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.
Acting
Movie
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
as Dain Ironfoot
2014
Movie
Brave
as Fergus (voice)
2012
TV
House
as Thomas Bell
2004
Movie
The Last Samurai
as Zebulon Gant
2003
Movie
Pocahontas
as Ben (voice)
1995
Movie
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Dr. Montgomery Montgomery
2004
Movie
Open Season
as McSquizzy (voice)
2006
Movie
The Boondock Saints
as Il Duce
1999
Movie
Gulliver's Travels
as King Theodore
2010
Movie
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
as Dargis
2006
Movie
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
as Father Joseph Crissman
2008
Movie
Indecent Proposal
as Auction M.C.
1993
Movie
Open Season 2
as McSquizzy (voice)
2008
Movie
Timeline
as Professor E.A. Johnston
2003
Movie
Beverly Hills Ninja
as Japanese Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
1997
TV
Columbo
as Findlay Crawford
1971
Movie
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
as Poppa
2009
TV
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
Movie
What We Did on Our Holiday
as Gordie McLeod
2014
TV
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Inspector Macaffery
1996
Movie
Fido
as Fido
2006
Movie
Muppet Treasure Island
as Billy Bones
1996
Movie
White Oleander
as Barry Kolker
2002
Movie
Quartet
as Wilf Bond
2012
Crew
Movie
An Audience with Billy Connolly
Writer
1985
TV
Super Gran
Music
1985
Movie
Billy Connolly: Live at the Apollo
Writer
1994
Movie
Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live
Writer
2016
Movie
Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010
Screenplay
2010
Movie
Billy Connolly: Live in Dublin 2002
Writer
2002
Movie
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Writer
1979
Movie
Billy Connolly Bites Yer Bum!
Writer
1981
Movie
Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet
Writer
1977
Movie
Billy Connolly: Live in New York
Writer
2005
Movie
Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said?
Writer
2007
TV
Billy Connolly's Big Send Off
Executive Producer
2014