Billy Crystal filmography
Appearance
![]() Crystal in January 2013 | ||
Feature films | 35 | |
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Television series | 36 | |
Theatre | 1 | |
Video games | 1 |
Billy Crystal is an American actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer, director and television host. The filmography of his work as follows.
Crystal started his career 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... (1989), City Slickers (1991), and Analyze This (1999) and providing the voice of Mike in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. He has hosted the Academy Awards nine times from 1990 through the 84th Academy Awards in 2012.[1][2]
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | Rabbit Test | Lionel Carpenter | Feature film debut |
1983 | Likely Stories, Vol. 3 | Tony Manetti | Segment "Split Decision" |
1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Morty the Mime | |
1986 | Running Scared | Danny Constanzo | |
1987 | The Princess Bride | Miracle Max | |
Throw Momma from the Train | Larry Donner | ||
1988 | Memories of Me | Abbie Polin | Also writer and producer |
1989 | When Harry Met Sally... | Harry Burns | |
1991 | City Slickers | Mitch Robbins | Also executive producer |
1992 | Horton Hatches the Egg | Narrator | Voice |
Mr. Saturday Night | Buddy Young Jr. | Also writer, producer and director | |
1994 | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Mitch Robbins | Also writer and producer |
1995 | Forget Paris | Mickey Gordon | Also writer, producer and director |
1996 | Hamlet | First Gravedigger | |
1997 | Fathers' Day | Jack Lawrence | |
Deconstructing Harry | Larry | ||
1998 | My Giant | Sam 'Sammy' Kamin | Also writer and producer |
1999 | Analyze This | Dr. Ben Sobel | Also executive producer |
2000 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Mattress Salesman | Uncredited[3] |
2001 | 61* | None | Director |
2001 | America's Sweethearts | Lee Phillips | Also writer and producer |
Monsters, Inc. | Mike Wazowski | Voice | |
2002 | Mike's New Car | Voice; short film | |
Analyze That | Dr. Ben Sobel | Also executive producer | |
2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | Calcifer the Fire-Demon | Voice; English dub |
2005 | Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone | Karl Scott | Voice |
2006 | Cars | Mike Wazowski Car | Voice; Cameo |
2010 | Tooth Fairy | Jerry | Uncredited[4] |
I'm Still Here | Himself | ||
2012 | Small Apartments | Burt Walnut | |
Parental Guidance | Artie Decker | ||
2013 | Monsters University | Mike Wazowski | Voice |
2014 | Party Central | Voice; short film | |
2016 | The Comedian | Himself | |
2018 | Untogether | David | |
2019 | Standing Up, Falling Down | Marty | |
TBA | Here Today | Charlie Berns | Post-production; also director, writer, producer |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | All in the Family | Al Bender | Episode: "New Year's Wedding" |
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast | Himself | Episode: "Muhammad Ali Roast" | |
Saturday Night Live | Episode: "Ron Nessen/Patti Smith" | ||
1977 | SST: Death Flight | David | Television film |
1977–81 | Soap | Jodie Dallas | 73 episodes |
1978 | The Love Boat | Newton Weames | Episode: "Mike & Ike; The Witness; Kissing Bandit" |
1979 | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | Danny Doyle | Television film |
1980 | Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | Lt. Jacob "Jake" Beser | |
Animalympics | Various (voice) | Television film (animated) | |
1981 | Darkroom | Paddy | Episode: "Make-Up" |
1982 | The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour | Himself / Host | 5 episodes |
1984 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | 2 episodes |
1984–85 | Saturday Night Live | Various | 18 episodes; Also writer |
1985 | Simon & Simon | Ben Crane | Episode: "Quint Is Out" |
Faerie Tale Theatre | Larry Pig | Episode: "The Three Little Pigs" | |
1986-88 | Sesame Street | Ricky | 2 episodes |
1986 | Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started | Himself | Stand-up Special |
1987 | Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started – The Lost Minutes | Short | |
29th Annual Grammy Awards | Himself / Host | Awards Ceremony, CBS | |
1988 | 30th Annual Grammy Awards | Awards Ceremony, CBS | |
1989 | 31st Annual Grammy Awards | Awards Ceremony, CBS | |
Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow | Himself | Stand-up Special | |
1990 | 62nd Academy Awards | Himself / Host | Awards Ceremony, ABC |
1991 | 63rd Academy Awards | Awards Ceremony, ABC | |
1992 | 64th Academy Awards | Awards Ceremony, ABC | |
The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Episode: "Talk Show" | |
1993 | 65th Academy Awards | Himself / Host | Awards Ceremony, ABC |
1994 | The Critic | Gary Grossman | Voice; Episode: "L.A. Jay" |
1995 | Frasier | Jack | Voice; Episode: "Leapin' Lizards" |
1996 | Muppets Tonight | Himself | Episode: "Billy Crystal" |
1997 | Friends | Tim | Episode: "The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion" |
69th Academy Awards | Himself / Host | Awards Ceremony, ABC | |
1998 | 70th Academy Awards | Awards Ceremony, ABC | |
2000 | 72nd Academy Awards | Awards Ceremony, ABC | |
2002 | The Bernie Mac Show | Himself | Episode: "Secrets and Lies" |
Liberty's Kids | John Adams | Voice; 6 episodes | |
2004 | 76th Academy Awards | Himself / Host | Awards Ceremony, ABC |
2012 | 84th Academy Awards | Awards Ceremony, ABC | |
2013–14 | Web Therapy | Garreth Pink | 3 episodes |
2014 | 700 Sundays | Himself | Television Special, HBO |
2015 | Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special | Television Special, NBC | |
2015 | The Comedians | Billy Crystal | 13 episodes; Also writer and executive producer |
2017 | Modern Family | Himself | Episode: "Brushes with Celebrity" |
2017 | Night of Too Many Stars | Himself | Television Special, HBO |
2017 | This is Bob Hope | Narrator (voice) | Documentary Film, American Masters |
2018 | André the Giant | Himself | Documentary Film, HBO |
2018 | Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind | Himself | Documentary Film, HBO |
2019 | Sammy Davis Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Himself | Documentary Film, American Masters |
2021 | Monsters at Work | Mike Wazowski | Voice[5] |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | 700 Sundays | Himself | Also producer and writer |
Video games
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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2002 | Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena | Michael “Mike” Wazowski |
References
- ^ On page 17 of his book 700 Sundays, Crystal displays his birth announcement, which gives his first two names as "William Edward", not "William Jacob" Crystal, Billy (2005). 700 Sundays. Grand Central Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-0446578677.
Sunday Number One. I'm born. March 14, 1948, in Manhattan at Doctor's [sic] Hospital overlooking Gracie Mansion. 7:30 in the morning.
- ^ Note: Some sources have given 1947, as per FIlmReference.com, below
- ^ Ebert, Roger (June 30, 2000). "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ^ Angulo Chen, Sadie (January 22, 2010). "Why Yes, That IS Billy Crystal in 'The Tooth Fairy'". MovieFone.com. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ^ "'Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-04-09.