
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.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · as Dain Ironfoot

Brave
2012 · as Fergus (voice)

The Last Samurai
2003 · as Zebulon Gant

Timeline
2003 · as Professor E.A. Johnston

Indecent Proposal
1993 · as Auction M.C.

The X-Files: I Want to Believe
2008 · as Father Joseph Crissman

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004 · as Dr. Montgomery Montgomery

Pocahontas
1995 · as Ben (voice)

Open Season
2006 · as McSquizzy (voice)

Open Season 2
2008 · as McSquizzy (voice)

The Boondock Saints
1999 · as Il Duce

Gulliver's Travels
2010 · as King Theodore

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006 · as Dargis

The Aristocrats
2005 · as Self

Beverly Hills Ninja
1997 · as Japanese Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

Overnight
2003 · as Self

White Oleander
2002 · as Barry Kolker

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009 · as Poppa