Editing Billy Crystal (section)

== Acting credits and accolades ==
{{Main|Billy Crystal filmography|List of awards and nominations received by Billy Crystal}}

Crystal has received numerous accolades including six [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]] as the host of the ''[[31st Annual Grammy Awards]]'' (1989), ''[[63rd Academy Awards]]'' (1991), and ''[[70th Academy Awards]]'' (1998) and the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series|Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series]] for writing his comedy special ''Midnight Train to Moscow'' (1990), and the ''[[63rd Academy Awards]]'' and ''[[64th Academy Awards]]'' (1992). For his [[Broadway (theatre)|Broadway]] debut, his one man show ''[[700 Sundays]]'' (2005), Crystal won the [[Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event]], and the [[Drama Desk Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/billy-crystals-tony-award-winning-broadway-debut-700-sundays-closes-june-12-com-126446|title= Billy Crystal's Tony Award-Winning Broadway Debut 700 Sundays Closes, June 12|website= [[Playbill]].com|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref> He received further Tony nominations for [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical|Best Actor in a Musical]] and [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical|Best Book of a Musical]] for ''[[Mr. Saturday Night (musical)|Mr. Saturday Night]]'' (2022).

Crystal received nominations for three [[Grammy Awards]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album|Best Comedy Album]] for ''You Look Marvelous'' (1986), [[Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording|Best Spoken Word Album]] for ''Still Foolin' Em'' (2014), and [[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album|Best Musical Theatre Album]] for ''Mr. Saturday Night'' (2023).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/billy-crystal|title= Billy Crystal – Artist|website= Grammy.com|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref> He also received three [[Golden Globe Award]] nominations for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] for his performances in the romantic comedy ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'' (1989), the western comedy ''[[City Slickers]]'' (1991), and Crystal's directorial debut ''[[Mr. Saturday Night]]'' (1992).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/billy-crystal|title= Billy Crystal – Winners & Nominees|website= Goldenglobes.com|access-date= May 27, 2020}}</ref>

Crystal has also received numerous honors including a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in 1991, and was awarded with the [[Mark Twain Prize for American Humor]] in 2007 where he was honored by [[Robin Williams]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Robert De Niro]], [[Martin Short]], and [[Rob Reiner]] at the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] in [[Washington D.C.]] Crystal was made one of the [[Disney Legends]] in 2013 and also received the [[27th Critics' Choice Awards#Lifetime Achievement Award|Critics' Choice Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 2022 and the [[Kennedy Center Honors]] in 2023.<ref name="hollywoodreporter.com"/><ref name="apnews.com"/>