First theater job, as house manager for "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" (date approximate)

Formed comedy group, variously billed as We the People, Comedy Jam, and Three's Company, with two other Nassau College Alumni

Worked as part-time teacher before becoming solo stand-up comedian; first gig was at a NYU fraternity house

Scheduled to perform stand-up on the first episode of "Saturday Night Live"; walked off the set when ordered to cut his five-minute routine down to two minutes

TV series debut as Jody, a regular character on "Soap"

TV film debut, "SST--Death Flight"

Screen acting debut in "Rabbit Test"

Hosted and wrote for short-lived NBC variety series, "The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour"

First feature collaboration with writer-director-actor Rob Reiner, "This Is Spinal Tap"

Wrote and hosted his first HBO comedy special, "Billy Crystal: A Comics Line"; first appearance of his Buddy Young Jr. Character

Regular cast member on "Saturday Night Live"

TV producing and directing debut, "Billy Crystal--Don't Get Me Started", an HBO comedy special in which he starred and also wrote

First film as co-producer and co-screenwriter, "Memories of Me"

Created, executive produced, and wrote "Sessions", an HBO comedy series about psychiatry

First collaboration with writing team Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, "City Slickers"

Gave his most celebrated performance as the host of "The 64th Annual Academy Awards Presentation" while suffering from a high fever

Feature directorial debut, "Mr. Saturday Night"

Teamed with Robin Williams for the box-office disappointment "Father's Day"

Hosted the telecast of "The 69th Annual Academy Awards"; which made this Crystal's fifth time hosting

Wrote, produced and starred in the comedy "My Giant"

Starred opposite Robert De Niro in the comedy "Analyze This"

Returned as host of the annual telecast of the Academy Awards

Directed the HBO baseball-themed drama "61*"; received Emmy nomination

Co-wrote and co-starred in "America's Sweethearts"

Voiced Mike Wazowski in Disney/Pixar's animated hit "Monster's, Inc."

Reteamed with De Niro for the sequel "Analyze That"

Hosted for the eighth time, "The 76th Annual Academy Awards"; Crystal returned after a three year absence

Returned to the stage in "700 Sundays" an autobiographical one-man show, which portrays multiple characters drawn from Crystal's life from childhood to adulthood