Billy Connolly
Known for: Acting
Born: November 24, 1942
Place of birth: Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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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Filmography
131 movies · 54 TV shows, newest first
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In My Own Words
2024
7.0
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
2024
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Ooh the Banter!
2022
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Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
20227.0
Billy Connolly: 30 Funniest Moments
2022
7.4
Billy Connolly Does...
2022
6.0
Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure
2021
10.0
Billy Connolly: In His Own Words
2021
10.0
Parkinson at 50
2021
7.4
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020NR
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
8.0
Billy and Us
2020
9.0
Scotland: Contains Strong Language
2020
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Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter
2020
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Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages
2019
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Billy Connolly's Great American Trail
2019
8.4
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
2018
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Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour
2018
8.0
The Russell Howard Hour
2017
6.0
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
2017
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Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
6.0
Billy Connolly And Me
2017
6.4
Dying Laughing
2017
7.8
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016
7.6
Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live
2016
6.1
Wild Oats
2016
7.6
Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America
2016
7.3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
6.7
What We Did on Our Holiday
2014
7.2
Billy Connolly's Big Send Off
2014
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Five Fables
2014
7.0
Great Bear Stakeout
2013
6.5
Quartet
2012
7.7
What About Dick?
2012
7.0
Brave
2012
7.8
Billy Connolly: You Asked for It
2011
7.8
Billy Connolly's Route 66
2011
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Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
2011
6.6
The Ballad of Nessie
2011
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Gerard Kelly: A Celebration
2010
5.2
Gulliver's Travels
2010
6.5
Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010
2010NR
Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
2010
7.2
Conan
2010
6.0
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009
6.0
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
6.4
Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World
2009
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Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008
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Gaybo Laughs Back
2008
6.0
Wisdom
2008
5.9
Open Season 2
2008
5.9
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008
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Ronnie Drew: September Song
2008
7.2
Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said?
2007
7.0
Shrink Rap
2007
7.2
Top Gear of the Pops
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
6.4
Fuck
2006
6.2
Open Season
2006
6.4
Fido
2006
5.6
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
20067.5
Where My Dogs At?
2006
7.1
Billy Connolly: Live in New York
2005
5.9
The Aristocrats
2005
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Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
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Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
8.5
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin
2005
6.8
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
8.3
Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand
2004
8.6
House
2004
7.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
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Billy Connolly - One Night Stand
2004
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Parkinson
2004NR
Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing
2004
7.6
The Last Samurai
2003
5.7
Timeline
2003
6.4
Billy Connolly: Live - The Greatest Hits
2003
5.8
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003
6.4
Overnight
2003
6.1
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
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Richard Thompson: Solitary Life
2003
8.0
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
7.0
White Oleander
2002
5.0
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
8.5
Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales
2002
8.6
Billy Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002
2002
6.3
The Man Who Sued God
2001
5.9
Who Is Cletis Tout?
2001
6.7
Gabriel & Me
2001
6.9
Prince Charming
2001
5.0
Gentlemen's Relish
2001
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An Evening In Australia With Billy Connolly
2001
5.9
An Everlasting Piece
2000
5.4
Beautiful Joe
2000
6.4
The Debt Collector
1999
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Billy Connolly's World Tour of Television
1999
7.2
The Boondock Saints
1999
7.4
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999NR
Stanley Baxter in Person
1998
6.9
Still Crazy
1998
6.0
The Impostors
1998
8.0
Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
19984.4
The Heaven and Earth Show
1998
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Parkinson
1998
8.0
Middleton's Changeling
1998
6.7
Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band
1997
4.6
Paws
1997
5.4
Veronica's Closet
1997
6.8
Mrs Brown
1997
9.5
Deacon Brodie
1997
5.7
Beverly Hills Ninja
1997
7.9
Billy Connolly: Two Night Stand
1997
8.5
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia
1996
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
6.3
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
1996
6.7
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
7.5
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
7.0
Billy Connolly: A Scot in the Arctic
1995
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Billy Connolly Live At Usher Hall
1995
6.9
Pocahontas
1995
7.0
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
7.5
Two Bites of Billy Connolly
1995
10.0
An Audience with Jimmy Tarbuck
19948.1
Billy Connolly: Live at the Apollo
1994
9.0
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland
1994
7.7
World Tour of Scotland
1994
8.0
Down Among the Big Boys
1993NR
Down Among the Big Boys
1993
7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
6.4
Indecent Proposal
1993
5.4
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
7.0
Acoustic Routes
1992
7.0
Billy
1992
8.7
Billy Connolly - Live at the Odeon Hammersmith London
1991
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Billy Connolly: Pale Blue Scottish Person
1991
9.0
Dreaming
1991
4.8
The Big Man
19907.7
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
1989
7.2
Screen One
1989
6.2
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
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The Movie Life of George
1989NR
Saturday Night Clive
1989
6.5
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
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Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
1988
8.0
Billy Connolly: Billy and Albert (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
1987
8.0
The Hunting of the Snark
1987
6.4
Head of the Class
1986
8.0
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
4.0
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
8.4
An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
7.9
Live Aid
1985
5.1
Blue Money
1985
6.4
Super Gran
1985
6.1
Water
1985
7.1
Screen Two
1985
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Androcles and the Lion
1984
5.8
Bullshot
1983NR
Open Space
1983
6.0
Billy Connolly: Hand Picked by Billy
1982
6.3
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982NR
Riverside
1982
7.3
Billy Connolly: The Pick of Billy Connolly
1982
8.0
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981
8.0
Billy Connolly Bites Yer Bum!
1981
10.0
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980
6.4
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
7.1
Minder
1979
6.2
Worzel Gummidge
1979
7.9
The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
6.5
Absolution
1978NR
Billy Connolly: In Concert
1978
5.3
An Audience with...
1978
6.8
Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet
1977
7.2
The Elephants' Graveyard
1976
5.0
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
8.4
Just Another Saturday
1975
7.0
Clydescope
1974
8.1
Columbo
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
10.0
The BAFTA Awards
1949
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McGinn of the Calton
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Laughs and Larrikins
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Billy & Albert
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