Billy Connolly
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.
184 acting credits
Acting · 184
House
2004
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
Columbo
1971
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Play for Today
1970
Minder
1979
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
Brave
2012
Screen Two
1985
An Audience with...
1978
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Parkinson
1998
Veronica's Closet
1997
Head of the Class
1986
The Russell Howard Hour
2017
The Last Samurai
2003
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
Pocahontas
1995
Indecent Proposal
1993
Open Season
2006
Screen One
1989
The BAFTA Awards
1949
Open Season 2
2008
Worzel Gummidge
1979
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
Super Gran
1985
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
The Boondock Saints
1999
Gulliver's Travels
2010
The X Files: I Want to Believe
2008
Timeline
2003
Riverside
1982
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
What We Did on Our Holiday
2014
Shrink Rap
2007
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
Beverly Hills Ninja
1997
White Oleander
2002
The Aristocrats
2005
Parkinson
2004
Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales
2002
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
Where My Dogs At?
2006
Still Crazy
1998
Water
1985
Live Aid
1985
Fido
2006
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
Quartet
2012
Billy
1992
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
Wild Oats
2016
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003
Saturday Night Clive
1989
Fuck
2006
Mrs Brown
1997
Overnight
2003
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
Who Is Cletis Tout?
2001
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
2018
Beautiful Joe
2000
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
The Big Man
1990
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World
2009
The Impostors
1998
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia
1996
In My Own Words
2024
The Movie Life of George
1989
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand
2004
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Billy Connolly Does...
2022
The Man Who Sued God
2001
Dying Laughing
2017
Absolution
1978
Prince Charming
2001
Paws
1997
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
Five Fables
2014
Billy and Us
2020
Bullshot
1983
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022
World Tour of Scotland
1994
Open Space
1983
The Ballad of Nessie
2011
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
Gabriel & Me
2001
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981
An Everlasting Piece
2000
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980
Great Bear Stakeout
2013
Parkinson at 50
2021
Billy Connolly's Route 66
2011
Deacon Brodie
1997
Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band
1997
Top Gear of the Pops
2007
Down Among the Big Boys
1993
What About Dick?
2012
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
1989
The Debt Collector
1999
Just Another Saturday
1975
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
Dreaming
1991
Wisdom
2008
Ooh the Banter!
2022
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet
1977
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
1994
Billy Connolly: Two Night Stand
1997
Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said?
2007
Androcles and the Lion
1984
The Hunting of the Snark
1987
Billy Connolly's Great American Trail
2019
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
2011
Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America
2016
Blue Money
1985
Gentlemen's Relish
2001
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009
Clydescope
1974
Billy Connolly's Big Send Off
2014
Billy Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic
1995
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
McGinn of the Calton
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Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live
2016
Down Among the Big Boys
1993
Billy Connolly - Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London
1991
Billy & Albert
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Gaybo Laughs Back
2008
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
2024
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
2017
The Elephants' Graveyard
1976
Gerard Kelly: A Celebration
2010
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland
1994
Ronnie Drew: September Song
2008
Laughs and Larrikins
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Billy Connolly: Hand Picked by Billy
1982
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin
2005
Billy Connolly And Me
2017
Billy Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002
2002
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008
Billy Connolly: Live in New York
2005
Billy Connolly: Billy Bites Yer Bum
1981
Scotland: Contains Strong Language
2020
Stanley Baxter in Person
1998
Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter
2020
Billy Connolly: In Concert
1978
Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
2010
Acoustic Routes
1992
Billy Connolly Live At Usher Hall
1995
Billy Connolly: Live at the Apollo
1994
Billy Connolly: Pale Blue Scottish Person
1991
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
1988
Billy Connolly: Billy and Albert (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
1987
Middleton's Changeling
1998
Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing
2004
Billy Connolly: The Pick of Billy Connolly
1982
Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010
2010
Billy Connolly: 30 Funniest Moments
2022
Richard Thompson: Solitary Life
2003
Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure
2021
Billy Connolly - One Night Stand
2004
Billy Connolly: You Asked for It
2011
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Television
1999
Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour
2018
Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages
2019
An Evening In Australia With Billy Connolly
2001
Billy Connolly: In His Own Words
2021
Billy Connolly: Live - The Greatest Hits
2003
Two Bites of Billy Connolly
1995