Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
Homepage: https://www.themichaelpalin.com/
Movie Involvements: 86
TV Involvements: 33
Most Famous Work
Biography
Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. Palin wrote most of his comedic material with Terry Jones. Before Monty Python, they had worked on other shows such as The Ken Dodd Show, The Frost Report and Do Not Adjust Your Set. Palin appeared in some of the most famous Python sketches, including "Argument Clinic", "Dead Parrot", "The Lumberjack Song", and "The Spanish Inquisition". Palin continued to work with Jones after Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns. He has also appeared in several films directed by fellow Python Terry Gilliam and made notable appearances in other films such as A Fish Called Wanda, for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted the 30th favourite by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. After Python, he began a new career as a travel writer and travel documentarian. His journeys have taken him across the world, including the North and South Poles, the Sahara desert, the Himalayas and, most recently, Eastern Europe. In 2000 Palin was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Palin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
The One Show
(2006) Self - GuestG.B.H.
(1991) Jim NelsonGreat Railway Journeys
(1980) Self - PresenterHimalaya with Michael Palin
(2004) Self - PresenterLegends
(2006) SelfMichael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
(2020) Self - HostArtsnight
(2015) SelfRemember Me
(2014) Tom ParfittActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2023 | Self | |
2022 | N/A | |
Self | ||
2021 | Self (archive footage)(uncredited) | |
2020 | Newscaster (voice) | |
Self - Host | ||
Self | ||
Michael | ||
Self | ||
2019 | The Green Man | |
Self (archive footage) | ||
Self | ||
Himself | ||
2018 | Himself - Host | |
William Makepeace Thackeray | ||
N/A | ||
2017 | Vyacheslav Molotov | |
2016 | N/A | |
Self | ||
2015 | Himself | |
Kindly Alien (voice) | ||
Self | ||
2014 | Himself | |
Self | ||
Himself | ||
Tom Parfitt | ||
Self | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
Self, others | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
2013 | Himself | |
Self | ||
General Mitford | ||
Self | ||
2012 | Self | |
Self (Presenter) | ||
N/A | ||
Various (voice) | ||
Self | ||
2011 | Ernie Clicker (voice) | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
2010 | Michael Palin | |
N/A | ||
Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis | ||
2009 | Self | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
2008 | Himself | |
Presenter | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper | ||
Self | ||
2007 | Gariiiiiii (voice) | |
Himself | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
2006 | Self | |
N/A | ||
Self - Guest | ||
Self | ||
N/A | ||
Self / Various Characters | ||
Various Characters | ||
2005 | Self | |
Host | ||
2004 | Self | |
Self | ||
Self - Presenter | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
Self (archive footage) | ||
2003 | Self | |
Self | ||
Narrator | ||
2002 | Himself - Presenter | |
Self - Presenter | ||
Self | ||
2001 | Self | |
2000 | Himself | |
1999 | N/A | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
Self | ||
N/A | ||
1998 | Self | |
Self | ||
1997 | Himself / Presenter | |
Himself | ||
Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone | ||
1996 | Rat | |
The Sun | ||
Self | ||
1995 | Rat | |
Self | ||
1994 | Self | |
1993 | Self - Guest | |
Various | ||
1992 | Himself | |
1991 | N/A | |
Jim Nelson | ||
Rev. Francis Ashby | ||
1990 | Witch at Meeting | |
Self | ||
Self / Various Roles | ||
1989 | Springfield History Museum curator (voice) | |
Self / Various Characters | ||
N/A | ||
Self | ||
Himself | ||
Self | ||
Himself | ||
1988 | Ken Pile | |
Self | ||
1987 | N/A | |
Self | ||
Self | ||
1986 | N/A | |
1985 | Jack Lint | |
1984 | Gilbert Chilvers | |
Howard | ||
1983 | N/A | |
Various Roles | ||
Workman | ||
1982 | The Reverend Charles Fortescue | |
Various Roles | ||
Self | ||
Self - Various Roles | ||
1981 | Vincent | |
(voice) | ||
1980 | Himself | |
Himself | ||
Self - Presenter | ||
1979 | Various Roles | |
Roger | ||
Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus | ||
Self | ||
1978 | Eric Manchester | |
1977 | Kevin Orr | |
Major Errol Phipps | ||
Eric Olthwaite | ||
Dennis Cooper | ||
1976 | Himself | |
Self | ||
N/A | ||
Gerald Whinfrey | ||
Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack | ||
Roger | ||
Tomkinson | ||
1975 | Harris | |
Self - Host | ||
Self - Cameo (uncredited) | ||
First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights Who Say NI! | ||
Self | ||
1974 | Self | |
Henry | ||
1973 | Various | |
1972 | N/A | |
Various Characters | ||
1971 | N/A | |
Gumby / Man with tape recorder / Phrasebook Author / Arthur Pewtey / Second self - defence student / Second Tenant / Lost His Wallet / Shrill Petrol Announcer / Milkman / Ernest Scribbler / Pet shop employee / Lumberjack / Headwaiter Gilberto / Herbert Anchovy / Blackmail Presenter / Gervais Brookhamster / Town Guild Lady | ||
Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus) | ||
1970 | Ken | |
N/A | ||
1969 | Narrator (voice) | |
Various / "It's" man | ||
Various | ||
N/A | ||
1968 | N/A | |
1967 | Various Characters | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
1966 | Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited) | |
salesman | ||
Captain Walter Snetterton | ||
N/A | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2024 | Characters | |
2014 | Writer | |
2013 | Writer | |
2008 | Writer | |
Screenplay | ||
2007 | Writer | |
2004 | Writer | |
2002 | Writer | |
1997 | Writer | |
Writer | ||
1994 | Writer | |
1992 | Writer | |
1991 | Writer | |
1989 | Writer | |
Writer | ||
1988 | Theatre Play | |
Writer | ||
1987 | Writer | |
1983 | Screenplay | |
1982 | Writer | |
Writer | ||
1981 | Writer | |
Screenplay | ||
1980 | Writer | |
Writer | ||
1979 | Writer | |
Screenplay | ||
1977 | Writer | |
1976 | Writer | |
Writer | ||
1975 | Writer | |
1974 | Writer | |
1973 | Writer | |
1971 | Writer | |
Screenplay | ||
Writer | ||
1969 | Writer | |
Writer | ||
1967 | Writer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2020 | Thanks | |
1980 | Presenter | |
1973 | Additional Writing | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2006 | Creator | |
1976 | Creator | |
1969 | Creator | |
Creator | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1982 | Producer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1980 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |