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Billy Crystal

HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 17: Actor Billy Crystal speaks to ESPN College Scoreday commentator Desmond Howard as executive producer John Lasseter looks on at the world premiere of Disney Pixar's 'Monsters University' at the El Capitan Theatre on June 17, 2013 in Hollywood, California.

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    the "other half." Hybrid accents and tabloid crimes aside, Long Island has bestowed upon the nation not only Seinfeld , but Billy Crystal and Rosie O'Donnell . And Eddie Murphy . And Kevin James. They, along with Judd Apatow , Alan Zweibel and a plethora of   Read more »

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About Billy Crystal

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. He has hosted the Academy Awards nine times, including the 84th Academy Awards in 2012.

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