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.

Most Known For

House

as Thomas Bell

The Daily Show

as Self

Columbo

as Findlay Crawford

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

3rd Rock from the Sun

as Inspector Macaffery

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Himself

Minder

as Tick Tack

Play for Today

Play for Today

as Jody

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

as Dain Ironfoot

Parkinson

as Self

Brave

as Fergus (voice)

The BAFTA Awards

as Host

The Last Samurai

as Zebulon Gant

The Russell Howard Hour

as Self

An Audience with...

as Self

Head of the Class

as Billy MacGregor