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From Wikipedia:<\/a><\/em>William<\/strong>\u00a0“Billy<\/strong>”\u00a0Connolly, Jr.<\/strong>,\u00a0CBE<\/a>\u00a0(born 24 November 1942) is a\u00a0Scottish<\/a>\u00a0comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname\u00a0The Big Yin<\/em>\u00a0(The Big One).[3]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0His first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a\u00a0welder<\/a>\u00a0(specifically a\u00a0boilermaker<\/a>) in the\u00a0Glasgow<\/a>\u00a0shipyards<\/a>, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade to pursue a career as a\u00a0folk singer<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0Humblebums<\/a>\u00a0and subsequently as a\u00a0soloist<\/a>. In the early 1970s he made the transition from folk-singer with a comedic persona to full-fledged comedian, a role in which he continues. He also became an actor, and has appeared in such films as\u00a0Indecent Proposal<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1993);\u00a0Muppet Treasure Island<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1996);\u00a0Mrs. Brown<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1997), for which he was nominated for a\u00a0BAFTA<\/a>;\u00a0The Boondock Saints<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1999);\u00a0The Man Who Sued God<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2001);\u00a0Water<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1985);\u00a0The Last Samurai<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2003);Timeline<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2003);\u00a0Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2004);\u00a0Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2006);\u00a0Open Season<\/a><\/em>(2006);\u00a0The X-Files: I Want to Believe<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2008); and\u00a0Open Season 2<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2008). Connolly reprised his role as Noah “Il Duce” MacManus in\u00a0The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day<\/a><\/em>. Connolly appears as the King of Lilliput in the 2010 remake of\u00a0Gulliver\u2032s Travels<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Wikipedia:William\u00a0“Billy”\u00a0Connolly, Jr.,\u00a0CBE\u00a0(born 24 November 1942) is a\u00a0Scottish\u00a0comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":53468,"parent":40097,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-cast.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53465","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t