Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly (1942-) is ’n komediant, akteur en musikant van Glasgow, Skotland. Hy is bekend vir sy lang hare, gepunte baard, vuil grappies en vloektaal. Sy bynaam is The Big Yin ("Die groot een" in Skots).

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William Connolly is tuis in Anderston in Glasgow, Skotland gebore en het in 'n woonstel in dieselfde stad grootgeword. Hy het skool verlaat om 'n sweiser by 'n skeepswerf te word en het by die valskermregiment aangesluit. Connolly het 'n belangstelling in volksmusiek ontwikkel en uiteindelik 'n volwaardige banjo-speler en 'n lid van die groep Humblebums geword. Die grappies wat hy tussen liedjies vertel het, was gewild en hy het uiteindelik 'n voltydse komediant geword.

Connolly het vyf kinders. Hy is met Pamela Stephenson, die moeder van sy drie jongste kinders, getroud. In 2013 is hy met Parkinson se siekte gediagnoseer en het 'n operasie vir prostaatkanker ondergaan.

Connolly is herhaaldelik deur TV-kykers as Brittanje se beste komediant aangewys. Hy is vir 'n Bafta-prys vir sy rol in die prent Mrs. Brown (1997) genomineer. In 2003 is die Orde van die Britse Ryk aan hom toegeken.

Filmografie 

 1975 Just Another Saturday as Paddy (TV-film)
 1976 Connolly as homself
 1976 The Elephants' Graveyard as Jody (TV-film)
 1976 Big Banana Feet as homself (dokumentêr)
 1978 Absolution as Blakey
 1978 Billy Connolly in Concert as homself
 1980 The secret Policeman's Ball as homself
 1980 Worzel Gummidge: A Cup o' Tea an' a Slice o' Cake as Bogle McNeep
 1981 Billy Connolly Bites Yer Bum! as homself
 1981 Concert for Kampuchea as homself (dokumentêr)
 1982 The Secret Policeman's Other Ball as homself
 1982 The Pick of Billy Connolly as homself
 1982 Bleu Money as Des (TV-film)
 1983 Bullshot as Hawkeye McGillicuddy
 1984 Tickle on the Tum (rol onbekend) (TV-reeks)
 1984 Weekend in Wallop as homself (TV-film)
 1985 Water as Delgado Fitzhugh
 1985 An Audience with Billy Connolly as homself
 1985 Super Gran as sanger van die openingslied (TV-reeks)
 1985 Liveaid as homself
 1986 To the North of Katmandu (rol onbekend)
 1987 The Hunting of the Snark as The Bellman (musiekblyspel)
 1987 Billy Connolly at the Royal Albert Hall as homself
 1988 Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as homself (dokumentêr)
 1989 The Return of the Musketeers as Caddie
 1990 Whoopi Goldberg Presents Billy Connolly as homself
 1990 Crossing the Line as Frankie
 1990 Head of the Class as Billy MacGregor (1990–1991; TV-reeks)
 1990 Dreaming (rol onbekend)
 1991 Billy Connolly live 1991 as hemzelf
 1991 Pale Blue Scottish Person as hemzelf
 1992 25 B.C.: The Best of 25 Years of Billy Connolly as homself
 1992 Billy as Billy MacGregor
 1993 Indecent Proposal as die Auction MC
 1993 Down Among the Big Boys as Jo Jo Donnelly
 1994 Billy Connolly Live 1994 as homself
 1994 World Tour of Scotland as homself (TV-reeks)
 1995 Pocahontas as Ben (stem)
 1995 Two Bites of Billy Connolly as homself
 1995 A Scot in the Arctic as homself (dokumentêr)
 1996 Muppet Treasure Island as Billy Bones
 1996 Pearl as Gast Ster in die aflewering "billy" (TV-reeks)
 1996 Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia as homself (TV-reeks)
 1996 Muppet Treasure Island as Billy Bones (stem; videospeletjie)
 1997 Beverly Hills Ninja as Japanese winkelier
 1997 Mrs. Brown as John Brown
 1997 Paws as PC (stem)
 1997 Billy Connolly: Two Night Stand as homself
 1997 Deacon Brodie as Deacon Brodie
 1997 Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait as homself
 1997 Sean Connery Close Up as homself
 1997 Whatever Happened to...Clement and La Frenais? as homself
 1998 Still Crazy as Hugie
 1998 The Impostors as Mr. Sparks
 1998 middleton's changeling as Alibius
 1999 Billy Connolly: One Night Stand Down Under as homself
 1999 The Boondock Saints as "Il Duce/Noah MacManus
 1999 The Debt Collector as Nickie Drijden
 2000 An Everlastig Piece as Scalper
 2000 Beautiful Joe as Joe
 2000 Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes as Findlay Crawford (TV-film)
 2001 Gabriel and Me as Gabriel
 2001 The Man Who Sued God as Steve Myers
 2001 Who Is Cletis Tout? as Dr. Saivian
 2001 Billy Connolly live: The Greatest Hits as homself
 2001 Prince Charming as Hamish (TV-film)
 2001 Gentlemen's Relish as Kingdom Swann
 2001 Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty as homself
 2001 Comic Relief Short Pants as homself
 2002 White Oleander as Barry Kolker
 2002 Billy Connolly live 2002 as homself
 2002 Billy Connolly's World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales as homself
 2002 Ultimate Fight from the Movies as Frankie van Crossing the Line
 2002 Billy Connolly: A 'Bafta' Tribute as homself
 2002 Judi Dench: A Bafta Tribute as homself
 2002 The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (rol onbekend)
 2003 The Last Samurai as Sgt. Zebulon Gant
 2003 Timeline as Professor E.A. Johnston
 2003 Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years as homself
 2003 Julie Walters: A 'Bafta' Tribute as homself
 2003 The Importance of Being Famous as homself
 2003 Overnight as homself
 2003 Comic Relief: The Big Hairdo as homself
 2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as Oom Monty
 2004 Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand as homself (TV-reeks)
 2004 Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time as #74
 2005 Billy Connolly: Live in New York
 2005 Ivor Cutler: Looking for Truth with a Pin as homself
 2005 The Aristocrats as homself
 2006 Open Season as McSquizzy (stem)
 2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties as Lord Dargis
 2006 Fido (film) as Fido
 2006 Billy Connolly: The Essential Collection as homself
 2007 Billy Connolly live: Was it Something I Said? as homself
 2008 The X-Files: I Want to Believe as Father Joseph "Joe" Crissman
 2008 Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World as homself
 2009 Open Season 2 as McSquizzy (stem) (TV-film)
 2009 Good Sharma as Reverend Webster
 2009 The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day as Noah MacManus/"Il Duce"
 2010 Gulliver's Travels as koning van Lilliput
 2010 Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as kapitein Glowbeard (1 aflewering) (animasiereeks)
 2011 Open Season 3 as McSquizzy (stem) (TV-film)
 2011 Billy Connolly's Route 66 as homself (TV-reeks)
 2012 Quartet as Wilfred 'Wilf' Bond
 2012 House M.D. seisoen 8 afl. 14 as Mr. Thomas Bell (TV-reeks)
 2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
 2014 What We Did On Our Holiday

Verwysings

Eksterne skakels 
 Connolly se amptelike webwerf
 

Britse akteurs
Geboortes in 1942
Lewende mense
Skotse kunstenaars
Kultuurkritici