Actor

Billy Connolly

November 24, 1942 · 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.

Notable work

7.3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
as Dain Ironfoot
7
Brave (2012)
as Fergus (voice)
8.6
House (2004)
as Thomas Bell
7.6
The Last Samurai (2003)
as Zebulon Gant
6.9
Pocahontas (1995)
as Ben (voice)
6.8
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
as Dr. Montgomery Montgomery
6.2
Open Season (2006)
as McSquizzy (voice)
7.3
The Boondock Saints (1999)
as Il Duce
5.2
Gulliver's Travels (2010)
as King Theodore
5.6
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
as Dargis
5.9
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
as Father Joseph Crissman
6.4
Indecent Proposal (1993)
as Auction M.C.

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