Billy Connolly
- Acting
- November 24, 1942 · 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 · Self
- The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs · Self
- Ooh the Banter! · Self
- Kids' TV: The Surprising Story · Self
- Billy Connolly: 30 Funniest Moments · Self
- Billy Connolly Does... · Self
- Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure · Self
- Billy Connolly: In His Own Words · Self
- Parkinson at 50 · Self
- Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... · Self
- Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments · Self
- Billy and Us · Self
- Scotland: Contains Strong Language · Self
- Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter · Self
- Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages · Self
- Billy Connolly's Great American Trail · Self
- Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland · Self
- Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour · Self
- The Russell Howard Hour · Self
- Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime · Self
- Tate Britain's Great Art Walks · Self
- Billy Connolly And Me · Self
- Dying Laughing · Self
- Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage · Self
- Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live · Self, Writer
- Wild Oats · Chandler
- Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America · Hinself - Host
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies · Dain Ironfoot
- What We Did on Our Holiday · Gordie McLeod
- Billy Connolly's Big Send Off · Presenter, Executive producer
- Five Fables · Self
- Great Bear Stakeout · Narrator
- Quartet · Wilf Bond
- What About Dick? · Inspector McGuffin
- Brave · Fergus (Voice)
- Billy Connolly: You Asked for It · Self
- Billy Connolly's Route 66 · Self
- Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line · Self
- The Ballad of Nessie · Narrator (Voice)
- Gerard Kelly: A Celebration · Self
- Gulliver's Travels · King Theodore
- Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010 · Self, Screenplay
- Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig · Self
- Conan · Self
- Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News · Self
- The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day · Poppa
- Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World · Self
- Stanley Baxter: Now and Then · Self
- Gaybo Laughs Back · Self
- Wisdom · Self
- Open Season 2 · McSquizzy (Voice)
- The X-Files: I Want to Believe · Joseph Crissman
- Ronnie Drew: September Song
- Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said? · Self, Writer
- Shrink Rap · Self
- Top Gear of the Pops · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Fuck · Self
- Open Season · McSquizzy (Voice)
- Fido · Fido
- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties · Dargis
- Where My Dogs At?
- Billy Connolly: Live in New York · Billy Connolly, Writer
- The Aristocrats · Self
- Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today · Self
- Live Aid Against All Odds · Self
- Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin · Self
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events · Dr. Montgomery Montgomery
- Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? · Self
- Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand · Creator
- House · Thomas Bell
- Who Do You Think You Are? · Self
- Billy Connolly - One Night Stand · Self
- Parkinson · Self
- Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing
- The Last Samurai · Zebulon Gant
- Timeline · Professor E.A. Johnston
- Billy Connolly: Live - The Greatest Hits · Self
- Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles · Self
- Overnight · Self