Michael Palin

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK, 1943-05-05

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1969	How to Irritate People	Various	66
2	1971	And Now for Something Completely Different	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	72
3	1973	Is This a Record?	Various	60
4	1974	Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report	Self	0
5	1975	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	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!	78
6	1975	Three Men in a Boat	Harris	59
7	1976	Pleasure at Her Majesty's	Self	65
8	1977	Jabberwocky	Dennis Cooper	61
9	1978	The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash	Eric Manchester	68
10	1979	The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979	Self	71
11	1979	Life of Brian	Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus	78
12	1979	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Various Roles	63
13	1981	Time Bandits	Vincent	66
14	1982	The Secret Policeman's Other Ball	Self - Various Roles	60
15	1982	Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl	Various Roles	74
16	1982	The Missionary	The Reverend Charles Fortescue	56
17	1983	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	Various Roles	73
18	1984	A Private Function	Gilbert Chilvers	63
19	1985	Brazil	Jack Lint	77
20	1988	A Fish Called Wanda	Ken Pile	72
21	1989	The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball	Self	75
22	1991	American Friends	Rev. Francis Ashby	62
23	1995	The Wind in the Willows	Rat	70
24	1996	The Wind in the Willows	The Sun	56
25	1996	The Willows in Winter	Rat	70
26	1997	Fierce Creatures	Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone	62
27	2004	Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?	Self	48
28	2006	Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best	Various Characters	100
29	2006	50 Films to See Before You Die	Self	85
30	2007	Hitler: The Comedy Years	Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
31	2008	Life Of Brian Screenplay	Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper	0
32	2008	Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'	Self	0
33	2008	Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'	Self	0
34	2008	Around the World in 20 Years	Himself	70
35	2010	Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)	Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis	68
36	2011	Arthur Christmas	Ernie Clicker (voice)	68
37	2014	Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule	Self	75
38	2015	Absolutely Anything	Kindly Alien (voice)	59
39		Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch	salesman	0
40	1970	Ending It All		0
41	1971	Euroshow '71: May Day Special	Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)	0
42	1981	The Box	(voice)	50
43	1983	The Crimson Permanent Assurance	Workman	72
44	1987	The Grand Knockout Tournament	Self	57
45	1989	The Movie Life of George	Self	0
46	1989	Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python	Self / Various Characters	70
47	1990	Life of Python	Self / Various Roles	75
48	1993	Tracey Ullman: A Class Act	Various	0
49	1997	Palin on Redpath	Himself / Presenter	0
50	2001	The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations	Self	75
51	2002	Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute	Self	0
52	2003	Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse	Narrator	0
53	2003	The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'	Self	80
54	2005	Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi	Host	70
55	2008	Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation	Self	78
56	2008	The Seventh Python	Self	0
57	2008	The Last Day of World War One	Presenter	0
58	2009	Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened	Self	80
59	2009	Monty Python in Aberystwyth	Self	0
60	2012	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Self	76
61	2012	A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman	Various (voice)	61
62	2012	Anatomy of a Liar	Self	60
63	2013	Frost on Sketch Shows	Self	85
64	2013	The Wipers Times	General Mitford	63
65	2014	50 Years of BBC Two Comedy	Self	80
66	2014	Monty Python Live (Mostly)	Self, others	70
67	2014	Monty Python: The Meaning of Live	Self	75
68	2014	Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace	Himself	0
69	2016	Attenborough at 90	Self	80
70	2016	Generation '66		70
71	2017	The Death of Stalin	Vyacheslav Molotov	70
72	2022	The Fringe, Fame and Me	Self	0
73	2023	Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs	Self	90
74		The Magic Faraway Tree		0
75	1966	Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World	Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)	55
76	1970	Monty Python: Who's There?	Ken	60
77	1971	The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971		0
78	1973	Monty Python In The Netherlands		0
79	1974	Henry Cleans Up	Henry	0
80	1976	Tomkinson's Schooldays	Tomkinson / Headmaster / TV Introducer / Mr Craffitt	90
81	1977	The Broken Bottle		0
82	1977	The Testing of Eric Olthwaite	Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager	70
83	1977	Escape from Stalag Luft 112B	Major Errol Phipps	90
84	1977	Murder at Moorstones Manor	Charles Chiddingford	80
85	1977	Across the Andes by Frog	Captain Walter Snetterton	0
86	1977	The Curse of the Claw	Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack	0
87	1979	Whinfrey's Last Case	Gerald Whinfrey	90
88	1979	Golden Gordon	Gordon Ottershaw	80
89	1979	Roger of the Raj	Roger	80
90	1983	Comic Roots: Michael Palin		0
91	1984	The Dress	Howard	60
92	1986	Comedians Do It On Stage	Self	0
93	1988	John Cleese's First Farewell Performance	Self	70
94	1989	The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin	Self	0
95	1990	Viz: The Documentary	Self	0
96	1990	The Witches	Witch at Meeting (uncredited)	69
97	1991	Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk	Narrator (voice)	0
98	1991	The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam		0
99	1998	Monty Python: Live at Aspen	Self	71
100	1999	Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm	Self	0
101	1999	The Monty Python Story	Self	0
102	1999	Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches	Self	0
103	1999	Monty Python: Pythonland		0
104	2000	The Unknown Peter Sellers	Himself	80
105	2002	Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television	Himself - Presenter	88
106	2003	Concert for George	Self	81
107	2004	The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2	Self (archive footage)	90
108	2004	The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1	Self (archive footage)	90
109	2004	The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3	Self (archive footage)	0
110	2004	Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'	Self	58
111	2005	John Peel's Record Box	Self	80
112	2005	The Roots of Monty Python	Self (archive footage)	0
113	2006	Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best	Various Characters	80
114	2006	Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best	Various Characters	0
115	2006	Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best		0
116	2006	Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best	Various Characters	70
117	2006	Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best	Various Characters	83
118	2006	Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best	Various Characters	0
119	2006	The South Bank Show: Spamalot		0
120	2007	What the Pythons Did Next...	Self (archive footage)	0
121	2007	The Secret Life of Brian	Self	76
122	2007	Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind	Gariiiiiii (voice)	50
123	2008	Monty Python Conquers America	Self	65
124	2008	What Is Brazil?	Self	64
125	2008	Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus	Self	78
126	2010	Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release	Self	0
127	2010	Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall		0
128	2011	The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema	Self	0
129	2011	Making Qi	Self	0
130	2012	Produced By George Martin	Self	74
131	2013	The Meaning of Monty Python	Self	78
132	2013	Michael Palin In Wyeth's World	Himself	73
133	2014	Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns	Self	0
134	2014	The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything		0
135	2014	Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar	Self	60
136	2015	Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia	Self	70
137	2018	Michael Palin: A Life on Screen		70
138	2019	Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes	Himself	0
139	2019	An Accidental Studio	Self	64
140	2019	Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails	Self (archive footage)	90
141	2020	Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy	Self	80
142	2020	Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation	Self	57
143	2020	Jeepers Creepers	Newscaster (voice)	40
144	2021	Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated	Self (archive footage)(uncredited)	0
145	2024	How To Make It In Comedy		0
146	2024	Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration	Self	0
147	2025	The Academy of Armando	Self	0
148	2025	When Bruce Springsteen Came To Britain		90

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	A Series Of Bird's		0
2	1967	Twice a Fortnight		0
3	1967	Do Not Adjust Your Set	Various Characters	74
4	1968	Frost on Sunday		70
5	1969	The Complete and Utter History of Britain		70
6	1969	Monty Python's Flying Circus	Various / "It's" man	83
7	1969	Clangers	Narrator (voice)	70
8	1972	Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus	Various Characters	73
9	1972	Pebble Mill at One		0
10	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
11	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
12	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
13	1976	Ripping Yarns		74
14	1976	Ripping Yarns	Gerald Whinfrey	74
15	1976	Ripping Yarns	Roger	74
16	1976	Ripping Yarns	Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack	74
17	1976	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Self	50
18	1980	Great Railway Journeys	Self - Presenter	70
19	1980	Travels with Palin	Himself	90
20	1982	Wogan	Self	45
21	1986	Omnibus Presents Comic Relief		40
22	1987	Going Live!	Self	60
23	1987	Daytime Live		35
24	1989	Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days	Himself	73
25	1989	Michael Palin: The Art of Travel		0
26	1989	The Simpsons	Springfield History Museum curator (voice)	80
27	1991	G.B.H.	Jim Nelson	65
28	1992	Pole to Pole	Himself	79
29	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
30	1995	The Frank Skinner Show	Self	75
31	1996	Clive Anderson All Talk	Self	0
32	1997	Full Circle with Michael Palin	Himself	74
33	1998	Parkinson	Self	0
34	1998	Fantasy World Cup	Self	50
35	1999	Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure		60
36	2002	Sahara with Michael Palin	Self - Presenter	73
37	2004	Himalaya with Michael Palin	Self - Presenter	79
38	2006	Monty Python's Personal Best	Self / Various Characters	50
39	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	45
40	2006	Legends	Self	50
41	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
42	2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self	37
43	2007	Movie Connections	Self	0
44	2007	Michael Palin's New Europe	Himself	72
45	2009	Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)	Self	75
46	2010	ZULU Comedy Galla	Michael Palin	0
47	2011	The Jonathan Ross Show	Self	51
48	2012	Brazil with Michael Palin	Self (Presenter)	73
49	2014	Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)	Self (archive footage)	0
50	2014	Remember Me	Tom Parfitt	68
51	2014	A Life on Screen	Himself	80
52	2015	Artsnight	Self	0
53	2018	Vanity Fair	William Makepeace Thackeray	74
54	2018	Michael Palin in North Korea	Himself - Host	78
55	2019	Worzel Gummidge	The Green Man	58
56	2020	Staged	Michael	79
57	2020	Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime	Self - Host	73
58	2022	Michael Palin: Into Iraq		88
59	2024	Michael Palin in Nigeria	Self	73

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