William Edward "
Billy"
Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and television host. 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... (1989),
City Slickers (1991), and
Analyze This (1999) and providing the voice of Mike Wazowski in the
Monsters, Inc. franchise.