Michael Palin
Birthday
1943/05/05 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
Also know as
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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 Parr...Read more
Acting
(1985) Brazil
as Jack Lint
(1979) Life of Brian
as Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
(1988) A Fish Called Wanda
as Ken Pile
(1975) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
as 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!
(1983) Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
as Various Roles
(1974) Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
as Self
(1977) Jabberwocky
as Dennis Cooper
(1982) Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
as Various Roles
(1997) Fierce Creatures
as Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone
(1971) And Now for Something Completely Different
as 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
(2008) Life Of Brian Screenplay
as Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper
(2006) Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best
as Various Characters
(2014) Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as Self
(1981) Time Bandits
as Vincent
(2004) Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
(2006) 50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
(1978) The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
as Eric Manchester
(2010) Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
as Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
(1996) The Wind in the Willows
as The Sun
(2008) Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'
as Self
(2007) Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2008) Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'
as Self
(1969) How to Irritate People
as Various
(2011) Arthur Christmas
as Ernie Clicker (voice)
(2008) Around the World in 20 Years
as Himself
(1973) Is This a Record?
as Various
(1982) The Missionary
as The Reverend Charles Fortescue
(1991) American Friends
as Rev. Francis Ashby
(1984) A Private Function
as Gilbert Chilvers
(1976) Pleasure at Her Majesty's
as Self
(1979) The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Various Roles
(1982) The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles
(1989) The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
(1975) Three Men in a Boat
as Harris
(2015) Absolutely Anything
as Kindly Alien (voice)
(1979) The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
as Self
(1995) The Wind in the Willows
as Rat
(1996) The Willows in Winter
as Rat
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
as salesman
(1970) Ending It All
as ---
(2012) A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
as Various (voice)
(1997) Palin on Redpath
as Himself / Presenter
(2013) Frost on Sketch Shows
as Self
(2012) Anatomy of a Liar
as Self
(2013) The Wipers Times
as General Mitford
(2001) The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
as Self
(2008) The Seventh Python
as Self
(1990) Life of Python
as Self / Various Roles
(1981) The Box
as (voice)
(2012) The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
(1989) Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
as Self / Various Characters
(1989) The Movie Life of George
as Self
(2014) Monty Python Live (Mostly)
as Self, others
(1983) The Crimson Permanent Assurance
as Workman
(2022) The Fringe, Fame and Me
as Self
(2014) 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Self
(1971) Euroshow '71: May Day Special
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
(2009) Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self
(2014) Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
as Self
(2023) Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
as Self
(2016) Attenborough at 90
as Self
(2003) The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
as Self
(2014) Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
as Himself
(2008) Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self
(2016) Generation '66
as ---
(2002) Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
as Self
(1993) Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
as Various
(2005) Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi
as Host
(1987) The Grand Knockout Tournament
as Self
The Magic Faraway Tree
as ---
(2003) Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse
as Narrator
(2017) The Death of Stalin
as Vyacheslav Molotov
(2008) The Last Day of World War One
as Presenter
(2009) Monty Python in Aberystwyth
as Self
(1991) The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam
as ---
(2006) The South Bank Show: Spamalot
as ---
(2010) Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
as ---
(2014) The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
as ---
(1976) Tomkinson's Schooldays
as Tomkinson
(1977) The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
as Eric Olthwaite
(1983) Comic Roots: Michael Palin
as ---
(2011) Making Qi
as Self
(1977) Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
as Major Errol Phipps
Across the Andes by Frog
as Captain Walter Snetterton
(1979) Whinfrey's Last Case
as Gerald Whinfrey
(1977) Murder at Moorstones Manor
as Charles Chiddingford
(1977) The Curse of the Claw
as Kevin Orr
(1979) Golden Gordon
as Gordon Ottershaw
(1979) Roger of the Raj
as Roger
(1966) Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
as Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)
(2014) Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
as Self
(1994) Michael Palin's Greatest Railway Journey: Derry To Kerry
as Self
(1989) The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin
as Self
(1977) The Broken Bottle
as ---
(1994) Great Railway Journeys - Derry to Kerry
as Himself
(1986) Comedians Do It On Stage
as Self
(2005) The Roots of Monty Python
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
as Gariiiiiii (voice)
(1973) Monty Python In The Netherlands
as ---
(2015) Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
as Himself
(2007) What the Pythons Did Next...
