Billy Connolly is a Scottish born stand-up comedian, musician, presenter and actor. Before turning to acting as a profession he was a welder in the Glasgow Shipyards. He gave it up in the late 1960s to become a folk singer. In the mid-1970s he made the transition to comedian and later to actor. He appeared in Indecent Proposal, The Last Samurai and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.

Connolly is also a playwright and his three credits his name: An' Me Wi' A Bad Leg Tae, When Hair Was Long And Time Was Short and Red Runner.

1. "I'm very big in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Canada and America. It's nice. I have a lovely life, and actually it pays better than the movies. Well, it doesn't pay better than Tom Cruise in the movies. But it pays better than I get. I get bus fare compared to these guys." — Billy Connolly on his life
2. "I don't believe in angels, no. . . . But I do have a wee parking angel. It's on my dashboard and you wind it up. The wings flap and it's supposed to give you a parking space. It's worked so far." — Billy Connolly on angels
3. "I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be." — Billy Connolly on himself
4. "I worry about ridiculous things, you know, how does a guy who drives a snowplough get to work in the morning. . . . That can keep me awake for days..." — Billy Connolly on plowtruck drivers

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1976: Connolly

• 1981: Billy Connolly 'Bites Yer Bum!

• 1985: An Audience with Billy Connolly

• 1994: World Tour of Scotland

• 1994: Billy Connolly Live 1994

• 1997: Billy Connolly: Two Night Stand

• 1997: Mrs. Brown

• 1999: Erect for 30 Years

• 2003: The Last Samurai

• 2004: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

• 2005: Billy Connolly: Live in New York