---
name: "Billy Joel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/billy-joel"
fi1m_id: "billy-joel"
imdb_id: "nm0005055"
tmdb_id: 71791
wikidata_id: "Q194333"
roles: ["Songs"]
born: "9 May 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:35:19.976219+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Billy Joel

## Identity

Billy Joel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/billy-joel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** billy-joel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005055
- **TMDB ID:** 71791
- **Wikidata ID:** Q194333
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194333, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005055/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71791

Songs. Born 9 May 1949 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Songs
- **Born:** 9 May 1949, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1986–1988
- **Also known as:** William Martin Joel
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 crew
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Joel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194333, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005055/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71791

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Oliver & Company*](https://film.one/film/oliver-and-company.md) (61)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Billy Joel, also credited as William Martin Joel, is an American musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He voiced the character Dodger in the 1988 animated film *Oliver & Company* and has appeared as himself in television series including *Mad About You* (1992) and *Kevin Can Wait* (2016).

Born in New York City, Joel began his solo recording career in the 1970s. His work includes twelve studio albums released between 1971 and 1993, with a further studio album in 2001. Archive recordings of his voice feature in the 2023 short *Once Upon a Studio* and the 2024 documentary *The Greatest Night in Pop*.

*Sources: behindthevoiceactors.com, watch.plex.tv, syfy.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Oliver & Company* (1988), Fi1m 61, as Dodger (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/oliver-and-company.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Ruthless People* (1986), Fi1m 77, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/ruthless-people.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Billy Joel: The 100th - Live at Madison Square Garden* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), as Dodger (voice) (archive sound)
- *Breaking Rachmaninoff* (2023), Actor
- *Kevin Can Wait* (2016), series, as Billy Joel
- *12-12-12* (2013), Actor
- *The Rhythm of Life* (1997), series, Actor
- *Billy Joel: VH1 Storytellers* (1997), Actor
- *Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind* (1995), as (voice) (archive footage)
- *Mad About You* (1992), series, as Billy Joel
- *Honeymoon in Vegas* (1992), as Songs
- *Tribute to Harry Chapin* (1991), Actor
- *Bon Jovi: Final Countdown* (1990), as Vocals
- *Lennon: A Tribute* (1990), Actor
- *Oliver & Company* (1988), as Dodger (voice), Songs — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/oliver-and-company.md)
- *Ruthless People* (1986), as Songs — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/ruthless-people.md)
- *Billy Joel: Live At Wembley Arena* (1984), as vocals, piano, keyboards, harmonica
- *Easy Money* (1983), as Songs
- *Billy Joel - Bremen 1978* (1978), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Musical artist Billy Joel in a 1978 publicity photo for his album 52nd Street](https://film.one/media/person/5549310/gallery-6f3ca4483490.jpg) Musical artist Billy Joel in a 1978 publicity photo for his album 52nd Street — Distributed by Columbia Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Billy_Joel_%2252nd_Street%22_%281978_Columbia_publicity_photo%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Billy_Joel_%2252nd_Street%22_%281978_Columbia_publicity_photo%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of Billy Joel from a press kit promoting his 1977 album "The Stranger". No copyright markings on the photo](https://film.one/media/person/5549310/gallery-9a418987542a.jpg) Photo of Billy Joel from a press kit promoting his 1977 album "The Stranger". No copyright markings on the photo — Uncredited (possibly Jim Houghton); Distributed by Columbia Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Billy_Joel_%22The_Stranger%22_1977_press_photo.jpg/1280px-Billy_Joel_%22The_Stranger%22_1977_press_photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Billy Joel performing An Innocent Man at Burswood Dome in Perth Western Australia, 7 November 2006](https://film.one/media/person/5549310/gallery-9a95a4a2ed30.jpg) Billy Joel performing An Innocent Man at Burswood Dome in Perth Western Australia, 7 November 2006 — Deedar70 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Billy_Joel_-_Perth_7_November_2006.jpg/1280px-Billy_Joel_-_Perth_7_November_2006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Billy Joel performing at Madison Square Garden, April 15, 2016.](https://film.one/media/person/5549310/gallery-7e4a52967479.jpg) Billy Joel performing at Madison Square Garden, April 15, 2016. — slgckgc, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/BillyJoel2016MSG_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Billy Joel](https://film.one/media/person/5549310/gallery-3bd82adaa5a5.jpg) Billy Joel — Image via TMDB
- ![Billy Joel at the 2009 premiere of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Photographer's blog post about event and photograph.](https://film.one/media/person/5549310/gallery-6412f426f494.jpg) Billy Joel at the 2009 premiere of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Photographer's blog post about event and photograph. — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Billy_Joel_Shankbone_NYC_2009.jpg/1280px-Billy_Joel_Shankbone_NYC_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![At Zeppelin Field a side view of forty five year old American music legend Billy Joel entertains troops with a two hour twenty minute free USO Concert. This was (1994)](https://film.one/media/person/5549310/gallery-b1d31125b96a.jpg) At Zeppelin Field a side view of forty five year old American music legend Billy Joel entertains troops with a two hour twenty minute free USO Concert. This was (1994) — U.S. Department of Defense photo by SRA Andrew J. Rice, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Billy_Joel_1994_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Billy_Joel_1994_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 10 won

- honorary doctor of the State University of New York at Stony Brook 2015: honorary doctor of the State University of New York at Stony Brook (won)
- Gershwin Prize 2014: Gershwin Prize (won)
- honorary doctor of Syracuse University 2006: honorary doctor of Syracuse University (won)
- ASCAP Foundation Champion Award 2005: ASCAP Foundation Champion Award (won)
- MusiCares Person of the Year 2002: MusiCares Person of the Year (won)
- Johnny Mercer Award 2001: Johnny Mercer Award (won)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1999: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (won)
- honorary doctor of the Hofstra University 1997: honorary doctor of the Hofstra University (won)
- Grammy Legend Award 1991: Grammy Legend Award (won)
- Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1980: Grammy Award for Album of the Year (won), for *52nd Street*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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