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Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly’s screen credits include Zebulon Gant in The Last Samurai, Fergus (voice) in Brave, and Dr. Montgomery Montgomery in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Born November 24, 1942 Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK4 movies on MoviHero
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
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About 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). …
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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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- 2024The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the StairsSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Ooh the Banter!Self
- 2022Kids' TV: The Surprising StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2022Billy Connolly: 30 Funniest MomentsSelf
- 2021Billy Connolly: My Absolute PleasureThemselves
- 2021Billy Connolly: In His Own WordsSelf
- 2021Parkinson at 50Self (archive footage)
- 2020Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...Self
- 2020Scotland: Contains Strong LanguageHimself (archive footage)
- 2020Billy Connolly: Life, Death and LaughterHimself - Interviewed Guest
- 2019Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of BandagesHimself
- 2018Billy Connolly's Ultimate World TourHimself
- 2017Billy Connolly: Portrait of a LifetimeHimself
- 2017Billy Connolly And MeSelf
- 2017Dying LaughingSelf
- 2016Judi Dench: All the World's Her StageSelf
- 2016Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour LiveWriter · Producer · Himself
- 2016Wild OatsChandler
- 2014What We Did on Our HolidayGordie McLeod
- 2012QuartetWilf Bond
- 2012What About Dick?Inspector McGuffin
- 2011Billy Connolly: You Asked for ItHimself
- 2011Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the LineSelf
- 2011The Ballad of NessieNarrator (voice)
- 2010Gerard Kelly: A CelebrationSelf
- 2010Gulliver's TravelsKing Theodore
- 2010Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010Writer · self
- 2010Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaigSelf
- 2009Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock NewsSelf
- 2009The Boondock Saints II: All Saints DayPoppa
- 2008Stanley Baxter: Now and ThenSelf
- 2008Gaybo Laughs BackSelf
- 2008WisdomSelf
- 2008Open Season 2McSquizzy (voice)
- 2008The X-Files: I Want to BelieveJoseph Crissman
- 2008Ronnie Drew: September SongActor
- 2007Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said?Writer · Himself
- 2007Top Gear of the PopsSelf (Comic Relief VT)
- 2006FuckSelf
- 2006Open SeasonMcSquizzy (voice)
- 2006FidoFido
- 2006Garfield: A Tail of Two KittiesDargis
- 2005Billy Connolly: Live in New YorkWriter · Billy Connolly
- 2005The AristocratsSelf
- 2005Live Aid: 20 Years Ago TodaySelf
- 2005Live Aid Against All OddsSelf
- 2005Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a PinSelf
- 2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?Self
- 2004Billy Connolly - One Night StandHimself
- 2004Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the WingActor
- 2003TimelineProfessor E.A. Johnston
- 2003Billy Connolly: Live - The Greatest HitsHimself
- 2003Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The RutlesSelf - Interviewee
- 2003OvernightSelf
- 2003Richard Thompson: Solitary LifeActor
- 2002Billy Connolly: A BAFTA TributeSelf
- 2002White OleanderBarry Kolker
- 2002Ultimate Fights from the MoviesFrankie (Crossing the Line) (archive footage)
- 2002Billy Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002Writer · Billy Connolly
- 2001The Man Who Sued GodSteve Myers
- 2001Who Is Cletis Tout?Dr Savian
- 2001Gabriel & MeGabriel
- 2001Prince CharmingHamish
- 2001An Evening In Australia With Billy ConnollySelf
- 2001Gentlemen's RelishKingdom Swann
- 2000An Everlasting PieceScalper
- 2000Beautiful JoeJoe
- 1999The Debt CollectorNickie Dryden
- 1999Billy Connolly's World Tour of TelevisionSelf
- 1999The Boondock SaintsIl Duce
- 1999Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 YearsBilly Connolly
- 1998Stanley Baxter in PersonSelf
- 1998Still CrazyHughie
- 1998Intimate Portrait: Sean ConnerySelf
- 1998The ImpostorsMr. Sparks, the Tennis Pro
- 1998Och Around the ClockActor
- 1998Middleton's ChangelingActor
- 1997Retying the Knot: The Incredible String BandActor
- 1997PawsPC (voice)
- 1997Mrs BrownJohn Brown
- 1997Deacon BrodieDeacon Brodie
- 1997Beverly Hills NinjaJapanese Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1997Billy Connolly: Two Night StandHimself
- 1996Muppet Treasure IslandBilly Bones
- 1995Billy Connolly: A Scot in the ArcticWriter · Self
- 1995Billy Connolly Live At Usher HallWriter · Himself
- 1995PocahontasBen (voice)
- 1995In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny EverettSketch Performer (Archive Footage)
- 1995Two Bites of Billy ConnollyWriter · Himself
- 1994An Audience with Jimmy TarbuckSelf - Audience Member
- 1994Billy Connolly: Live at the ApolloWriter · Himself
- 1994Billy Connolly's World Tour of ScotlandSelf
- 1993Down Among the Big BoysJoJo Donnelly
- 1993Indecent ProposalAuction M.C.
- 1992Acoustic RoutesSelf
- 1991Billy Connolly - Live at the Odeon Hammersmith LondonHimself
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