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Biography

Since he was nine years old, he wanted to be a professional baseball player, and played all throughout high school. He attended Marshall University…more

Born

3/14/1947, Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

Birth Name

William Jacob Crystal

Gender

Male

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Star (8)

Role
- The Academy Awards
  Host
  - S 84: Ep 84 The 84th Annual Academy Awards
    2/26/12
- Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 6 Sock it to Me?: Satire and Parody
    1/28/09
  - S 1: Ep 5 Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: The Wiseguys
    1/28/09
  - S 1: Ep 4 When I'm Bad, I'm Better: The Groundbreakers
    1/21/09
  - S 1: Ep 3 Slip on a Banana Peel: The Knockabouts
    1/21/09
  - S 1: Ep 2 Honey, I'm Home!: Breadwinners and Homemakers
    1/14/09
  - + 1 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 31: Ep 20 Lost & Found: SNL in the '80s
    11/20/05
  - S 25: Ep 1 25th Anniversary Special
    9/26/99
  - — The Best of Eddie Murphy
    8/22/98
  - S 10: Ep 18 Howard Cosell/Greg Kihn
    4/13/85
  - S 10: Ep 17 Christopher Reeve/Santana
    4/6/85
  - + 18 More Credits
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Host
  - S 76: Ep 1 The 76th Annual Academy Awards
    2/29/04
  - S 72: Ep 1 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards
    3/26/00
  - S 70: Ep 1 The 70th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/98
  - S 69: Ep 1 The 69th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/97
  - S 65: Ep 1 The 65th Annual Academy Awards
    3/29/93
  - + 3 More Credits
- Liberty's Kids
  John Adams
  - S 1: Ep 38 The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
    4/2/03
  - S 1: Ep 37 Born Free and Equal
    4/1/03
  - S 1: Ep 36 Yorktown
    3/31/03
  - S 1: Ep 35 James Armistead
    1/23/03
  - S 1: Ep 33 Conflict in the South
    1/21/03
  - + 28 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Various
  - — The Best of Game Show Parodies
    2/28/00
- Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns
  Himself
- Soap
  Jodie Dallas
  - S 4: Ep 16 Episode 85
    4/20/81
  - S 4: Ep 15 Episode 84
    4/13/81
  - S 4: Ep 14 Episode 83
    3/23/81
  - S 4: Ep 13 Episode 82
    3/16/81
  - S 4: Ep 12 Episode 81
    3/9/81
  - + 70 More Credits
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 99 Show #2906
    4/21/08
  - S 13: Ep 122 Show #2535
    4/10/06
  - S 13: Ep 40 Show #2453
    11/4/05
  - S 12: Ep 145 Show #2364
    5/12/05
  - S 12: Ep 97 Show #2316
    2/10/05
  - + 14 More Credits
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 12: Ep 214 Show #2710
    5/13/04
  - S 11: Ep 113 Show #2387
    12/5/02
  - S 10: Ep 22 Show #2088
    7/16/01
  - S 5: Ep 26 Billy Crystal; Barry Manilow
    5/6/97
  - S 1: Ep 1 Robert Krulwich; Shanice
    5/25/92
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 101 Show #1685
    9/11/92
  - S 10: Ep 56 Show #1484
    5/24/91
  - S 8: Ep 124 Show #1209
    10/12/89
  - S 8: Ep 82 Show #1167
    7/11/89
  - S 7: Ep 63 Show #1038
    10/5/88
  - + 9 More Credits
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 28: Ep 99 Show #4144
    4/16/90
  - S 26: Ep 26 Show #3876
    12/4/87
  - S 18: Ep 42 Show #3142
    1/14/80
  - S 15: Ep 23 Show #2823
    1/18/77
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 1 15th Anniversary Special
    9/24/89
  - S 9: Ep 19 Billy Crystal, Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Father Guido Sarducci, Betty Thomas/The Cars
    5/12/84
  - S 9: Ep 15 Billy Crystal/Al Jarreau
    3/17/84
  - S 1: Ep 17 Ron Nessen/Toni Basil, Patti Smith
    4/17/76
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest Host
  - S 24: Ep 86 Show #3786
    9/12/86
  - S 24: Ep 84 Show #3784
    9/11/86
Guest Star (63)

Role
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 187 Episode #4.187
    4/11/11
  - S 4: Ep 80 Episode #4.080
    12/7/10
  - S 2: Ep 43 Episode #2.043
    10/27/08
  - S 1: Ep 263 July 11, 2008
    7/11/08
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Self
  - S 16: Ep 45 Billy Crystal
    4/4/11
- The Robert Wuhl Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 25 February 21, 2011
    2/21/11
- The Jay Leno Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 85 85
    1/21/10
  - S 1: Ep 12 12
    9/29/09
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 17: Ep 210 Billy Crystal; Prince
    5/28/09
  - S 14: Ep 177 Billy Crystal; Dame Edna; Augustana
    3/28/06
- Costas Now
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 3 Episode 403 - With Aaron & Mays
    9/30/08
  - S 4: Ep 17 Episode 402 - Town Hall Meeting: The State of Baseball
    7/16/08
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 101- Amphetamines in Baseball
    5/12/05
- American Idol
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 29 Idol Gives Back 2008
    4/9/08
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 56: Ep 225 November 9, 2007
    11/9/07
  - S 53: Ep 243 December 6, 2004
    12/6/04
- Inside the Actors Studio
  himself
  - S 13: Ep 11 Billy Crystal (II)
    10/8/07
- Conversations with Michael Eisner
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Billy Crystal
    5/25/06
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 144 April 11, 2006
    4/11/06
  - S 18: Ep 42 November 1, 2005
    11/1/05
  - S 17: Ep 94 January 31, 2005
    1/31/05
  - S 6: Ep 189 June 7, 1994
    6/7/94
  - S 5: Ep 15 September 25, 1992
    9/25/92
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 84 Billy Crystal
    1/12/06
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 48 Episode 223
    11/16/05
  - S 1: Ep 152 Episode 152
    5/17/05
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 12: Ep 155 Show #2374
    6/6/05
  - S 12: Ep 72 Show #2292
    12/22/04
  - S 4: Ep 92 Show #0741
    2/3/97
- ESPN25: Who's #1?
  Interviewee
  - S 1: Ep 10 Best Plays
    8/24/04
  - S 1: Ep 3 Best Sports Movies
    6/29/04
- Supermarket Sweep
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 21 Tv & Movie Week (1)
    9/30/02
- Liberty's Kids
  John Adams
  - S 1: Ep 10 Postmaster General Franklin
    9/13/02
  - S 1: Ep 3 United We Stand
    9/4/02
- The Bernie Mac Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 19 Secrets and Lies
    5/1/02
- Primetime Glick
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 3 Rob Lowe / Billy Crystal
    7/4/01
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 156 Show #968
    4/25/01
  - S 3: Ep 97 Show #528
    2/9/99
  - S 2: Ep 137 Show #379
    4/9/98
  - S 1: Ep 152 Show #152
    2/17/97
- The Bullwinkle Show
  Mattress salesman
  - S 7: Ep 3 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
    6/29/00
- Ruby (1997)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 5 Billy Crystal
    9/21/99
- The Martin Short Show (1999)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Billy Crystal / Rebecca Romijn-Stamos / Dian Thomas
    9/13/99
- Clive Anderson All Talk
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 2 Billy Crystal, Maurice Greene
    9/9/99
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  guest
  - S 3: Ep 105 Hootie & the Blowfish and Billy Crystal
    3/11/99
- The Entertainment Biz
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Oscar Day / Oscar Night
    2/15/98
- Muppets Tonight
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Best of Muppets Tonight
    12/21/97
  - S 1: Ep 3 Billy Crystal
    3/22/96
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 10 Billy Crystal
    7/20/97
- Dennis Miller Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 18 Common Sense
    6/14/96
- Frasier
  Voice of Jack
  - S 3: Ep 4 Leapin' Lizards
    10/31/95
- Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1 - Dennis Rodman / MLB Strike / The Masters
    4/2/95
- Friends
  Tim [uncredited]
- The Critic
  Voice of Gary Grossman
  - S 1: Ep 9 L.A. Jay
    6/22/94
- The Full Wax
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 1 Billy Crystal, Joanna Lumley
    4/22/93
- The Larry Sanders Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 Talk Show
    10/10/92
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 17 September 30, 1992
    9/30/92
- Good Morning America
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 190 September 25, 1992
    9/25/92
  - S 18: Ep 189 September 24, 1992
    9/24/92
- MTV Movie Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 1992 MTV Movie Awards
    7/10/92
- Later with Bob Costas
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 6 Billy Crystal
    10/13/88
  - S 1: Ep 41 Billy Crystal (2)
    8/29/88
  - S 1: Ep 39 Billy Crystal (1)
    8/25/88
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 60: Ep 1 The 60th Annual Academy Awards
    4/11/88
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Larry
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Three Little Pigs
    2/12/85
- The $25,000 Pyramid
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 6 25KPYR-79
    1/10/83
- Darkroom
  Paddy
  - S 1: Ep 8 Make Up
    12/18/81
- Fridays
  Host
  - S 2: Ep 21 Billy Crystal / Randy Meisner
    2/27/81
- The Midnight Special
  Himself, host
  - S 9: Ep 10 Host: Billy Crystal
    11/14/80
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 18: Ep 144 Week of April 28, 1980
    4/28/80
  - S 17: Ep 127 April 13, 1979
    4/13/79
  - S 17: Ep 126 April 12, 1979
    4/12/79
  - S 17: Ep 124 April 10, 1979
    4/10/79
  - S 17: Ep 123 Week of April 9, 1979
    4/9/79
  - + 2 More Credits
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 104 February 13, 1980
    2/13/80
  - S 6: Ep 103 February 12, 1980
    2/12/80
  - S 5: Ep 213 August 22, 1979
    8/22/79
  - S 5: Ep 154 April 30, 1979
    4/30/79
  - S 5: Ep 48 November 17, 1978
    11/17/78
  - + 9 More Credits
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 18: Ep 55 Week of November 19, 1979
    11/19/79
  - S 17: Ep 173 Week of July 2, 1979
    7/2/79
  - S 17: Ep 39 Week of November 13, 1978
    11/13/78
  - S 17: Ep 11 October 4, 1978
    10/4/78
  - S 16: Ep 190 July 5, 1978
    7/5/78
  - + 6 More Credits
- Battle of the Network Stars
  Host
  - S 4: Ep 1 Special #7
    11/2/79
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 10 October 8-12, 1979 (NBC-TV)
    10/8/79
  - S 12: Ep 72 May 22-26, 1978 (NBC-TV)
    5/22/78
  - S 12: Ep 8 October 3-7, 1977 (NBC-TV)
    10/3/77
- Battle of the Network Stars
  ABC Team
  - S 3: Ep 2 Special #6
    5/7/79
  - S 3: Ep 1 Special #5
    11/18/78
  - S 2: Ep 1 Special #3
    11/4/77
- $20,000 Pyramid
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 35 Billy Crystal & Sal Viscuso
    4/30/79
  - S 6: Ep 13 Lynn Redgrave & Billy Crystal
    11/28/77
- The Love Boat
  Shy Young Man
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Kissing Bandit/Mike and Ike/The Witness
    10/21/78
- Dick Clark's Live Wednesday
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 3 October 4, 1978
    10/4/78
- America 2Night
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 41 I Am Democracy
    6/5/78
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 114 February 22, 1978
    2/22/78
  - S 15: Ep 56 November 21, 1977
    11/21/77
  - S 14: Ep 84 January 14, 1977
    1/14/77
  - S 13: Ep 241 September 1, 1976
    9/1/76
  - S 13: Ep 180 May 31, 1976
    5/31/76
  - + 2 More Credits
- The Midnight Special
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 20 Host: Loretta Lynn
    2/25/77
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 4 Gabe Kaplan
    2/21/77
  - S 3: Ep 3 Muhammad Ali
    2/19/76
- The Midnight Special
  Guest
  - S 4: Ep 33 Host: Natalie Cole
    6/25/76
- All In The Family
  Al
  - S 6: Ep 16 New Year's Wedding
    1/5/76
- Schaap One on One
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 8 Billy Crystal
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 7 My New Neighbors
- Studio 42 with Bob Costas
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 12 Billy Crystal
Special Guest Star (2)

Role
- Good Morning America
  Self
  - S 33: Ep 137 July 9, 2007
    7/9/07
- Friends
  Tim [uncredited]
  - S 3: Ep 24 The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion
    5/8/97
Writer (1)

Role
- The Academy Awards
  Writer
  - S 76: Ep 1 The 76th Annual Academy Awards
    2/29/04
  - S 70: Ep 1 The 70th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/98
  - S 69: Ep 1 The 69th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/97
  - S 64: Ep 1 The 64th Annual Academy Awards
    3/30/92
  - S 63: Ep 1 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/91

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- Billy was introduced to his wife Janice by good friend Steve Kohut.
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- Billy says that his wife Janice was his first and only date.
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- You're a Good Man Charlie Brown was Billy's first theater job in 1968. He was a house manager.
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- Billy: Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.
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- Billy: (on his wife) The reason we are together is because she puts lead in my shoes and doesn't let me fly off the earth. And it's always been that way.
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- Billy: As soon as they announced the nominations, I'd wake up thinking Shakespeare jokes - Shakespeare in love, Shakespeare in Heat, Private Ryan, General Ryan, Saving Shakespeare, Ryan in Love, y'know?
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