Comedian, writer, producer, director and children's book author Billy Crystal was born March 14, 1947, to a Long Island music-industry family. He attended New York University and began performing stand-up comedy in the 1970s.Crystal played television's first regular gay character on "Soap" and made his film debut in the Joan Rivers-directed comedy Rabbit Test (1978). A stint on "Saturday Night Live" was followed by a bit part in This Is Spinal Tap and a major role in the buddy-cop flick Running Scared.
Crystal's movie career took off with a memorable cameo in The Princess Bride and leads in Throw Momma From the Train and the enduringly popular When Harry Met Sally. The actor hit a fertile period in the 1990s with the hit City Slickers, Mr. Saturday Night, Forget Paris, Hamlet, Analyze This and Monsters, Inc. The New York Yankees fan also wrote and directed the acclaimed baseball TV movie 61*.
When Harry Met SallyCan men and women remain friends without sex getting in the way? Nora Ephron's episodic screenplay introduces womanizing, neurotic Harry (Billy Crystal) and ambitious, equally neurotic Sally (Meg Ryan) as chums who resist sexual attraction to maintain their friendship -- a relationship always... Read More
City SlickersFor a change of pace, three amigos facing midlife crises sign on for a fortnight cattle drive through the Colorado hills. The urbanites' survival depends on a leathery trail boss who doesn't cotton to greenhorn city slickers. Read More
Analyze ThisCountless wiseguy films are spoofed in this Golden Globe-nominated comedy from director Harold Ramis that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink... Read More
Throw Momma from the TrainStruggling mystery writer Larry (Billy Crystal) is exasperated by his mediocre student, Owen (Danny DeVito), who has imagined a gentlemen's agreement to kill Larry's devious ex-wife if Larry offs Owen's domineering, overbearing mother (Anne Ramsey) in this classic black comedy. Larry begrudgingly... Read More
Running ScaredWhen their unconventional efforts to capture notorious drug lord Julio Gonzales (Jimmy Smits) raise the ire of their bosses, wisecracking detectives Ray Hughes (Gregory Hines) and Danny Costanzo (Billy Crystal) are forced to take a much-needed vacation in the Florida Keys. While contemplating... Read More
Make 'Em Laugh (2009) | NR | |
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Tony Bennett: Duets (2007) | NR | |
Whoopi Goldberg (2007) | NR | |
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Funniest Moments in Comedy (2006) | NR | |
Mantle (2005) | NR | |
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Inside the Comedy Mind (2003) | NR | |
Analyze That (2002) | R | |
Liberty's Kids (2002) | TV-Y7 | |
Read-Along: Monsters, Inc. (2002) | G | |
America's Sweethearts (2001) | PG-13 | |
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Goodnight Moon (2001) | NR | |
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Analyze This (1999) | R | |
My Giant (1998) | PG | |
Deconstructing Harry (1997) | R | |
Fathers' Day (1997) | PG-13 | |
Directors: Rob Reiner (1997) | NR | |
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Forget Paris (1995) | PG-13 | |
City Slickers II (1994) | PG-13 | |
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In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994) | NR | |
Mr. Saturday Night (1992) | R | |
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City Slickers (1991) | PG-13 | |
When Harry Met Sally (1989) | R | |
The Best of Dr. Seuss (1989) | NR | |
Memories of Me (1988) | PG-13 | |
The Princess Bride (1987) | PG | |
Throw Momma from the Train (1987) | PG-13 | |
Running Scared (1986) | R | |
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This Is Spinal Tap (1984) | R | |
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Soap (1977) | NR | |
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