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AlexZ says on 16/Jan/10
I had the good fortune to have my picture taken with him last week, and standing next to him, he is the same height as me exactly: 6ft.
eyegrows says on 1/Sep/09
i agree with yaspaa he is without doubt THE funniest man alive. 6ft n faberooney .x Yaspaa says on 11/Aug/09
Jesus suffering **** he isn't called the big yin for nothing,the funniest man alive is 6'0. chizzy says on 3/Feb/09
just saw him in the zombie movie fido and he looked well bigger than the rest of the cast, just a new movie Parker says on 24/Jan/09
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Still loooking a 6 footer to me. Anonymous says on 21/Jan/09
He looked about 6ft in his prime but looks shorter now. I'd say he's about 5'10". People shrink on average 0.5in every decade after 40 an billys 66, so very much doubt he's 6ft. Mr s says on 26/Dec/08
Billy connolly looked about 6'0" in his prime, but now cant be more than 5'10" Mr D says on 5/Nov/08
Billy must have been at least 6ft in his prime, but he has a huge head, which combined with wild hair and beard give him the appearance of being a lot bigger than he is. But at the end of the cliche - who cares - the guy's a comic genius. Hugh says on 8/Sep/08
6ft0.5 was his peak. Currylord says on 8/Aug/08
I've met Billy Connolly and he is about 5'11. He has joked in the past that the reason he was nicknamed, "the big yin" even though he is not unusually tall is because everybody else in Scotland is so wee. Lenad says on 17/Jun/08
6ft0 at peak? Then downgrade him to closer to 5ft11. Its pretty obvious. Euan says on 11/May/08
govan? unlucky for your mother rob :) however my mother is a weegie too Robbie H says on 4/Jan/08
he looks around 5'11-6ft Neil says on 15/Dec/07
Big yin comes from him being taller than his father, who was also named Billy (William) Connolly. So when they wanted to get a hold of Billy Connolly jr, they props shouted "Billy!", and sr. replied "Yeah?", "no, not you, the big yin".
[Editor Rob: my Mother knew him in school days, went to same school in govan.] Anonymous says on 4/Dec/07
I passed him in Merchant City last month. Was considerably taller than me (6'0") Ed says on 17/Jul/07
He only looked 1.5 inches shorter than Paul Walker and Gerard Butler in Timeline, so 5ft10 would be out of the question. If those two are between 6ft1-6ft2, Connolly has got to be close to 6ft! Chris says on 29/Apr/07
How tall is Pamela Stephenson, Billy's (still rather good looking) wife? pianochris says on 24/Apr/07
In Billy's act he says that Tom Cruise is 5'10" and that he is not 'wee' at all. He also says that that people that call Tom a shorty are just jealous. I think our Billy forgot to check inside Toms special shoes. Also maybe Billy is in denial about his own loss of height. He used to wear platform shoes in the 70's and looked well over six foot in them. spiderknut says on 11/Mar/07
in one of his jokes,he is offended when a woman says "i didnt expect you to be so small".(wherupon he reposts,"Well,I didnt expect your ass to be so fat".doubt he is 6 ft. Luke says on 18/Nov/06
The guys almost 65 so he would have shrunk obviously. You don't get the nickname "big yin" from being under 6 feet tall. short guy says on 17/May/06
I saw Billy in a chemist shop in Sydney a couple of months back. I was suprised - I thought he would be taller. I'm 174cm and he wasn't much taller than me. He was wearing sandals though.
Lilly says on 31/Jan/06
in reply to the comment by shorter yes, in all of tom cruises movies, they film it so he doesn't look as short as he is...I believe billy was 6 foot when he was younger but he's in his sixties now and we all know that people shrink :) Anonymous says on 27/Dec/05
I'm not convinced that Billy is 6' either. I recall at a Bafta Tribute, he stood next to Elton John and was, at most 3 inches taller. If Elton is 5'7.75" as he is listed at, then Billy can only be 5'10"/5'11" max. He's quite slim so that might make him look taller. Tubbs says on 12/Aug/05
I remember watching a documentary that said Billy stood about 6'1" - That was from the 70's, so maybe he's lost a bit of height. larrytom says on 6/Jun/05
hi there i"ve met billy connolly and he"s about 6"1 but he was wearing his cowboy boots they have 2 inch heals don"t they beacuse i"am 6ft Shorter yes says on 15/Mar/05
Why put him as 6ft if he looks shorter? To me he looks around 5ft 10/11 max. Look at him stood beside Tom Cruise in the last samurai. |
