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Michael Palin
Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn May 5, 1943 (81 years)
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.
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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.
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| 2024 | |
| 2022 | Michael Palin: Into Iraq (TV Series) |
| 2022 | |
| 2020 | Staged (TV Series) · as Michael |
| 2019 | Worzel Gummidge (2019) (TV Series) · as The Green Man |
| 2018 | Vanity Fair (2018) (TV Series) · as William Makepeace Thackeray |
| 2017 | The Death of Stalin · as Vyacheslav Molotov |
| 2015 | Clangers (2015) (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2015 | Absolutely Anything · as Kindly Alien (voice) |
| 2014 | Remember Me (TV Series) · as Tom Parfitt |
| 2013 | The Wipers Times · as General Mitford |
| 2012 | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman · as Various (voice) |
| 2011 | Arthur Christmas · as Ernie Clicker (voice) |
| 2010 | Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy · as Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Life Of Brian Screenplay · as Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper |
| 2007 | Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind · as Gariiiiiii (voice) |
| 2005 | |
| 2001 | The Human Face (TV Series) · as Applicant |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python · as Luigi Vercotti |
| 1999 | Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (TV Series) |
| 1999 | SNL: 25 Years of Music · as Mr. Jenkins |
| 1997 | Fierce Creatures · as Adrian 'bugsy' Malone |
| 1996 | The Willows in Winter · as Rat |
| 1996 | Mr. Toad's Wild Ride · as The Sun |
| 1995 | The Wind in the Willows · as Rat |
| 1993 | Tracey Ullman: A Class Act · as Various |
| 1991 | GBH (TV Series) · as Jim Nelson |
| 1991 | American Friends · as Rev. Francis Ashby |
| 1990 | The Witches · as Witch At Meeting |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Springfield History Museum Curator (voice) |
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda · as Ken Pile |
| 1988 | Home and Away (TV Series) · as Surfer |
| 1985 | Monty Pythons galna show · as Various |
| 1985 | Brazil · as Jack Lint |
| 1984 | A Private Function · as Gilbert Chilvers |
| 1984 | The Dress · as Howard |
| 1983 | Monty Python's the Meaning of Life · as Various Roles |
| 1983 | The Crimson Permanent Assurance · as Workman |
| 1982 | The Missionary · as The Reverend Charles Fortescue |
| 1982 | Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl · as Various Roles |
| 1981 | Time Bandits · as Vincent |
| 1981 | The Box · as (voice) |
| 1979 | The Secret Policeman's Ball · as Various Roles |
| 1979 | Monty Python's 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 |
| 1979 | The Innes Book of Records (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1979 | Henry Cleans Up · as Henry |
| 1978 | The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash · as Eric Manchester |
| 1977 | The Red Dress · as Cast |
| 1977 | Jabberwocky · as Dennis Cooper |
| 1976 | Ripping Yarns (TV Series) · as Gerald Whinfrey |
| 1975 | Three Men in a Boat · as Harris |
| 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! |
| 1973 | Is This a Record? · as Various |
| 1972 | Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (TV Series) · as Various Characters |
| 1971 | Monty Python's 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 |
| 1971 | Montreux 1971 · as Various |
| 1969 | Clangers (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1969 | Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV Series) · as Various / "it's" Man |
| 1969 | How to Irritate People · as Various |
| 1969 | The Complete and Utter History of Britain (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Frost on Sunday (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Marty (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1967 | Do Not Adjust Your Set (TV Series) · as Various Characters |
| 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1966 | Isadora · as Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |