Billy Connolly



First NameBilly
Last NameConnolly
Full Name at BirthWilliam Connolly
Age69
Date of BirthNovember 24, 1942
BirthplaceAnderston, Glasgow, Scotland
Height6' (183 cm)
BuildAverage
Eye ColorBrown - Light
Hair ColorGrey
Star SignSagittarius
EthnicityWhite
NationalityScottish
OccupationActor, Comic
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameFido

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.


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Filmography

Selected Billy Connolly film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2012
King Fergus

2012
Wilf

2012
Glide
Fred

2011
Narrator

2010
King Theodore

2008
Good Sharma
Reverend Webster

2008
Father Joseph Crissman

2008
McSquizzy

2006
Fido

2006
McSquizzy

2003
Zebulon Gant

2003
Professor E.A. Johnston

2002
Barry Kolker

2001
Gabriel

2001
Steve Myers

2001
Dr. Mike Savian

2001
Gentlemen's Relish
Kingdom Swann

2001
Hamish

2000
Scalper

2000
Joe

1999
Il Duce

1999
Nickie Dryden

1998
Middleton's Changeling
Alibius

1998
Hughie

1998
Mr. Sparks, the Tennis Pro

1997
Japanese Antique Shop Proprietor

1997
John Brown

1997
PC

1997
Deacon Brodie
Deacon Brodie

1997
Campbell

1996
Billy Bones

1996
Inspector Macaffery

1996
Dennis the Menace
Captain Trout

1996
William 'Billy' Pynchon

1996
Rory Cassidy

1995
Ben

1993
Auction M.C.

1992
Billy
Billy MacGregor

1990
Frankie

1987
The Hunting of the Snark
The Bellman

1986
To the North of Katmandu
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1986
City Lights
The Dosser

1986
Billy MacGregor

1985
Delgado Fitzhugh

1985
Blue Money
Des

1985
Screen One
Jo Jo Donnelly

1985
Angus McSporran

1983
Hawkeye McGillicuddy

1981
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various

1979
Minder
Tick Tack

1979
Bogle McNeep

1978
Blakey

1971
Findlay Crawford

1970
Play for Today
Jody, Paddy

Composer Credits

1998
30 Years of Billy Connolly
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1985
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1976
Big Banana Feet
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Music Department Credits

1998
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1985
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1978
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Writer Credits

2004
World Tour of New Zealand
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2002
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Ireland, Wales and England
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1999
Erect for 30 Years
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1998
30 Years of Billy Connolly
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1996
World Tour of Australia
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1996
A Scot in the Arctic
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1994
World Tour of Scotland
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1986
Comic Relief
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1985
An Audience with Billy Connolly
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1981
The Secret Policeman's Ball
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1978
Billy Connolly in Concert
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1976
Big Banana Feet
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1976
Connolly
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