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Billy Connolly

Scottish actor and comedian

Billy Connolly is a Scottish actor, musician, television presenter, artist and retired stand-up comedian, sometimes known as the Big Yin. After starting as a folk singer with the Humblebums, he became best known for his improvised observational comedy. He was knighted in 2017 for services to entertainment and charity and received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2022.

Billy Connolly appears in 5 films in The Rerun, from 1993 to 2013. Most of that work is in action, drama and adventure. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Peter Jackson (2), Troy Duffy (2).

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What movies and TV shows has Billy Connolly been in?
Billy Connolly appears in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006), The Last Samurai (2003), The Boondock Saints (1999) and Indecent Proposal (1993) on The Remote.
When was Billy Connolly born?
Billy Connolly was born on 24 November 1942.

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