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*.
AddWhen 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
AddCity SlickersFor a change of pace, three amigos (Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby) facing midlife crises sign on for a fortnight cattle drive through the Colorado hills. The urbanites' survival depends on a leathery trail boss (Jack Palance, winner of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar) who doesn't cotton... Read More
AddForget ParisAs Mickey's (Billy Crystal) and Ellen's (Debra Winger) friends wait in a restaurant for the couple to arrive, the story of their relationship unfolds in a series of flashbacks. From their unusual meeting in France -- Mickey's traveling to bury his father, Ellen's an airline employee -- to their... Read More
AddCity Slickers IIIt's Mitch Robbins's (Billy Crystal) 40th birthday, and things go from bad to worse when he returns home from the radio station to find his slacker brother Glen (Jon Lovitz) stretched out on the sofa. But Mitch gets a real birthday present when he discovers the treasure map of Curly (Jack Palance).... Read More
AddMy GiantWhile on business in Eastern Europe, opportunistic talent agent Sammy (Billy Crystal) inadvertently finds himself in the company of a 7-foot, 7-inch Romanian giant named Max (played by professional hoopster Gheorghe Muresan). Sensing there's money to be made from his gigantic companion, Sammy brings... Read More
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