Billy Crystal, geboren am 14. März 1948 in Long Beach, Long Island, New York, ist ein US-amerikanischer Komiker, Schauspieler und Regisseur. Er studierte an der Tisch School of the Arts und am Nassau Community College. Zu seinen bekannten Arbeiten zählen Auftritte in „Friends“, „Frasier“ und „Love Boat“. Crystal erhielt unter anderem einen Primetime Emmy Award für das Schreiben einer Variety-Serie, einen Primetime Emmy Award für eine Einzelleistung in einem Variety- oder Musikprogramm, einen MTV Movie Award für die beste komödiantische Leistung, den Drama Desk Award für einen herausragenden Alleinunterhalter und den GLAAD Excellence in Media Award. Er ist der Sohn des Produzenten Jack Crystal.
Filmografie
Filme
2026 – 9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later
2026 – The Hollywood Rabbi
2025 – Monsters Funday Football
2025 – Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025 – SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 – FireAid Benefit Concert
2024 – „King Kong“ – Monster und Mythos
2023 – It Ain't Over
2022 – Mr. Saturday Night
2022 – Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2021 – Here Today
2021 – Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021 – Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2020 – Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020 – In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020 – A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020 – AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020 – Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020 – The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 – Standing Up, Falling Down
2019 – Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019 – Untogether
2019 – Scenes from a Friendship
2018 – Andre the Giant
2018 – Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2017 – This Is Bob Hope...
2017 – Die vielen Leben des Sammy Davis Jr.
2017 – City Slickers In Westworld
2016 – The Comedian - Wer zuletzt lacht
2015 – Kareem: Minority of One
2015 – First Pitch
2014 – Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays
2014 – Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
2014 – Die Monster Uni: Party Central
2013 – The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall
2013 – Die Monster Uni
2012 – Die Bestimmer - Kinder haften für ihre Eltern
2012 – 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012 – The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
2012 – Small Apartments
2011 – Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011 – The Love We Make
2011 – When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
2011 – Pixar 25 Magic Moments
2010 – I'm Still Here
2010 – Zahnfee auf Bewährung
2008 – Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2007 – Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 – Die Pixar Story
2007 – Sicko
2007 – Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2006 – Tony Bennett: An American Classic
2006 – Comic Relief 2006
2006 – Kings of Comedy USA
2006 – Cars
2005 – Mantle
2005 – Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2003 – Christmas from Hollywood
2002 – Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002 – Reine Nervensache 2
2002 – Mikes neues Auto
2001 – Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001 – Die Monster AG
2001 – The Concert for New York City
2001 – As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001 – America's Sweethearts
2001 – The Journey
2001 – How Harry Met Sally…
2000 – When It Was a Game 3
2000 – Die Abenteuer von Rocky und Bullwinkle
1999 – Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999 – American Movie
1999 – Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 – Reine Nervensache
1999 – Get Bruce - Mit der Lizenz zum Lachen
1998 – My Giant - Zwei auf großem Fuß
1998 – Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
1998 – Inside the Golden Statue
1998 – The Warner Bros. Story: 75 Years of Laughter
1998 – Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
1997 – Harry außer sich
1997 – Ein Vater zuviel
1997 – Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 – Stand Tall
1996 – Hamlet
1996 – Caesar's Writers
1995 – Comic Relief VII
1995 – Vergiß Paris
1994 – In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994 – City Slickers 2 - Die goldenen Jungs
1994 – Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 – Comic Relief VI
1994 – A Century of Cinema
1992 – Der letzte Komödiant - Mr. Saturday Night
1992 – When It Was a Game 2
1992 – Horton Hatches the Egg
1991 – City Slickers - Die Großstadt-Helden
1991 – Voices That Care
1991 – Branford Marsalis: Steep
1990 – Comic Relief '90
1989 – Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow
1989 – Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989 – Harry und Sally
1989 – Comic Relief III
1988 – Memories of Me
1988 – An All-Star Toast to the Improv
1988 – Grand Slam!
