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Billy Connolly

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Billy Connolly
Sexo mascule
Nascentia 1942-11-24 (Glasgow)
Citatania Regno Unite
Educate in St. Gerard's RC Secondary[*], St Peter's Boys School, Stewartville St, Glasgow[*]
Occupation actor, comico[*], banjoist[*], stand-up comedian[*], actor de film[*], scenarista[*], actor de theatro[*], cantator[*], compositor, guitarrista[*], actor de television[*]
Religion atheismo
Conjuge Pamela Stephenson[*], Iris Pressagh[*]
Premios Commander of the Order of the British Empire[*], Knight Bachelor[*], British Academy Scotland Awards[*], Chortle Awards[*]
Lingua anglese
Sito https://billyconnolly.com/
Identificatores
ISNI 0000000109733049
VIAF 54345736
IMDB nm0175262
Commons
 Billy Connolly

Sir William Connolly (nascite le 24 de novembre 1942), melio cognoscite commo Billy Connolly, es un actor, musico, presentator de television, artista e comico de stand-up pensionate de Scotia. Ille es a vices cognoscite per le supernomine scotese “the Big Yin” (“le Grande”).[1][2] Cognoscite pro su comedia idiosyncratic e sovente improvisate que frequentemente include linguage grossier, Connolly ha obtenite le prime position in multe sondages del Regno Unite como le plus grande comico de stand-up de tote le tempores.[3][4][5][6] In 2017, ille esseva decorate cavallero al Palatio de Buckingham pro su servicios pro le divertimento e pro le caritate. In 2022, ille recipeva le BAFTA Fellowship pro successo de tote le vita del Academia Britannic del Artes Cinematographic e Televisive.

Le profession de Connolly, al initio del annos 1960, esseva illo de un soldator (specificamente un constructor de caldieras) in le cantieres naval de Glasgow, ma ille quitava le posto verso le fin del decennio pro persequer un carriera como cantator de folk. Ille primo cantava in le banda de folk rock le Humblebums insimul con Gerry Rafferty e Tam Harvey, con qui ille restava usque 1971, ante de comenciar a cantar como artista solo. Al initio del annos 1970, Connolly faceva le transition de cantator folk con personalitate comic a comico plenmente disveloppate. Es in ille rolo que ille ha devenite le plus ben cognoscite. In 1972, ille faceva su début theatral, al theatro Cottage in Cumbernauld, con un revista appellate Connolly's Glasgow Flourish.[7] Ille tamben appareva al Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Etiam in 1972, le prime album solo de Connolly, Billy Connolly Live!, esseva producite, con un mixtura de cantiones comic e curte monologos. In 1975, ille attingeva le No. 1 in le UK Singles Chart con “D.I.V.O.R.C.E.”[8]. Un hospite regular in programmas de conversation, ille faceva su prime apparition in Parkinson, emittite per le BBC in 1975, e ille appareva in le programma un record de 15 vices, includente in le penultime episodio, emittite in 2007.[9] Ille etiam appareva in An Audience with... de ITV in 1985. In 2006, le publico britannic classificava Connolly al numero 16 in le sondage de ITV del 50 plus grande stars de television.[10]

Como actor, Connolly ha apparite in films diverse, includente Water (1985), Indecent Proposal (1993), Pocahontas (1995), Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Mrs Brown (1997) (pro le qual ille esseva nominate pro le Premio BAFTA pro le Melior Actor in un rolo principal), The Boondock Saints (1999), The Last Samurai (2003), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008), Brave (2012), What We Did On Our Holiday (2014) e The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014).

In su 75te die natal in 2017, tres portraits de Connolly esseva facite per le artistas prominente Jack Vettriano, John Byrne, e Rachel Maclean. Istes postea se converteva in un parte del sentiero mural official de Glasgow. Connolly annunciava su retiro del comedia in 2018[11]; in le annos desde alora, ille se ha establite como artista. In 2020, ille revelava le quinte edition de su collection Born on a Rainy Day (Nascite in un Die Pluviose) in London[12], sequite per un altere parte plus tarde ille anno, e subsequentemente ha publicate cinque altere collectiones. Durante le filmation del documentario de ITV Billy Connolly: It's Been a Pleasure (Billy Connolly: Il ha essite un Placer), ille describeva como le arte le habeva date “un vita nove”.[13]

Referentias

  1. ↑ Stephenson Connolly, Pamela Stephenson (30 de septembre 2023). Billy Connolly's most intimate interview yet (by his wife): ‘Comedians never used to worry about what was correct to say. You said it, and soon found out’ [Le intervista le plus intime de Billy Connolly usque ora (per su sposa): ‘Le comicos non se inquietava jammais sur lo que esseva correcte a dicer. On lo diceva, e tosto lo discoperiva’] (in anglese), The Guardian.
  2. ↑ Stephenson, Pamela (20 de februario 2001). Billy (in anglese). London (Anglaterra): HarperCollins. ISBN: 978-0-00-711091-9.
  3. ↑ Billy Connolly ‘most influential comedian of all time’ [Billy Connolly ‘le comico le plus influente de tote le tempores’]. BBC News (in anglese) (30 de januario 2012).
  4. ↑ Billy Connolly is best ever stand-up comedian, say Digital Spy readers [Billy Connolly es le melior comico stand-up de tote le tempore, dice le lectores de Digital Spy] (in anglese). Digital Spy (17 de novembre 2011).
  5. ↑ Episode 1.1 The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2007 [Episodio 1.1 Le 100 plus grande comicos de 2007] (in anglese). Comedy.co.uk.
  6. ↑ Billy Connolly retains top spot in C4 poll [Billy Connolly remane in le prime position in un sondage de C4] (in anglese). Comedy.co.uk (11 de april 2010).
  7. ↑ The story of Billy Connolly in 11 and a half chapters [Le historia de Billy Connolly in 11 capitulos e medie] (in anglese) (21 de septembre 2009).
  8. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums [Singulos & Albumes Britannic de Successo], 19ne (in anglese), London (Anglaterra): Guinness World Records Limited, 320. ISBN: 1-904994-10-5.
  9. ↑ Radio Times 15–21 de decembre 2007: Goodnight… and Thank You [Bon nocte… e gratias] (in anglese)
  10. ↑ ITV to salute ‘50 greatest stars’ [ITV va celebrar le ‘50 stars le plus grande’] (in anglese), BBC News (3 de julio 2006).
  11. ↑ Billy Connolly announces retirement from live performance [Billy Connolly annuncia su retiro del representationes in vivo]. The Guardian (in anglese) (3 de decembre 2018).
  12. ↑ Billy Connolly: ‘My art is about revealing myself – like being a flasher in a park’ [Billy Connolly: ‘Mi arte consiste in revelar me mesme, como un exhibitionista in un parco’] (in anglese), Telegraph.co.uk (11 de martio 2020).
  13. ↑ Sulway, Verity (28 de decembre 2020). ‘Happy’ Billy Connolly says he's made peace with death as Parkinson's advances [Billy Connolly, ‘contente’, dice que ille ha facite pace con le morte a mesura que su maladia de Parkinson avantia] (in anglese).
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