pink
2013
Monsters University
as Mike (voice)
2013
The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall
as Self
2013
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2013
Web Therapy
as Garreth Pink
2012
Small Apartments
as Burt Walnut
2012
Parental Guidance
as Artie Decker
2012
12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
as Self
2012
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Mezzy Mezzrow (voice)
2012
Inside Comedy
as Self
2012
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2011
Pixar 25 Magic Moments
as Self
2011
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self
2011
The Love We Make
as Self
2011
When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
as Harry
2011
The Daily Show
as Self
2011
Studio 42 with Bob Costas
as Self
2010
I'm Still Here
as Billy Crystal
2010
Tooth Fairy
as Jerry (uncredited)
2010
Paige Prater
as Danny (Dad)
2009
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
2009
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
as Self - Host
2008
Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2008
Costas Now
as Self
2007
Sicko
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2007
The Pixar Story
as Self - Mike Wazowski
2006
Comic Relief 2006
2006
Tony Bennett: An American Classic
as Self
2006
Cars
as Mike Car (voice)
2006
Kings of Comedy USA
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2005
Mantle
as Self
2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
2005
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2003
Christmas from Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Analyze That
as Dr. Ben Sobel
2002
Mike's New Car
as Mike (voice)
2002
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
as Self
2002
Liberty's Kids
as John Adams (voice)
2002
The Bernie Mac Show
as Self
2001
Monsters, Inc.
as Mike (voice)
2001
America's Sweethearts
as Lee Phillips
2001
The Journey
as Self
2001
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
as Self
2001
The Concert for New York City
as Self
2001
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
as Self
2001
How Harry Met Sally…
as Self
2001
Primetime Glick
2001
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
2000
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as Mattress Salesman (uncredited)
2000
When It Was a Game 3
as Self (voice)
1999
Analyze This
as Dr. Ben Sobel
1999
Get Bruce!
as Self
1999
American Movie
as Academy Awards Emcee (uncredited)
1999
Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
as Narrator (voice)
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1998
My Giant
as Sam 'Sammy' Kamin
1998
Inside the Golden Statue
as Self
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
as Self (archive footage)
1998
The Warner Bros. Story: 75 Years of Laughter
as Self - Host
1998
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
as Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Laughter")
1998
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1997
Deconstructing Harry
as Larry / The Devil
1997
Fathers' Day
as Jack Lawrence
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Stand Tall
as Self
1997
Friends
as Tim (uncredited)
1996
Hamlet
as First Gravedigger
1996
Caesar's Writers
as Self - Host
1996
Muppets Tonight
as Self
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1995
Forget Paris
as Mickey Gordon
1995
Comic Relief VII
as Self - Host
1995
Frasier
as Jack (voice)
1995
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1995
Flitterabend
as Self
1994
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
as Mitch Robbins
1994
In Search of Dr. Seuss
as The Voice of America (voice)
1994
A Century of Cinema
as Self
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Comic Relief VI
as Self - Host
1994
The Critic
1994
Baseball
as Self
1994
The Critic
as Gary Grossman (voice)
1993
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice)
1992
Mr. Saturday Night
as Buddy Young Jr.
1992
When It Was a Game 2
as Self (voice)
1992
Horton Hatches the Egg
as Narrator (voice)
1992
The Larry Sanders Show
as Billy Crystal
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
1991
City Slickers
as Mitch Robbins
1991
Voices That Care
as Self - Choir Member
1991
Branford Marsalis: Steep
as Self
1991
Film '72
as Self
1990
Comic Relief '90
as Self
1989
When Harry Met Sally...
as Harry Burns
1989
Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow
as Self
1989
Comic Relief III
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
1988
Memories of Me
as Abbie
1988
Grand Slam!
as Self
1988
An All-Star Toast to the Improv
as Self
1987
The Princess Bride
as Miracle Max
1987
Throw Momma from the Train
as Larry Donner
1986
Running Scared
as Danny Costanzo
1986
Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started
as Self
1986
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
1986
The Best of Comic Relief
as Self
1986
Comic Relief
as Self - Host
1986
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Host
1985
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
as Self
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Larry
1984
This Is Spinal Tap
as Morty the Mime
1984
Billy Crystal: A Comic's Line
as Self
1984
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
1984
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Co-Host
1984
Saturday Night Live
as Fernando Lamas
1984
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1982
Doug Henning's World of Magic
as Self
1982
Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special
as Self
1982
Doug Henning's World of Magic
as Self
1981
Fridays
as Self - Guest Host
1981
Darkroom
as Paddy
1980
Animalympics
as Rugs Turkell / Joey Gongolong / Art Antica (voice)
1980
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
as Lt. Jacob 'Jake' Beser
1979
The T.V. Show
1979
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1979
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
as Danny Doyle
1978
Rabbit Test
as Lionel Carpenter
1978
Human Feelings
as Miles Gordon
1978
SST: Death Flight
as David
1978
The Love Boat
as Newton Weems
1977
Soap
as Jodie Dallas
1977
Donny & Marie
as Self
1977
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1976
All in the Family
as Al Bender
1976
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1976
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1975
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self