Billy Crystal turns 75: a look back(34 images)

Actor and comedian Billy Crystal, best known for "Soap," "Saturday Night Live," "When Harry Me Sally...," "City Slickers," "Mr. Saturday Night," "Analyze This" and for hosting the Academy Awards in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004 and 2012, turns 75 on Tuesday. Here's a look back at his career through the years.

Billy Crystal gestures to the crowd while hosting the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 25, 1997. Crystal hosted the event nine times, starting in 1990. The actor's first major role was in the 1980s series, "Soap," where he starred as television's first out gay character. Photo by Long/UPI

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Crystal (R) speaks onstage with Rob Reiner during the New York Friar's Club Roast of Reiner on October 7, 2000. The roast was presented by Comedy Central. Photo by Micelotta/ImageDirect/UPI

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Crystal walks the field prior to the annual Yankee's Old Timer's Game at Yankee Stadium in New York City on July 21, 2001. The year before, Crystal hosted the Oscars for a seventh time. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI

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Crystal (L) poses with actor Alan King at the Frairs Club opening night party for King's off Broadway one man play "Mr. Goldwyn" on March 13, 2002. Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI

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