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Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

Acting

Born November 24, 1942, Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (79)
  • In My Own Words — Self
  • 2024The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs — Self (archive footage)
  • Billy Connolly Does... — Self
  • 2022Billy Connolly: 30 Funniest Moments — Self
  • 2022Kids' TV: The Surprising Story — Self (archive footage)
  • 2022Ooh the Banter! — Self
  • 2021Billy Connolly: In His Own Words — Self
  • 2021Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure — Themselves
  • 2021Parkinson at 50 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... — Self
  • 2020Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter — Himself - Interviewed Guest
  • Billy and Us — Self
  • Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments — Self - Guest (archive footage)
  • 2020Scotland: Contains Strong Language — Himself (archive footage)
  • Billy Connolly's Great American Trail — Himself
  • 2019Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages — Himself
  • 2018Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour — Himself
  • Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland — Self
  • 2017Billy Connolly And Me — Self
  • 2017Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime — Himself
  • 2017Dying Laughing — Self
  • Tate Britain's Great Art Walks — Self
  • The Russell Howard Hour — Self
  • 2016Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage — Self
  • Five Fables — Himself - Narrator
  • Billy Connolly's Route 66 — himself
  • 2011Billy Connolly: You Asked for It — Himself
  • 2011Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line — Self
  • Conan — Self
  • 2010Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig — Self
  • 2010Gerard Kelly: A Celebration — Self
  • Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World — Self
  • 2009Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News — Self
  • 2008Gaybo Laughs Back — Self
  • 2008Stanley Baxter: Now and Then — Self
  • 2008Wisdom — Self
  • Shrink Rap — Self
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • 2007Top Gear of the Pops — Self (Comic Relief VT)
  • 2006Fuck — Self
  • 2005Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin — Self
  • 2005Live Aid Against All Odds — Self
  • 2005Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today — Self
  • 2005The Aristocrats — Self
  • 2004Billy Connolly - One Night Stand — Himself
  • Parkinson — Self - Guest, Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage), Self - Guest (archive footage)
  • 2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? — Self
  • Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
  • 2003Billy Connolly: Live - The Greatest Hits — Himself
  • 2003Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles — Self - Interviewee
  • 2003Overnight — Self
  • Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
  • 2002Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute — Self
  • 2001An Evening In Australia With Billy Connolly — Self
  • 1999Billy Connolly's World Tour of Television — Self
  • 1998Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery — Self
  • Parkinson — Self
  • 1998Stanley Baxter in Person — Self
  • 1997Billy Connolly: Two Night Stand — Himself
  • The Daily Show — Self
  • 1994An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck — Self - Audience Member
  • 1994Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland — Self
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
  • 1992Acoustic Routes — Self
  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Himself
  • 1991Billy Connolly - Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London — Himself
  • 1989The Movie Life of George — Self
  • 1989Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly — Himself
  • 1988Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch — Self
  • 1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute — Self
  • 1986The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live — Self
  • 1985Live Aid — Self
  • Riverside — Self
  • 1982The Secret Policeman's Other Ball — Self
  • 1981Concerts for the People of Kampuchea — Self
  • An Audience with... — Self
  • The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • McGinn of the Calton — Self
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