William Jacob Crystal was born on March 14, 1948 in Long Beach, New York. He is a Golden Globe Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director.

A successful stand-up comic, he played television's first openly gay character in the comedy series Soap.

Billy Crystal is a former cast member of Saturday Night Live (1984-85), the star of such comedies as When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and Analyze This (1999) starring Robert DeNiro.

In the late '80s and early '90s he established himself as a leading man in comedy films like City Slickers (1991) and Forget Paris (1995). He made his directorial debut with 1992's Mr. Saturday Night.

He also starred in The Princess Bride (1987), Monsters, Inc. (2001) Analyze That (2002) and Cars (2006).

Filmography

• Cars (2006)
• Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)
• Analyze That (2002)
• "Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776" (2002)
• Mike's New Car (2002)
• Monsters, Inc. (2001)
• America's Sweethearts (2001)
• The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000)
• 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games Opening Ceremony (1999)
• Analyze This (1999)
• My Giant (1998)
• Deconstructing Harry (1997)
• Fathers' Day (1997)
• "Friends" (1 episode, 1997)
• Hamlet (1996)
• "Frasier" (1 episode, 1995)
• Forget Paris (1995)
• In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994)
• "The Critic" (1 episode, 1994)
• City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
• Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
• Horton Hatches the Egg (1992)
• City Slickers (1991)
• A Comedy Salute to Michael Jordan (1991)
• When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
• Memories of Me (1988)
• Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• Running Scared (1986)
• "Simon & Simon" (1 episode, 1985)
• "Saturday Night Live" (17 episodes, 1984-1985)
• "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1 episode, 1985)
• This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
• Likely Stories, Vol. 3 (1983)
• "Darkroom" (1 episode, 1981)
• "The Steve Allen Comedy Hour" (1 episode, 1981)
• "Soap" (72 episodes, 1977-1981)
• "Fridays" (1 episode, 1981)
• Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980)
• Animalympics (1980)
• Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979)
• The T.V. Show (1979)
• "The Love Boat" (1 episode, 1978)
• Human Feelings (1978)
• Rabbit Test (1978)
• SST: Death Flight (1977)
• "All in the Family" (1 episode, 1976)
• "Keep on Truckin'" (1975)

Awards

• American Comedy Award Funniest Male Performer in a Television Special "The 70th Annual Academy Awards" 1999
• Emmy Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program "The 70th Annual Academy Awards" 1997 - 98
• American Comedy Award for Lifetime Achievement 1993
• American Comedy Award Funniest Actor in a Film "City Slickers" 1992
• CableACE Award Best Entertainment Host "Comic Relief V" 1992
• MTV Movie Award Best Comedic Performance "City Slickers" 1992
• Emmy Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program "The 64th Annual Academy Awards" 1991 - 92
• Emmy Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program "The 63rd Annual Academy Awards" 1990 - 91
• Emmy Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program "The 63rd Annual Academy Awards" 1990 - 91
• CableACE Award Actor in a Comedy Series "HBO Comedy Hour: An All-Star Tribute to the Improv" 1989
• Emmy Outstanding Performance in Special Events "The 31st Annual Grammy Awards" 1988 - 89
• Emmy Outstanding Performance in Special Events "The 30th Annual Grammy Awards" 1987 - 88