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.
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Full filmography
- House (2004) as Thomas Bell
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Columbo (1971) as Findlay Crawford
- Play for Today (1970)
- Play for Today (1970) as Jody
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Conan (2010) as Self
- Minder (1979) as Tick Tack
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) as Inspector Macaffery
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) as Himself
- Screen Two (1985) as Game Show Host
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) as Dain Ironfoot
- Brave (2012) as Fergus (voice)
- An Audience with... (1978) as Self
- Parkinson (1998) as Self
- The Last Samurai (2003) as Zebulon Gant
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2004) as Self
- Screen One (1989) as JoJo Donnelly
- Indecent Proposal (1993) as Auction M.C.
- Veronica's Closet (1997) as Campbell
- Head of the Class (1986) as Billy MacGregor