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.

James says on 27/Oct/08
more 5ft11 today maybe

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

Vic says on 21/Apr/08
I'm sure this incorrect. I've never met Billy Connolly, but he looks tall. Also, ge doesn't come across as the type of guy that would care about his height at all, so I'm sure he's not wearing cowboy boots for that reason. On stage and in his travel documentries, I would guess he is somewhere between 6'1 - 6'3

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".

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.