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Billy Crystal
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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.
Notable films
Where to start
Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
When Harry Met Sally...
Appears in a KinoChain journey
This Is Spinal Tap
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Monsters, Inc.
As Mike (voice)
Monsters University
As Mike (voice)
The Princess Bride
As Miracle Max
Before
As Dr. Eli Adler
Deconstructing Harry
As Larry / The Devil
Analyze This
As Dr. Ben Sobel
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Rom-Com Lives in the Hesitation
A chain about romantic comedy as a precision instrument, where the timing is in the pause and the laugh is in the fumbled hand.
8 films
The DVDs That Changed Everything
In the autumn of 1997, the first DVD players reached British shops, and the format arrived with a sales pitch that sounded too good to be true: cinema in your l...
13 films
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Before
2024 · Dr. Eli Adler
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022 · Self
Kareem: Minority of One
2015 · Self
Monsters University
2013 · Mike (voice)
I'm Still Here
2010 · Billy Crystal
Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Mike (voice)
Analyze This
1999 · Dr. Ben Sobel
Deconstructing Harry
1997 · Larry / The Devil
Hamlet
1996 · First Gravedigger
When Harry Met Sally...
1989 · Harry Burns
Throw Momma from the Train
1987 · Larry Donner
The Princess Bride
1987 · Miracle Max
Running Scared
1986 · Danny Costanzo
This Is Spinal Tap
1984 · Morty the Mime
Animalympics
1980 · Rugs Turkell / Joey Gongolong / Art Antica (voice)