Billy Connolly
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
November 24, 1942Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
138Place of birth
Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UKAlso known as
William Connolly, Біллі Конноллі, William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE, The Big Yin (The Big One), Sir Billy Connolly, 빌리 코놀리Cast credits
The Last Samurai
Zebulon GantStill Crazy
HughieFido
FidoIndecent Proposal
Auction M.C.Muppet Treasure Island
Billy BonesFuck
SelfPocahontas
Ben (voice)The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Poppa Il DuceOpen Season
McSquizzy (voice)An Audience with Billy Connolly
SelfBilly Connolly: Billy Bites Yer Bum
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly: Live in New York
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly: The Pick of Billy Connolly
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly: Hand Picked by Billy
HimselfBilly Connolly: Live at the Apollo
HimselfBilly Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Billy ConnollyThe Boondock Saints
II DuceBeautiful Joe
JoeBilly Connolly: Billy and Albert (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
Billy ConnollyBilly Connolly: Was It Something I Said?
HimselfCrew credits
An Audience with Billy Connolly
WriterBilly Connolly: Live in New York
WriterBilly Connolly: Billy Bites Yer Bum
WriterBilly Connolly: Hand Picked by Billy
WriterBilly Connolly: Live at the Apollo
WriterBilly Connolly: Big Banana Feet
WriterBilly Connolly: High Horse Tour Live
Writer, ProducerBilly Connolly Live At Usher Hall
WriterThe Secret Policeman's Ball
WriterBilly Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002
WriterBilly Connolly: Was It Something I Said?
WriterBilly Connolly: Live in London 2010
ScreenplayBilly Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic
Writer