1987 – Schmeiß die Mama aus dem Zug
1987 – Die Braut des Prinzen
1986 – The Best of Comic Relief
1986 – Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started
1986 – Diese Zwei sind nicht zu fassen
1986 – Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1985 – Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985 – Night of 100 Stars II
1984 – This Is Spinal Tap
1984 – Billy Crystal: A Comic's Line
1982 – Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special
1982 – Doug Henning's World of Magic
1980 – Enola Gay - Bomber des Todes
1980 – Dschungel Olympiade
1979 – The T.V. Show
1978 – Human Feelings
1978 – Todesflug
1978 – Ja, lüg ich denn? Serien
2025 – SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2024 – Before
2021 – Back on the Record with Bob Costas
2021 – Monster bei der Arbeit
2021 – The Story of Late Night
2020 – Noch nie in meinem Leben
2018 – Shut Up and Dribble
2016 – Paige Prater: Anything is Possible
2015 – Jay Leno's Garage
2015 – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 – The Comedians
2015 – The Late Late Show with James Corden
2014 – Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2012 – Inside Comedy
2011 – Web Therapy
2010 – Paige Prater
2009 – Modern Family
2009 – The Jay Leno Show
2009 – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 – Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
2009 – Studio 42 with Bob Costas
2008 – Web Therapy
2007 – The Graham Norton Show
2005 – Costas Now
2005 – The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2004 – The Tony Danza Show
2003 – Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2002 – Liberty's Kids
2001 – The Bernie Mac Show
2001 – Primetime Glick
1998 – Hollywood Squares
1997 – The View
1996 – The Daily Show
1996 – Muppets Tonight
1994 – Friends
1994 – Baseball
1994 – Ungeschminkt
1994 – The Critic
1993 – Frasier
1993 – Late Show with David Letterman
1992 – Die Larry Sanders Show
1992 – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 – Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1988 – Flitterabend
1988 – LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1986 – Comic Relief
1982 – Große Märchen mit großen Stars
1981 – Meine schwarze Stunde
1980 – Fridays
1979 – Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1977 – Love Boat
1977 – Soap oder trautes Heim
1976 – Donny & Marie
1975 – Doug Henning's World of Magic
1975 – Saturday Night Live
1975 – Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1971 – Film '72
1971 – All in the Family
1962 – The Merv Griffin Show
1962 – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1961 – The Mike Douglas Show
1959 – The Grammys
1953 – Oscar Verleihung
Filme
2026 – 9/11: United We Stand -- 25 Years Later
2026 – The Hollywood Rabbi
2025 – Monsters Funday Football
2025 – Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words
2025 – SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 – FireAid Benefit Concert
2024 – „King Kong“ – Monster und Mythos
2023 – It Ain't Over
2022 – Mr. Saturday Night
2022 – Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2021 – Here Today
2021 – Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021 – Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2020 – Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
2020 – In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020 – A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020 – AGFA Mystery Mixtape #4: Follow Your Own Star
2020 – Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020 – The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020 – Standing Up, Falling Down
2019 – Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate
2019 – Untogether
2019 – Scenes from a Friendship
2018 – Andre the Giant
2018 – Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2017 – This Is Bob Hope...
2017 – Die vielen Leben des Sammy Davis Jr.