as Self (archive footage)
(1974) Henry Cleans Up
as Henry
(2004) Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as Self
(2004) The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
(2004) The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
(2004) The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
as Self (archive footage)
(2013) The Meaning of Monty Python
as Self
(1999) Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
as Self
(1999) The Monty Python Story
as Self
(1999) Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
as Self
(1999) Monty Python: Pythonland
as ---
(2018) Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
as ---
(2008) Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
as Self
(2008) What Is Brazil?
as Self
(2008) Monty Python Conquers America
as Self
(2013) Michael Palin In Wyeth's World
as Himself
(2002) Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
as Himself - Presenter
(2014) Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
as Self
(2000) The Unknown Peter Sellers
as Himself
(1990) Viz: The Documentary
as Self
(2019) An Accidental Studio
as Self
(2019) Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
as Himself
(1988) John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
as Self
(2019) Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) The Dress
as Howard
(2007) The Secret Life of Brian
as Self
(2020) Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
as Self
(2006) Monty Python's Flying Circus - Michael Palin's Personal Best
as ---
(1970) Monty Python: Who's There?
as Ken
(2012) Produced By George Martin
as Self
(1971) The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
as ---
(2020) Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
as Self
(2005) John Peel's Record Box
as Self
(1980) Great Railway Journeys - Confessions of a Train Spotter
as Himself
(1998) Monty Python: Live at Aspen
as Self
(2020) Jeepers Creepers
as Newscaster (voice)
(2021) Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
(2003) Concert for George
as Self
(2024) How To Make It In Comedy
as ---
(1991) Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk
as Narrator (voice)
The Bigger Bubble
as Dennis (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
(2010) Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
as Self
(2011) The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
as Self
(1997) Full Circle with Michael Palin
as Himself
(2002) Sahara with Michael Palin
as Self - Presenter
(1989) Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
as Himself
(1992) Pole to Pole
as Himself
(1976) Ripping Yarns
as ---
(1999) Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
as ---
(1969) Monty Python's Flying Circus
as Various / "It's" man
(2004) Himalaya with Michael Palin
as Self - Presenter
(1991) G.B.H.
as Jim Nelson
(1969) The Complete and Utter History of Britain
as ---
(1972) Pebble Mill at One
as ---
(2006) The One Show
as Self - Guest
(1987) Going Live!
as Self
(2006) Monty Python's Personal Best
as Self / Various Characters
(1967) Do Not Adjust Your Set
as Various Characters
(2020) Staged
as Michael
(1976) The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
(1967) Twice a Fortnight
as ---
(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
(2007) Michael Palin's New Europe
as Himself
(1986) Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
as ---
(2007) Movie Connections
as Self
(2007) The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
(1996) Clive Anderson All Talk
as Self
(1995) The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
(1968) Frost on Sunday
as ---
(1967) A Series Of Bird's
as ---
(1987) Daytime Live
as ---
(2012) Brazil with Michael Palin
as Self (Presenter)
(2009) Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
as Self
(1998) Fantasy World Cup
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(1989) Michael Palin: The Art of Travel
as ---
(2014) Remember Me
as Tom Parfitt
(1980) Travels with Palin
as Himself
(1969) Clangers
as Narrator (voice)
(1972) Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
as Various Characters
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
(2015) Artsnight
as Self
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(2018) Vanity Fair
as William Makepeace Thackeray
(2018) Michael Palin in North Korea
as Himself - Host
(1980) Great Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
(2014) A Life on Screen
as Himself
(2022) Michael Palin: Into Iraq
as ---
(2024) Michael Palin in Nigeria
as Self
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(2011) The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
(2006) Legends
as Self
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(2019) Worzel Gummidge
as The Green Man
(1976) Ripping Yarns
as Gerald Whinfrey
(1976) Ripping Yarns
as Roger
(1976) Ripping Yarns
as Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack
(2010) ZULU Comedy Galla
as Michael Palin
(2014) Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
as ---
(2014) Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
as Self (archive footage)
(1989) The Simpsons
as Springfield History Museum curator (voice)
(2020) Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
as Self - Host
(1998) Parkinson
as Self