Billy Connolly
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.
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Movies (37)
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Ooh the Banter!
as Self
2022
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Billy Connolly: 30 Funniest Moments
as Self
2022
Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure
as Themselves
2021
Billy Connolly: In His Own Words
as Self
2021
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
as Self
2020
Scotland: Contains Strong Language
as Himself (archive footage)
2020
Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter
as Himself - Interviewed Guest
2020
Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages
as Himself
2019
Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour
as Himself
2018
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
as Himself
2017
Billy Connolly And Me
as Self
2017
Dying Laughing
as Self
2017
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
as Self
2016
Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live
as Himself
2016
Wild Oats
as Chandler
2016
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Dain Ironfoot
2014
What We Did on Our Holiday
as Gordie McLeod
2014
Quartet
as Wilf Bond
2012
What About Dick?
as Inspector McGuffin
2012
Brave
as Fergus (voice)
2012
Billy Connolly: You Asked for It
as Himself
2011
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
as Self
2011
The Ballad of Nessie
as Narrator (voice)
2011
Gulliver's Travels
as King Theodore
2010
Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010
as self
2010
Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
as Self
2010
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
as Self
2009
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
as Il Duce
2009
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
as Self
2008
Gaybo Laughs Back
as Self
2008
Wisdom
2008
Open Season 2
as McSquizzy (voice)
2008
The X Files: I Want to Believe
as Father Joseph Crissman
2008
Ronnie Drew: September Song
2008
TV Shows (13)
In My Own Words
as Self
2024
Billy Connolly Does...
as Self
2022
Billy and Us
as Self
2020
Billy Connolly's Great American Trail
as Himself
2019
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
as Self
2018
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
2017
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
as Self
2017
Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America
as Hinself - Host
2016
Billy Connolly's Big Send Off
as Presenter
2014
Five Fables
as Himself - Narrator
2014
Great Bear Stakeout
as Narrator
2013
Billy Connolly's Route 66
as himself
2011
Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World
as Self
2009