2017 – City Slickers In Westworld
2016 – The Comedian - Wer zuletzt lacht
2015 – Kareem: Minority of One
2015 – First Pitch
2014 – Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays
2014 – Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
2014 – Die Monster Uni: Party Central
2013 – The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall
2013 – Die Monster Uni
2012 – Die Bestimmer - Kinder haften für ihre Eltern
2012 – 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
2012 – The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
2012 – Small Apartments
2011 – Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011 – The Love We Make
2011 – When Harry Met Sally 2 with Billy Crystal & Helen Mirren
2011 – Pixar 25 Magic Moments
2010 – I'm Still Here
2010 – Zahnfee auf Bewährung
2008 – Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest
2007 – Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 – Die Pixar Story
2007 – Sicko
2007 – Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
2006 – Tony Bennett: An American Classic
2006 – Comic Relief 2006
2006 – Kings of Comedy USA
2006 – Cars
2005 – Mantle
2005 – Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2003 – Christmas from Hollywood
2002 – Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002 – Reine Nervensache 2
2002 – Mikes neues Auto
2001 – Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001 – Die Monster AG
2001 – The Concert for New York City
2001 – As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
2001 – America's Sweethearts
2001 – The Journey
2001 – How Harry Met Sally…
2000 – When It Was a Game 3
2000 – Die Abenteuer von Rocky und Bullwinkle
1999 – Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales
1999 – American Movie
1999 – Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 – Reine Nervensache
1999 – Get Bruce - Mit der Lizenz zum Lachen
1998 – My Giant - Zwei auf großem Fuß
1998 – Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
1998 – Inside the Golden Statue
1998 – The Warner Bros. Story: 75 Years of Laughter
1998 – Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory
1997 – Harry außer sich
1997 – Ein Vater zuviel
1997 – Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 – Stand Tall
1996 – Hamlet
1996 – Caesar's Writers
1995 – Comic Relief VII
1995 – Vergiß Paris
1994 – In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994 – City Slickers 2 - Die goldenen Jungs
1994 – Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 – Comic Relief VI
1994 – A Century of Cinema
1992 – Der letzte Komödiant - Mr. Saturday Night
1992 – When It Was a Game 2
1992 – Horton Hatches the Egg
1991 – City Slickers - Die Großstadt-Helden
1991 – Voices That Care
1991 – Branford Marsalis: Steep
1990 – Comic Relief '90
1989 – Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow
1989 – Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989 – Harry und Sally
1989 – Comic Relief III
1988 – Memories of Me
1988 – An All-Star Toast to the Improv
1988 – Grand Slam!
1987 – Schmeiß die Mama aus dem Zug
1987 – Die Braut des Prinzen
1986 – The Best of Comic Relief
1986 – Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started
1986 – Diese Zwei sind nicht zu fassen
1986 – Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
1985 – Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985 – Night of 100 Stars II
1984 – This Is Spinal Tap
1984 – Billy Crystal: A Comic's Line
1982 – Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special
1982 – Doug Henning's World of Magic
1980 – Enola Gay - Bomber des Todes
1980 – Dschungel Olympiade
1979 – The T.V. Show
1978 – Human Feelings
1978 – Todesflug
1978 – Ja, lüg ich denn? Serien
2025 – SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2024 – Before
2021 – Back on the Record with Bob Costas
2021 – Monster bei der Arbeit
2021 – The Story of Late Night
2020 – Noch nie in meinem Leben
2018 – Shut Up and Dribble
2016 – Paige Prater: Anything is Possible
2015 – Jay Leno's Garage
2015 – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 – The Comedians
2015 – The Late Late Show with James Corden
2014 – Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2012 – Inside Comedy
2011 – Web Therapy
2010 – Paige Prater
2009 – Modern Family
2009 – The Jay Leno Show
2009 – Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 – Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America
2009 – Studio 42 with Bob Costas
2008 – Web Therapy
2007 – The Graham Norton Show
2005 – Costas Now
2005 – The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2004 – The Tony Danza Show
2003 – Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2002 – Liberty's Kids
2001 – The Bernie Mac Show
2001 – Primetime Glick
1998 – Hollywood Squares
1997 – The View
1996 – The Daily Show
1996 – Muppets Tonight
1994 – Friends
1994 – Baseball
1994 – Ungeschminkt
1994 – The Critic
1993 – Frasier
1993 – Late Show with David Letterman
1992 – Die Larry Sanders Show
1992 – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 – Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1988 – Flitterabend
1988 – LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1986 – Comic Relief
1982 – Große Märchen mit großen Stars
1981 – Meine schwarze Stunde
1980 – Fridays
1979 – Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1977 – Love Boat
1977 – Soap oder trautes Heim
1976 – Donny & Marie
1975 – Doug Henning's World of Magic
1975 – Saturday Night Live
1975 – Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1971 – Film '72
1971 – All in the Family
1962 – The Merv Griffin Show
1962 – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1961 – The Mike Douglas Show
1959 – The Grammys
1953 – Oscar Verleihung
