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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Connolly , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billy Connolly , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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
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
The Last Samurai
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
Fuck
Indecent Proposal
Pocahontas
Open Season 2
Gulliver's Travels
The Boondock Saints
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
Open Season
Dreaming
Timeline
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Just Another Saturday
Richard Thompson: Solitary Life
Wild Oats
Brave
Barry Humphries: This is Your Lunch
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
Whoopi Goldberg Presents: Billy Connolly
Muppet Treasure Island
Billy Connolly: In Concert
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales
Down Among the Big Boys
Great Bear Stakeout
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia
World Tour of Scotland
Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand
Deacon Brodie
Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
The Ballad of Nessie
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