Billy Connolly
Acting
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…
Filmography
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In My Own Words
2024
The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs
2024
Ooh the Banter!
2022
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022
Billy Connolly: 30 Funniest Moments
Billy Connolly: 30 Funniest Moments
2022
Billy Connolly Does...
2022
Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure
2021
Billy Connolly: In His Own Words
2021
Parkinson at 50
2021
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
Billy and Us
2020
Scotland: Contains Strong Language
2020
Billy Connolly: Life, Death and Laughter
2020
Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages
2019
Billy Connolly's Great American Trail
2019
Billy Connolly: Made in Scotland
2018
Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour
2018
The Russell Howard Hour
2017
Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime
2017
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
Billy Connolly And Me
2017
Dying Laughing
2017
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016
Billy Connolly: High Horse Tour Live
2016
Wild Oats
2016
Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America
2016
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
What We Did on Our Holiday
2014
Billy Connolly's Big Send Off
2014
Five Fables
2014
Great Bear Stakeout
2013
Quartet
2012
What About Dick?
2012
Brave
2012
Billy Connolly: You Asked for It
2011
Billy Connolly's Route 66
2011
Gerry Rafferty: Right Down the Line
2011
The Ballad of Nessie
2011
Gerard Kelly: A Celebration
2010
Gulliver's Travels
2010
Billy Connolly: Live in London 2010
2010
Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
Fishing for Poetry - A Celebration of Norman MacCaig
2010
Conan
2010
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World
2009
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then
2008
Gaybo Laughs Back
2008
Wisdom
2008
Open Season 2
2008
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008
Ronnie Drew: September Song
2008
Billy Connolly: Was It Something I Said?
2007
Shrink Rap
2007
Top Gear of the Pops
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Fuck
2006
Open Season
2006
Fido
2006
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
Where My Dogs At?
Where My Dogs At?
2006
Billy Connolly: Live in New York
2005
The Aristocrats
2005
Live Aid: 20 Years Ago Today
2005
Live Aid Against All Odds
2005
Ivor Cutler: Looking For Truth With a Pin
2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand
2004
House
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Billy Connolly - One Night Stand
2004
Parkinson
2004
Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing
Jimmy Johnstone: Lord of the Wing
2004
The Last Samurai
2003
Timeline
2003
Billy Connolly: Live - The Greatest Hits
2003
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003
Overnight
2003