Billy Connolly
Acting
Born: 1942-11-24 in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Known For
House
Thomas Bell
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Daily Show
Self
Columbo
Findlay Crawford
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
Play for Today
Play for Today
Jody
Conan
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Minder
Tick Tack
3rd Rock from the Sun
Inspector Macaffery
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Dain Ironfoot
Screen Two
Game Show Host
Brave
Fergus (voice)
Parkinson
Self
The Last Samurai
Zebulon Gant
The Heaven and Earth Show
Indecent Proposal
Auction M.C.
The BAFTA Awards
Host
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
An Audience with...
Self
Open Season
McSquizzy (voice)
Pocahontas
Ben (voice)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Dr. Montgomery Montgomery
Screen One
JoJo Donnelly
Veronica's Closet
Campbell
Open Season 2
McSquizzy (voice)
Head of the Class
Billy MacGregor
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
Joseph Crissman
Timeline
Professor E.A. Johnston
The Boondock Saints
Il Duce
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Dargis
Parkinson
Self - Guest
Worzel Gummidge
Bogle McNeep
The Russell Howard Hour
Self
Gulliver's Travels
King Theodore
Muppet Treasure Island
Billy Bones
Beverly Hills Ninja
Japanese Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)