From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Movie | Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy | Self | 2020-05-09 |
Movie | Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails | Self (archive footage) | 2019-09-07 |
Movie | An Accidental Studio | Self | 2019-07-12 |
Movie | Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes | Himself | 2019-05-10 |
Series | Worzel Gummidge | The Green Man | 2019-12-26 |
Series | Michael Palin in North Korea | Himself - Host | 2018-09-28 |
Series | Vanity Fair | William Makepeace Thackeray | 2018-09-02 |
Movie | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | Don Quixote | 2018-05-19 |
Movie | Michael Palin: A Life on Screen | 2018-01-07 | |
Movie | The Death of Stalin | Vyacheslav Molotov | 2017-10-20 |
Movie | Attenborough at 90 | Self | 2016-05-08 |
Movie | Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia | Himself | 2015-12-28 |
Movie | Absolutely Anything | Kindly Alien (voice) | 2015-06-26 |
Series | Artsnight | Himself | 2015-03-06 |
Movie | Monty Python Live (Mostly) | Self, others | 2014-07-20 |
Movie | Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar | Self | 2014-06-29 |
Movie | Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace | Himself | 2014-12-10 |
Movie | Monty Python: The Meaning of Live | Self | 2014-11-13 |
Series | Remember Me | Tom Parfitt | 2014-11-23 |
Movie | The Meaning of Monty Python | Self | 2013-10-08 |
Movie | The Wipers Times | General Mitford | 2013-09-11 |
Movie | Frost on Sketch Shows | Self | 2013-03-13 |
Movie | Anatomy of a Liar | Self | 2012-10-26 |
Series | Brazil with Michael Palin | Self (Presenter) | 2012-10-24 |
Movie | Produced By George Martin | 2012-09-11 | |
Movie | A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman | Various (voice) | 2012-09-08 |
Movie | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | 2012-03-04 |
Movie | Arthur Christmas | Ernie Clicker (voice) | 2011-11-10 |
Movie | Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) | Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis | 2010-03-25 |
Series | Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) | Self | 2009-10-18 |
Movie | Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened | Self | 2009-05-10 |
Movie | Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles' | Self | 2008-11-01 |
Movie | Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus | Self | 2008-07-01 |
Movie | The Seventh Python | Self | 2008-06-26 |
Movie | What Is Brazil? | Self | 2008-04-16 |
Movie | Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation | Self | 2008-03-31 |
Movie | Monty Python Conquers America | Self | 2008-01-01 |
Movie | The Last Day of World War One | Presenter | 2008-11-01 |
Movie | Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind | Gariiiiiii (voice) | 2007-12-25 |
Series | Michael Palin's New Europe | Himself | 2007-09-16 |
Series | Movie Connections | Unknown | 2007-09-10 |
Movie | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2007-05-10 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | HImself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | The Secret Life of Brian | Self | 2007-01-01 |
Series | Monty Python's Personal Best | Self / Various Characters | 2006-02-22 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best | Various Characters | 2006-02-22 |
Movie | John Peel's Record Box | Self | 2005-11-14 |
Movie | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | 2004-12-09 |
Movie | Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' | Self | 2004-10-28 |
Series | Himalaya with Michael Palin | Self - Presenter | 2004-10-03 |
Movie | The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2 | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
Movie | The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1 | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
Movie | The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3 | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
Movie | Concert for George | Self | 2003-10-03 |
Movie | The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' | Self | 2003-09-02 |
Movie | Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television | Himself - Presenter | 2002-11-20 |
Series | Sahara with Michael Palin | Self - Presenter | 2002-10-13 |
Movie | The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations | Self | 2001-10-23 |
Movie | The Unknown Peter Sellers | Himself | 2000-04-25 |
Movie | Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches | Self | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | Monty Python: Pythonland | 1999-10-08 | |
Series | Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure | 1999-10-17 | |
Movie | Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm | Self | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | The Monty Python Story | Self | 1999-10-08 |
Series | Full Circle with Michael Palin | Himself | 1997-08-31 |
Movie | Fierce Creatures | Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone | 1997-01-23 |
Movie | The Willows in Winter | Rat | 1996-12-26 |
Movie | The Wind in the Willows | The Sun | 1996-10-16 |
Movie | The Wind in the Willows | Rat | 1995-12-24 |
Movie | Tracey Ullman: A Class Act | Various | 1993-01-09 |
Series | Pole to Pole | Himself | 1992-10-21 |
Series | G.B.H. | Jim Nelson | 1991-06-06 |
Movie | American Friends | Rev. Francis Ashby | 1991-03-22 |
Movie | The Witches | Witch at Meeting | 1990-05-25 |
Movie | Life of Python | Self / Various Roles | 1990-03-16 |
Series | Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days | Himself | 1989-10-11 |
Movie | The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Himself | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python | Self / Various Characters | 1989-11-18 |
Movie | A Fish Called Wanda | Ken Pile | 1988-07-15 |
Movie | John Cleese's First Farewell Performance | Self | 1988-07-13 |
Movie | The Grand Knockout Tournament | Self | 1987-06-19 |
Series | Omnibus Presents Comic Relief | 1986-04-25 | |
Movie | Brazil | Jack Lint | 1985-02-20 |
Movie | A Private Function | Gilbert Chilvers | 1984-11-09 |
Movie | The Dress | Howard | 1984-01-03 |
Movie | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Various Roles | 1983-03-31 |
Movie | The Crimson Permanent Assurance | Workman | 1983-03-31 |
Movie | The Secret Policeman's Other Ball | Himself - Various Roles | 1982-03-01 |
Movie | The Missionary | The Reverend Charles Fortescue | 1982-11-02 |
Movie | Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | Various Roles | 1982-06-25 |
Movie | The Box | (voice) | 1981-03-29 |
Movie | Time Bandits | Vincent | 1981-07-13 |
Series | Travels with Palin | Himself | 1980-11-27 |
Series | Great Railway Journeys | 1980-10-23 | |
Movie | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Various Roles | 1979-12-22 |
Movie | 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 | 1979-08-17 |
Movie | The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 | Self | 1979-06-20 |
Movie | The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash | Eric Manchester | 1978-03-22 |
Movie | Jabberwocky | Dennis Cooper | 1977-03-28 |
Movie | Pleasure at Her Majesty's | Himself | 1976-12-29 |
Series | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | 1976-04-01 |
Series | Ripping Yarns | 1976-01-07 | |
Movie | 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! | 1975-03-14 |
Movie | Three Men in a Boat | Harris | 1975-12-31 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Henry Cleans Up | Henry | 1974-01-02 |
Movie | 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 An | 1971-09-28 |
Movie | Euroshow '71: May Day Special | Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus) | 1971-05-01 |
Movie | Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus | Various Roles | 1971-01-03 |
Series | Clangers | Narrator | 1969-11-16 |
Series | Monty Python's Flying Circus | Various / "It's" man | 1969-10-05 |
Movie | How to Irritate People | Various | 1969-01-21 |
Series | The Complete and Utter History of Britain | 1969-01-12 | |
Series | Frost on Sunday | 1968-09-08 | |
Series | Do Not Adjust Your Set | Various Characters | 1967-12-26 |
Series | Twice a Fortnight | 1967-10-21 |