Billy Connolly
- 82 years old
- Scottish
- Actor and stand-up comedian
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Comedy gold: Billy Connolly's Billy and Albert
The Big Yin's timeless gig at London's Royal Albert Hall sees him in typically energetic and incorrigibly childish mood.
Leo Benedictus, The Guardian, 17th May 2012Billy Connolly is my comedy hero, says Armando Iannucci
Comedian Armando Iannucci has revealed one of his biggest influences is Billy Connolly - because they went to the same school.
Daily Record, 29th April 2012Heckler was being nice, Billy Connolly says
He upset fans earlier this year when he walked off stage after being heckled, but Billy Connolly has now revealed that one of the people he believed was hurling abuse at him was actually offering good wishes.
James Hall, The Telegraph, 25th March 2012Billy Connolly's tour marred by boozed-up heckler
Billy Connolly's troubled tour has been marred by another boozed-up fan who staggered on to the stage.
Norman Silvester, Daily Record, 18th March 2012Billy Connolly's debut art show - video
The Scottish comedian and actor Billy Connolly talks about his first art exhibition, Born on a Rainy Day, which showcases his pen and ink drawings. Connolly, star of Mrs Brown, The Last Samurai and The Hobbit, launched his art show at London's Halcyon Gallery. Prints of Connolly's work are on sale via Castle Galleries across the UK.
Castle Galleries and Cameron Robertson, The Guardian, 15th March 2012Billy Connolly makes art debut
Comedy veteran showcases Born on a Rainy Day, a collection of contemporary pen and ink drawings.
Mark Brown, The Guardian, 14th March 2012Noel Gallagher: Billy Connolly helped me kick £1m drugs
Noel Gallagher has revealed how comic legend Billy Connolly helped him kick the £1million cocaine habit threatening to wreck his life.
Billy Sloan, Daily Record, 4th March 2012Video: Billy Connolly 'Troubles' film airs
A fly-on-the-wall documentary which shows Billy Connolly on tour in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles is to be screened at the Glasgow Film Festival.
Big Banana Feet was made in two days during Connolly's 1975 tour of Ireland.
The only remaining copy of the programme is in an American film archive which has been restored and brought back to Glasgow for the screening.
BBC News, 23rd February 2012Video: David Peat talks to Billy Connolly
David meets Billy Connolly almost forty years since they first met and they discuss the making of Big Banana Feet. Film-maker David Peat, was the cameraman on the observational documentary which followed Billy on tour in 1975. Connolly travelled to Dublin and Belfast for two sell-out gigs. This trip took place at the height of The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
David Peat, BBC, 23rd February 2012Billy Connolly joins The Hobbit
Peter Jackson has announced the latest addition to the cast of The Hobbit. It's Mr Billy Connolly...
Simon Brew, Den Of Geek, 9th February 2012