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.
Acting (121 movies)
The Last Samurai
2003
Still Crazy
1998
Pocahontas
1995
Fido
2006
Indecent Proposal
1993
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
Fuck
2006
Open Season
2006
The Boondock Saints
1999
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Billy Connolly: Live in New York
2005
Billy Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002
2002
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
Billy Connolly: Billy Bites Yer Bum
1981
Billy Connolly: The Pick of Billy Connolly
1982
Billy Connolly: Hand Picked by Billy
1982
Billy Connolly: Live at the Apollo
1994
Beautiful Joe
2000
The X Files: I Want to Believe
2008
Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said?
2007
Billy Connolly: Billy and Albert (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
1987
Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet
1977
Who Is Cletis Tout?
2001
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003
Timeline
2003
Billy Connolly: Two Night Stand
1997
The Man Who Sued God
2001
The Debt Collector
1999
The Impostors
1998
Open Season 2
2008
An Everlasting Piece
2000
The Aristocrats
2005
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Gentlemen's Relish
2001
Brave
2012
Bullshot
1983
Androcles and the Lion
1984
Gulliver's Travels
2010
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
Mrs Brown
1997
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010
2010
Billy Connolly: You Asked for It
2011
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
Prince Charming
2001
Water
1985
The Big Man
1990
The Ballad of Nessie
2011
Absolution
1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
Billy Connolly: In His Own Words
2021
Paws
1997
Quartet
2012
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure
2021
Just Another Saturday
1975
What About Dick?
2012
Billy Connolly: Live - The Greatest Hits
2003
Billy Connolly - One Night Stand
2004
The Elephants' Graveyard
1976
Parkinson at 50
2021
Blue Money
1985
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin
2005
Billy Connolly - Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London
1991
Down Among the Big Boys
1993
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022
Top Gear of the Pops
2007
What We Did on Our Holiday
2014
Gabriel & Me
2001
Billy Connolly: Pale Blue Scottish Person
1991
White Oleander
2002
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009
Clydescope
1974
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994
Beverly Hills Ninja
1997
Acoustic Routes
1992
An Evening In Australia With Billy Connolly
2001
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Television
1999
Dreaming
1991
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
2024
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland
1994
Dying Laughing
2017
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
Wild Oats
2016
Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live
2016
The Movie Life of George
1989
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016
Deacon Brodie
1997
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
Billy Connolly Live At Usher Hall
1995
Billy Connolly And Me
2017
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
2017
Overnight
2003
Live Aid
1985
Ronnie Drew: September Song
2008
Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band
1997
Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages
2019
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet | 1977 | Writer |
| The Secret Policeman's Ball | 1979 | Writer |
| Billy Connolly: Billy Bites Yer Bum | 1981 | Writer |
| Billy Connolly: Hand Picked by Billy | 1982 | Writer |
| An Audience with Billy Connolly | 1985 | Writer |
| Billy Connolly: Pale Blue Scottish Person | 1991 | Writer |
| Billy Connolly: Live at the Apollo | 1994 | Writer |
| Two Bites of Billy Connolly | 1995 | Writer |
| Billy Connolly Live At Usher Hall | 1995 | Writer |
| Billy Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic | 1995 | Writer |
| Billy Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002 | 2002 | Writer |
| Billy Connolly: Live in New York | 2005 | Writer |
| Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said? | 2007 | Writer |
| Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010 | 2010 | Screenplay |
| Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live | 2016 | Writer |
| Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live | 2016 | Producer |