Billy Connolly
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
179
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-11-24 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Known For
House
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Columbo
The Graham Norton Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Minder
3rd Rock from the Sun
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Parkinson
Play for Today
Play for Today
White Oleander
Brave
The Aristocrats
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Last Samurai
Beautiful Joe
Mrs Brown
Deacon Brodie
Gabriel & Me
The Boondock Saints
An Audience with...
Fido
Clydescope
Muppet Treasure Island
Pocahontas
An Everlasting Piece
Head of the Class
Quartet
Veronica's Closet
Wisdom
Gentlemen's Relish
The Big Man
Open Season
The BAFTA Awards
Indecent Proposal
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Bullshot
The Russell Howard Hour
The Heaven and Earth Show
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Laughs and Larrikins
Timeline
Open Season 2
Gulliver's Travels
Dreaming
Acoustic Routes
Worzel Gummidge
Middleton's Changeling
Beverly Hills Ninja
Overnight
Super Gran
Prince Charming
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
The X Files: I Want to Believe
The Impostors
Shrink Rap
Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
The Kenny Everett Video Show
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia
Where My Dogs At?
Billy
Still Crazy
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
Live Aid
What We Did on Our Holiday
Billy Connolly Does...
Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand
What About Dick?
Absolution
Wild Oats
Parkinson at 50
Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales
Paws
Live Aid Against All Odds
Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America
Billy Connolly's Great American Trail
The Ballad of Nessie
Water
Fuck
The Return of the Musketeers
Who Is Cletis Tout?
Saturday Night Clive
World Tour of Scotland
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
The Man Who Sued God
Down Among the Big Boys
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
Riverside
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Dying Laughing
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
Stanley Baxter in Person
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
Down Among the Big Boys
Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet
Blue Money
Five Fables
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Great Bear Stakeout
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Billy & Albert
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
Billy Connolly's Route 66
Billy Connolly's Big Send Off
In My Own Words
The Elephants' Graveyard
The Hunting of the Snark
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Top Gear of the Pops
Just Another Saturday
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Billy and Us
Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter
Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin
Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing
The Debt Collector
Billy Connolly: Live in New York
Ooh the Banter!
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
Billy Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002
Billy Connolly: Billy and Albert (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
The Movie Life of George
Billy Connolly - One Night Stand
Billy Connolly: You Asked for It
Gaybo Laughs Back
An Evening In Australia With Billy Connolly
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010
Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band
Billy Connolly Live At Usher Hall
McGinn of the Calton
Androcles and the Lion
Billy Connolly: Two Night Stand
Billy Connolly: 30 Funniest Moments
Billy Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic
Billy Connolly And Me
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
Billy Connolly: Live - The Greatest Hits
Billy Connolly: Pale Blue Scottish Person
Billy Connolly: Hand Picked by Billy
Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said?
Billy Connolly: Live at the Apollo
Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure
Two Bites of Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly: Billy Bites Yer Bum
Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour
Billy Connolly: In Concert
Billy Connolly: The Pick of Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly - Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London
Ronnie Drew: September Song
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland
Scotland: Contains Strong Language
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Television
Billy Connolly: In His Own Words
Richard Thompson: Solitary Life
Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages
Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
