# List of awards and nominations received by Billy Crystal

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Billy Crystal.
Billy Crystal is an American standup up comedian, actor, writer, and director. He has received several awards including five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Award and two Grammy Award.
Crystal won his first Primetime Emmy Award in 1989 for his hosting abilities of the 31st Grammy Awards. He won his second Emmy in 1991 for hosting, and writing the material at the 63rd Academy Awards. For his on television, Crystal has received several awards and nominations. Among them are 21 Emmy Award nominations, with six wins. For his work on film, he received three Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy nominations for his performances as the lead in the romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally (1989), a man on the verge of a midlife crisis in the comedy City Slickers (1991), and borscht belt comic in Mr. Saturday Night (1992).
For his work on stage, he won the Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event for his one man show 700 Sundays (2005). He received further Tony-nominations for Best Actor in a Musical and Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for the Broadway musical Mr. Saturday Night (2022). He received two Grammy Award nominations for his comedy album, You Look Marvelous in 1987, and his Spoken Word Album, Still Foolin' Em in 2013.
Over his career, Crystal has received several honors including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2007, the Critics' Choice Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2023.

## Major Associations
### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1985 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Saturday Night Live | Nominated |
| 1987 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | 29th Annual Grammy Awards | Nominated |
| 1988 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | An All-Star Toast to the Improv | Nominated |
| 1988 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | 30th Annual Grammy Awards | Nominated |
| 1989 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | 31st Annual Grammy Awards | Won |
| 1990 | Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special | Midnight Train to Moscow | Nominated |
| 1990 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Midnight Train to Moscow | Nominated |
| 1990 | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | Midnight Train to Moscow | Won |
| 1991 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | 63rd Academy Awards | Won |
| 1991 | Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program | 63rd Academy Awards | Won |
| 1992 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | 64th Academy Awards | Nominated |
| 1992 | Writing in a Variety or Music Program | 64th Academy Awards | Won |
| 1993 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | 65th Academy Awards | Nominated |
| 1996 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Comic Relief VII | Nominated |
| 1997 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | 69th Academy Awards | Nominated |
| 1998 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | 70th Academy Awards | Won |
| 2000 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | 72nd Academy Awards | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Television Movie | 61* | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special | 61* | Nominated |
| 2004 | Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | 76th Academy Awards | Nominated |
| 2012 | Outstanding Special Class Program | 84th Academy Awards | Nominated |
| 2012 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | 84th Academy Awards | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Variety Special | 700 Sundays | Nominated |
| 2014 | Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special | 700 Sundays | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1990 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | When Harry Met Sally... | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | City Slickers | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Mr. Saturday Night | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1986 | Best Comedy Album | You Look Marvelous | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Spoken Word Album | Still Foolin' Em | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Musical Theater Album | Mr. Saturday Night | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2005 | Best Special Theatrical Event | 700 Sundays | Won |
| 2022 | Best Actor in a Musical | Mr. Saturday Night | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Book of a Musical | Mr. Saturday Night | Nominated |

## Other theatre awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Drama Desk Awards | 2005 | Outstanding Solo Performance | 700 Sundays | Won |
| Drama Desk Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Mr. Saturday Night | Nominated |
| Drama Desk Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Mr. Saturday Night | Nominated |
| Drama League Award | 2022 | Contribution to Theatre | Contribution to Theatre | Won |
| Drama League Award | 2022 | Distinguished Performance | Mr. Saturday Night | Nominated |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | 2005 | Outstanding Solo Performance | 700 Sundays | Won |
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Mr. Saturday Night | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous Awards

| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| American Comedy Awards | 1988 | Funniest Supporting Male | The Princess Bride | Nominated |
| American Comedy Awards | 1990 | Funniest Actor | When Harry Met Sally... | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1990 | Funniest Male in a TV Special | Midnight Train to Moscow | Nominated |
| American Comedy Awards | 1992 | Funniest Actor | City Slickers | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1992 | Funniest Male in a TV Special | 63rd Academy Awards | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1993 | American Comedy Awards | Creative Achievement Award | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1993 | Funniest Male in a TV Special | 64th Academy Awards | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1994 | Funniest Male in a TV Special | 65th Academy Awards | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 1999 | Funniest Male in a TV Special | 70th Academy Awards | Won |
| American Comedy Awards | 2000 | Funniest Male in a TV Special | Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special | Nominated |
| American Comedy Awards | 2001 | Funniest Male in a TV Special | 72nd Academy Awards | Nominated |
| Annie Award | 2014 | Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Monsters University | Nominated |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Award | 2000 | Favorite Comedy Team | Analyze This (with Robert De Niro) | Won |
| CableACE Awards | 1984 | Writing a Comedy or Music Program | Billy Crystal: A Comic's Line | Nominated |
| CableACE Awards | 1987 | Comedy Special | Don't Get Me Started – The Billy Crystal Special | Nominated |
| CableACE Awards | 1987 | Directing a Comedy Special | Don't Get Me Started – The Billy Crystal Special | Nominated |
| CableACE Awards | 1987 | Writing a Comedy Special | Don't Get Me Started – The Billy Crystal Special | Won |
| CableACE Awards | 1987 | Performance in a Comedy Special | Don't Get Me Started – The Billy Crystal Special | Nominated |
| CableACE Awards | 1988 | Directing a Comedy Special | Don't Get Me Started – The Lost Minutes | Won |
| CableACE Awards | 1988 | Writing a Comedy Special | Don't Get Me Started – The Lost Minutes | Nominated |
| CableACE Awards | 1988 | Performance in a Comedy Special | Don't Get Me Started – The Lost Minutes | Nominated |
| CableACE Awards | 1989 | Actor in a Comedy Series | An All-Star Toast to the Improv | Won |
| CableACE Awards | 1993 | Comedy Series | Sessions | Nominated |
| CableACE Awards | 1993 | Entertainment Host | Comic Relief V | Won |
| CableACE Awards | 1995 | Entertainment Host | Comic Relief VI | Won |
| Directors Guild of America Award | 2002 | Directing – Television Film | 61* | Nominated |
| Golden Apple Award | 1989 | Male Star of the Year | Himself | Won |
| Hasty Pudding Awards | 2000 | Man of the Year | Himself | Won |
| Kids' Choice Awards | 2002 | Voice From an Animated Movie | Monsters, Inc. | Nominated |
| Kids' Choice Awards | 2014 | Voice from an Animated Movie | Monsters University | Nominated |
| MTV Movie Award | 1992 | Best Comedic Performance | City Slickers | Won |
| Television Critics Association | 1990 | Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, & Specials | 62nd Academy Awards | Nominated |
| Television Critics Association | 1991 | Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, & Specials | 63rd Academy Awards | Nominated |
| Television Critics Association | 1992 | Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, & Specials | 64th Academy Awards | Won |
| ShoWest Convention | 1991 | Comedy Star of the Decade | Himself | Won |
| US Comedy Arts Festival | 2001 | AFI Star Award | Himself | Won |
| World Soundtrack Award | 2002 | Best Original Song | Monsters, Inc. for "If I Didn't Have You" | Won |

## Honorary awards

| Organizations | Year | Award | Result |
| Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards | 1991 | Norma Zarky Humanitarian award | Received |
| Hollywood Walk of Fame | 1991 | Motion Picture Star | Received |
| GLAAD | 2005 | Excellence in Media Award | Won |
| Mark Twain Prize for American Humor | 2007 | Statue | Received |
| Disney Legends | 2013 | Statue | Received |
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2021 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Received |
| Kennedy Center Honors | 2023 | Medal | Received |