Billy Crystal

Acting

Born: 1948-03-14

From: Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

Gender: Male

Height: 168.30 m

Popularity: 2.1

Also Known As

Bill CrystalΓουίλιαμ Έντουαρντ Κρίσταλبیلی کریستال

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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Awards & Nominations14 won · 30 nominated

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

Mr. Saturday Night

2022

🏆 Won

Disney Legends

2013

Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

2013

🏆 Won

Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

2007

🏆 Won

GLAAD Excellence in Media Award

2005

🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show

2005

Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show

2005

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

2004

Nominated

Best Sports Movie ESPY Award

61*

2002

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

61*

2001

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie

61*

2001

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

2000

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1998

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1998

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1997

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1996

Nominated

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

1994

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1993

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

1992

🏆 Won

MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance

City Slickers

1992

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

1992

Nominated

MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance

City Slickers

1992

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1992

Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Mr. Saturday Night

1992

Nominated

TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials

1992

🏆 Won

Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award

1991

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

1991

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1991

Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

City Slickers

1991

Nominated

TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials

1991

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

1991

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1991

🏆 Won

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

1990

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

1990

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1990

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special

1990

Nominated

TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials

1990

Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

When Harry Met Sally

1989

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1988

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

1987

Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

Saturday Night Live

1985

🏆 Won

Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors

🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

🏆 Won

Drama League Award

Billy Crystal

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations14 won · 30 nominated

Acting174 titles

Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry

Christmas in Hollywood

Comic Relief

Studio 42 with Bob Costas

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Sports on the Silver Screen

Caesar's Writers

Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special

The Warner Bros. Story: 75 Years of Laughter

When It Was a Game 2

Voices That Care

FireAid Benefit Concert

The Grammys

First Pitch

Friends

A Century of Cinema

Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays

Never Have I Ever

Faerie Tale Theatre

Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!

Comic Relief III

Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain

Night of 100 Stars II

Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World

Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute

This Is Bob Hope...

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

Costas Now

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

Monsters, Inc.

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

Modern Family

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

All in the Family

The Princess Bride

Tony Bennett: An American Classic

Frasier

Liberty's Kids

The Larry Sanders Show

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy

The Pixar Story

American Movie

As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'

Hollywood Squares

Inside the Actors Studio

Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip

Roll Up Your Sleeves

Doug Henning's World of Magic

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Web Therapy

Baseball

When Harry Met Sally...

Sicko

This Is Spinal Tap

Muppets Tonight

Deconstructing Harry

Hamlet

Andre the Giant

Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales

The Critic

Soap

Jay Leno's Garage

The Love We Make

Kareem: Minority of One

King Kong: Monster and Myth

Monsters at Work

Primetime Glick

The Graham Norton Show

It Ain't Over

Monsters University

In Search of Dr. Seuss

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

Donny & Marie