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William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes When Harry Met Sally... and City Slickers. Additionally, he has hosted the Academy Awards eight times. This biography was provided by community contributors. The community biography appearing in this box is provided by SoundUnwound, which attributes the text to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Crystal. Portions of this community biography text may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details. #artistCentralBio_communityBio_licensedAttribution { display: none; /* Avoid displaying license twice */ } The community biography appearing in this box is provided by SoundUnwound, which attributes the text to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Crystal. Portions of this community biography text may be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0 or any later version, available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Additional terms may apply. See Wikipedia Terms of Use for details. amznJQ.available('popover', function() { jQuery('#Bio_communityReadMore').css('display', 'inline').amazonPopoverTrigger({ modal: true, width: 680, locationOffset: [0, -50], localContent: "#artistCentralBio_communityFullBio", title: "

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