Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

Date of Birth:

Nov 24, 1942

Place of Birth:

Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Connolly , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

filmography:

Live Aid Live Aid

1985

Overnight Overnight

2003

Dreaming Dreaming

1991

Clydescope Clydescope

1974

Timeline Timeline

2003

Fuck Fuck

2006

Pocahontas Pocahontas

1995

Fido Fido

2006

Quartet Quartet

2012

Paws Paws

1997

Wild Oats Wild Oats

2016

Blue Money Blue Money

1985

Absolution Absolution

1978

Bullshot Bullshot

1983

Brave Brave

2012

Mrs Brown Mrs Brown

1997

Water Water

1985

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