Acting
Billy Connolly
1942-11-24 · Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Billy Connolly (born November 24, 1942) is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin (The Big One). His first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a welder (specifically a boilermaker) in the Glasgow shipyards, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade to pursue a career as a folk singer in the Humblebums and subsequently as a soloist. In the early 1970s he made the transition from folk-singer with a comedic persona to fully-fledged comedian, a role in which he continues. He also became an actor, and has appeared in such films as Indecent Proposal (1993); Mrs. Brown (1997), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA; The Boondock Saints (1999); The Man Who Sued God (2001); Water (1985);The Last Samurai (2003); Timeline (2003); Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008). Connolly reprised his role as Noah "Il Duce" MacManus in Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. Connolly appears as the King of Lilliput in the 2010 remake of Gulliver′s Travels.
Known for
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Brave
House
The Last Samurai
Pocahontas
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Open Season
The Boondock Saints
Gulliver's Travels
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Indecent Proposal
Open Season 2
Timeline
Beverly Hills Ninja
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Movie credits · 132
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
Ooh the Banter!
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
Billy Connolly: 30 Funniest Moments
Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure
Billy Connolly: In His Own Words
Parkinson at 50
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Scotland: Contains Strong Language
Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter
Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages
Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
Billy Connolly And Me
Dying Laughing
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live
Wild Oats
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
What We Did on Our Holiday
Quartet
What About Dick?
Brave
Billy Connolly: You Asked for It
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
The Ballad of Nessie
Gerard Kelly: A Celebration
Gulliver's Travels
Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010
Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Gaybo Laughs Back
Wisdom
Open Season 2
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Ronnie Drew: September Song
Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said?
Top Gear of the Pops
TV credits · 55
In My Own Words
Billy Connolly Does...
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
Billy and Us
Billy Connolly's Great American Trail
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
The Russell Howard Hour
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America
Billy Connolly's Big Send Off
Five Fables
Great Bear Stakeout
Billy Connolly's Route 66
Conan
Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World
Shrink Rap
The Graham Norton Show
Where My Dogs At?
Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand
House
Who Do You Think You Are?
Parkinson
Real Time with Bill Maher
Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales
The Heaven and Earth Show
Parkinson
Veronica's Closet
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia
The Daily Show
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
3rd Rock from the Sun
World Tour of Scotland
Down Among the Big Boys
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Billy
Screen One
Saturday Night Clive
Head of the Class
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
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