Biographie

Goatee beard

Tangential storytelling in stand-up comedy performances, often featuring multilayered digressions from original story.

Banjo playing

Use of bad language in his stand-up routines

Long hair

Billy's Parkinson's Disease was initially diagnosed under informal circumstances in that he was approached by a doctor in his L.A. hotel lobby after an appearance on Conan O'Brien's show in 2012. After the doctor introduced himself as a fan, he then remarked that Billy's shuffling gait resembled that of someone with the possible early onset of the disease and advised him to get a medical checkup.

Diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer and Parkinson's Disease [September 16, 2013].

In September 2005, he announced that he is returning to live in his native Scotland, after residing in the United States for some years.

In an article with The Guardian newspaper on 23 September 2001, Connolly revealed his childhood trauma of being sexually abused by his father and physically abused by his aunt. His mother abandoned the family when he was 3 years old and the family lived in poverty with Connolly sharing a sofa bed with his father. This led to him drinking and doing drugs which he would overcome with the help of his psychologist wife.

He is a former reserve soldier in Britain's elite parachute regiment, serving with 15 Para (now a disbanded battalion).

I'm now a Doctor of Letters. Most of them Fs and Bs.

Life for me is great. I'm a very f***in' wealthy person, I'm married to a very beautiful woman and I get laid with monotonous regularity.

I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be.

In Scotland, there is no such thing as bad weather - only the wrong clothes.

Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?... He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!