Billy Connolly
Acting
- Born:
- 1942-11-24
- Place of birth:
- Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
In My Own Words
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 Does...
Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure
Billy Connolly: In His Own Words
Parkinson at 50
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
Billy and Us
Scotland: Contains Strong Language
Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter
Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages
Billy Connolly's Great American Trail
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour
The Russell Howard Hour
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
Billy Connolly And Me
Dying Laughing
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live
Wild Oats
Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
What We Did on Our Holiday
Billy Connolly's Big Send Off
Five Fables
Great Bear Stakeout
Quartet
What About Dick?
Brave
Billy Connolly: You Asked for It
Billy Connolly's Route 66
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
Conan
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World
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?
Shrink Rap
Top Gear of the Pops
The Graham Norton Show
Fuck
Open Season
Fido
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Where My Dogs At?
Billy Connolly: Live in New York
The Aristocrats
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Live Aid Against All Odds
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand
House
Who Do You Think You Are?
Billy Connolly - One Night Stand
Parkinson
Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing
The Last Samurai
Timeline
Billy Connolly: Live - The Greatest Hits
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Overnight
Real Time with Bill Maher
Richard Thompson: Solitary Life
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
White Oleander
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales
Billy Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002
The Man Who Sued God
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Gabriel & Me
Prince Charming
Gentlemen's Relish
An Evening In Australia With Billy Connolly
An Everlasting Piece
Beautiful Joe
The Debt Collector
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Television
The Boondock Saints
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Stanley Baxter in Person
Still Crazy
The Impostors
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
The Heaven and Earth Show
Och Around the Clock
Parkinson
Middleton's Changeling
Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band
Paws
Veronica's Closet
Mrs Brown
Deacon Brodie
Beverly Hills Ninja
Billy Connolly: Two Night Stand
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia
The Daily Show
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Muppet Treasure Island
3rd Rock from the Sun
Billy Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic
Billy Connolly Live At Usher Hall
Pocahontas
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Two Bites of Billy Connolly
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Billy Connolly: Live at the Apollo
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland
World Tour of Scotland
Down Among the Big Boys
Down Among the Big Boys
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Indecent Proposal
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Acoustic Routes
Billy
Billy Connolly - Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London
Billy Connolly: Pale Blue Scottish Person
Dreaming
The Big Man
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
Screen One
The Return of the Musketeers
The Movie Life of George
Saturday Night Clive
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
Billy Connolly: Billy and Albert (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
The Hunting of the Snark
Head of the Class
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Live Aid
Blue Money
Super Gran
Water
Screen Two
Androcles and the Lion
Bullshot
Open Space
Billy Connolly: Hand Picked by Billy
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Riverside
Billy Connolly: The Pick of Billy Connolly
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Billy Connolly Bites Yer Bum!
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Minder
Worzel Gummidge
The Kenny Everett Video Show
Absolution
Billy Connolly: In Concert
The South Bank Show
An Audience with...
Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet
The Elephants' Graveyard
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Just Another Saturday
Clydescope
Columbo
Play for Today
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The BAFTA Awards
McGinn of the Calton
Laughs and Larrikins
Billy & Albert