
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 |