Billy Crystal is William Edward Billy Crystal and he was born in 1948. He is a television host, comedian, director, producer, writer and actor who is American citizen. He got the prominence in 1970s when he played Jodie Dallas at sitcom Soap of ABC. He started to act in Hollywood film in 1980s and in 1990s when he appeared in the critical and in box office success films like When Harry Met Sally, Analyze This and City Slickers. He is a voice behind Mike Wazowski in Monsters inc Franchise. He has been the host of Academy Awards for 9 times starting in the year 1990s up to 2012.
As recorded in his biography, Billy Crystal was born in Doctors Hospital at Upper East Side in Manhattan and he was raised first in The Bronx. When he was still a toddler, he moved with the family and they started to live at 549 East Park Avenue in Long Beach in New York. Together with his brothers, Richard and Joel, they were born to Helen, who was a housewife and to Jack Crystal. The father owned and also worked at Commodore Music Store and it was founded by the father of Helen called Julius Gabler. Jack Crystal also worked as a jazz producer, promoter and an executive of Affiliated jazz record label called Commodore Records and it was founded by the brother of Helen called Milt Gabler, he was a songwriter and a musician.
Crystal is a Jewish and the family emigrated from Austria and from Russia. Together with his brothers, Billy Crystal would entertain people by reprising the comedy routines from the records of Sid Caesar, Rich Little and Bob Newhart. The Jazz artists like Billie Holiday, Eddie Condon, Pee Wee Russel and Arvell Shaw were regular guests in his home. With the decline of the Dixieland Jazz circa of 1963, the father lost the business and died afterwards when he was 54. He suffered the heart attack when he was bowling. The mother, Helen died in 2001.
Billy Crystal attended Long Beach High school and Marshall University in West Virginia where he had a baseball scholarship. He refused to go back to school and stayed in New York to be closer to his future wife. He went to Nassau Community College with janice crystal and afterwards transferred in New York University where he did film and television direction major. He graduated in 1970 and got a BFA from the School of Fine Arts. Among the instructors, there was Martin Scorsese while Christopher Guest and Oliver stone were his classmates. He was with them for four years in a comedy trio.
He got married to Janice in 1970 and they have got two daughters together, producer Lindsay and actress Jennifer. They are now grandparents and they live in Pacific Palisades, in California. He has a net worth of 45 million dollars.
| Birth Date: | 14 Mar, 1948 |
| Age: | 72 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | New York City |
| residence: | Pacific Palisades |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, and television host |
| Spouse: | Janice Crystal |
| Net Worth 2021: | 60 million |
