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Billy Connolly

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE (born 24 November 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Connolly , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Nov 24, 1942 In Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
75
First Appeared:
In the movie Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing
Latest Project:
Movie Parkinson at 50 2021-08-28
Known For
Filmography
Movie Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing 2025
Movie Parkinson at 50 Self (archive footage) 2021-08-28
Movie Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter Himself - Interviewed Guest 2020-01-10
Movie Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime Himself 2017-06-14
Movie Dying Laughing Self 2017-02-24
Movie Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage Self 2016-12-30
Movie Wild Oats Chandler 2016-09-22
Movie What We Did on Our Holiday Gordie McLeod 2014-09-26
Movie The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Dain Ironfoot 2014-12-10
Movie Brave Fergus (voice) 2012-06-21
Movie Quartet Wilf Bond 2012-12-26
Movie What About Dick? Inspector McGuffin 2012-11-13
Movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Dain 2012-12-12
Movie Gulliver's Travels King Theodore 2010-12-23
Movie The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Poppa Il Duce 2009-11-24
Movie Ronnie Drew: September Song 2008-05-01
Movie Open Season 2 McSquizzy (voice) 2008-09-24
Movie The X Files: I Want to Believe Father Joseph Crissman 2008-07-24
Movie Top Gear of the Pops Self (Comic Relief VT) 2007-03-16
Movie Open Season McSquizzy (voice) 2006-09-27
Movie Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Dargis 2006-06-15
Movie Fido Fido 2006-09-07
Movie Fuck Self 2006-11-10
Movie Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today Self 2005-07-13
Movie The Aristocrats Self 2005-07-29
Movie Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Dr. Montgomery Montgomery 2004-12-16
Movie Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? Self 2004-12-09
Movie Richard Thompson: Solitary Life 2003-02-02
Movie Overnight Self 2003-06-12
Movie Timeline Professor E.A. Johnston 2003-11-26
Movie The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch Self - Interviewee 2003-08-16
Movie The Last Samurai Zebulon Gant 2003-12-05
Movie Ultimate Fights from the Movies Frankie (Crossing the Line) (archive footage) 2002-04-16
Movie White Oleander Barry Kolker 2002-10-11
Movie Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute Self 2002-12-22
Movie Gentlemen's Relish Kingdom Swann 2001-01-01
Movie Prince Charming Hamish 2001-07-13
Movie The Man Who Sued God Steve Myers 2001-10-25
Movie Who Is Cletis Tout? Dr Savian 2001-09-12
Movie Gabriel & Me Gabriel 2001-08-13
Movie Beautiful Joe Joe 2000-06-09
Movie An Everlasting Piece Scalper 2000-12-22
Movie The Boondock Saints II Duce 1999-01-22
Movie The Debt Collector Nickie Dryden 1999-06-25
Movie Middleton's Changeling 1998-01-01
Movie Still Crazy Hughie 1998-10-30
Movie The Impostors Mr. Sparks, the Tennis Pro 1998-10-02
Movie Beverly Hills Ninja Japanese Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited) 1997-01-17
Movie Mrs Brown John Brown 1997-07-18
Movie Paws PC (voice) 1997-09-25
Movie Muppet Treasure Island Billy Bones 1996-02-16
Movie Pocahontas Ben (voice) 1995-06-14
Movie An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck Self - Audience Member 1994-10-22
Movie Down Among the Big Boys JoJo Donnelly 1993-09-19
Movie Indecent Proposal Auction M.C. 1993-04-07
Series Billy 1992-01-31
Movie Acoustic Routes Self 1992-03-20
Movie Dreaming 1991-03-24
Movie The Big Man Frankie 1990-08-31
Movie The Return of the Musketeers Caddie 1989-04-12
Movie Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Self 1988-06-11
Movie The Hunting of the Snark The Bellman 1987-04-01
Movie The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live 1986-04-25
Series Head of the Class Billy MacGregor 1986-09-17
Movie Water Delgado Fitzhugh 1985-01-11
Movie Blue Money Des 1985-03-01
Movie Live Aid Self 1985-07-13
Movie An Audience with Billy Connolly Self 1985-10-26
Movie Bullshot Hawkeye McGillicuddy 1983-10-27
Movie The Secret Policeman's Other Ball Self 1982-03-01
Movie Concerts for the People of Kampuchea Self 1981-03-29
Movie The Secret Policeman's Ball Himself 1979-12-22
Movie Absolution Blakey 1978-06-05
Movie The Elephants' Graveyard Jody 1976-10-11
Movie Just Another Saturday Paddy 1975-07-05