William Edward Crystal is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He gained prominence in the 1970s and 1980s for television roles as Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom
Soap and as a cast member and frequent host of
Saturday Night Live. Crystal then became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in
Running Scared (1986),
The Princess Bride (1987),
Throw Momma from the Train (1987),
Memories of Me (1988),
When Harry Met Sally... (1989),
City Slickers (1991),
Mr. Saturday Night (1992),
Hamlet (1996),
Analyze This (1999), and
Parental Guidance (2012). He provided the voice of Mike Wazowski in the
Monsters, Inc. franchise. He also starred on the Broadway stage in
700 Sundays in 2004 and again in 2014 and in
Mr. Saturday Night in 2022.