
Billy Connolly
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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.
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Known For

House

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Graham Norton Show

3rd Rock from the Sun

Columbo

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Kenny Everett Television Show

Who Do You Think You Are?

The Daily Show

The Heaven and Earth Show

Veronica's Closet

Parkinson

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Live Aid

Parkinson at 50

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett

The Last Samurai

Pocahontas

Indecent Proposal

Fuck

Open Season 2

Dreaming

The Boondock Saints

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

Open Season

Gulliver's Travels

Timeline

Just Another Saturday

The X Files: I Want to Believe

Wild Oats

Brave

Richard Thompson: Solitary Life

Muppet Treasure Island

Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly

Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line

Down Among the Big Boys

World Tour of Scotland

Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales

Great Bear Stakeout

Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band

Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig

Billy Connolly: In Concert

Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia

The Ballad of Nessie

Deacon Brodie

Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand

Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
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