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William "Billy" Connolly CBE (born 24 November 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 full-fledged comedian.

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  • William "Billy" Connolly CBE (born 24 November 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 full-fledged comedian.
  • Billy Connolly (b. 1942) is a Scottish stand up comic and actor who played Billy Bones in Muppet Treasure Island. He reprised the role in the CD-ROM game. Making a transition from stand-up to television and films, Connolly has appeared in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (with Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, and Craig Ferguson), White Oleander (with Michelle Pfeiffer and Noah Wyle), and has done voice-over work for Disney's Pocahontas (with Mel Gibson), Open Season (with Jane Krakowski), and Pixar's Brave. Connolly has also joked he's the only man ever to have died in a Muppet movie.
  • Billy Connolly is an actor who portrayed Father Joseph Crissman in The X-Files.
  • Billy Connolly is an American voice actor, he voiced Captain Trout.
  • Billy Connolly, born 24th November 1942 in Glasgow, is a Scottish folk musician, actor and stand-up. Commonly known as "The Big Yin", he has a large fanbase and was voted Number One on Channel 4's One Hundred Greatest Stand-Ups in both 2007 and 2010.
  • William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE (born November 24, 1942) is a Scottish Comedian, Voice Actor, Musician, Presenter and Actor.
  • Billy Connolly is the actor who played Billy Bones in Muppet Treasure Island.
  • Penis ‘Billy’ Connolly was the son of Mandy Deadbolt and daughter of Gary Connolly. Best known for his contribution to the rock Kazoo, Connolly has continually fought against the oppressive nature of the liberalists. He inadvertently invented the drinks coaster early in his career. He also seeks vengeance against Frank Zappa, for stealing his intended date of death, December 11, 2001.
  • William "Billy" Connolly, Jr., CBE is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter, and actor who voiced Ben in the 1995 Disney animated film Pocahontas, Billy Bones in Muppet Treasure Island, the narrator in The Ballad of Nessie, and King Fergus in the 2012 Disney/Pixar film Brave.
  • Billy Connolly (właściwie William Connolly, ur. 24 listopada 1942 roku) – szkocki aktor i komik. Odtwórca roli Dáina II Żelaznej Stopy w trylogii Hobbit.
  • Billy Connolly is a Scottish actor and comedian, nicknamed The Big Yin. Starting off as a folk singer, he later transitioned to comedy which has led to him being listed as one of the greatest comedians ever. He has also forged a career in film, most notably in Brave, The Last Samurai, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, Quartet and The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies. He voices Malcolm McCarty in The Quest for Beasts. He appeared in Oliver and Company:The Series as Scottie dog Hugo.
  • Connolly got his nickname "The Big Yin" (The Big One) well before he became a performer. As a teenager, he outgrew his father and to tease him when people talked which Billy they meant, they would usually answer "The Big Yin" and receive the reply "Ah, Wee Billy!". In 1989 he married his second wife, Pamela Stephenson, a former sketch comedienne who similarly had difficulty translating her success in England (Not The Nine O'Clock News) into a career in the United States (Superman III, Saturday Night Live). Stephenson retired from show business and continues to work as a psychologist.
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