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 | The Fringe, Fame and Me | Self | 2022-08-08 |
Movie | Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy | Self | 2020-05-09 |
Series | Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime | Self - Host | 2020-10-04 |
Movie | Jeepers Creepers | Newscaster (voice) | 2020-10-12 |
Movie | Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes | Himself | 2019-05-10 |
Series | Worzel Gummidge | The Green Man | 2019-12-26 |
Movie | An Accidental Studio | Self | 2019-07-12 |
Movie | Michael Palin: A Life on Screen | 2018-01-07 | |
Series | Vanity Fair | William Makepeace Thackeray | 2018-09-02 |
Movie | The Death of Stalin | Vyacheslav Molotov | 2017-10-20 |
Movie | Generation '66 | 2016-07-31 | |
Movie | Attenborough at 90 | Self | 2016-05-08 |
Movie | Absolutely Anything | Kindly Alien (voice) | 2015-06-26 |
Series | Artsnight | Himself | 2015-03-06 |
Movie | Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia | Himself | 2015-12-28 |
Movie | Monty Python Live (Mostly) | Self, others | 2014-07-20 |
Movie | Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar | Self | 2014-06-29 |
Movie | 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Self | 2014-05-24 |
Series | Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) | Self (archive footage) | 2014-11-03 |
Movie | Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule | Self | 2014-12-20 |
Movie | Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace | Himself | 2014-12-10 |
Series | Remember Me | Tom Parfitt | 2014-11-23 |
Movie | Monty Python: The Meaning of Live | Self | 2014-11-13 |
Movie | Frost on Sketch Shows | Self | 2013-03-13 |
Movie | The Wipers Times | General Mitford | 2013-09-11 |
Movie | The Meaning of Monty Python | Self | 2013-10-08 |
Movie | Michael Palin In Wyeth's World | Himself | 2013-12-29 |
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 |
Series | Brazil with Michael Palin | Self (Presenter) | 2012-10-24 |
Movie | Anatomy of a Liar | Self | 2012-10-26 |
Movie | Produced By George Martin | Self | 2012-09-11 |
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 | What Is Brazil? | Self | 2008-04-16 |
Movie | Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation | Self | 2008-03-31 |
Movie | The Seventh Python | Self | 2008-06-26 |
Movie | Monty Python Conquers America | Self | 2008-01-01 |
Movie | Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus | Self | 2008-07-01 |
Movie | The Last Day of World War One | Presenter | 2008-11-01 |
Movie | Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles' | Self | 2008-11-01 |
Movie | Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles' | Self | 2008-11-01 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | HImself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | The Secret Life of Brian | Self | 2007-01-01 |
Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
Movie | Hitler: The Comedy Years | Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2007-05-10 |
Series | Movie Connections | Unknown | 2007-09-10 |
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 | 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 | Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi | Host | 2005-07-14 |
Movie | The Roots of Monty Python | Self (archive footage) | 2005-11-26 |
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 3 | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
Movie | The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1 | Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
Series | Himalaya with Michael Palin | Self - Presenter | 2004-10-03 |
Movie | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | 2004-12-09 |
Movie | Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' | Self | 2004-10-28 |
Movie | Concert for George | Self | 2003-10-03 |
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: Pythonland | 1999-10-08 | |
Movie | Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches | Self | 1999-10-08 |
Movie | Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm | Self | 1999-10-08 |
Series | Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure | 1999-10-17 | |
Movie | The Monty Python Story | Self | 1999-10-08 |
Series | Fantasy World Cup | Unknown | 1998-06-09 |
Movie | Fierce Creatures | Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone | 1997-01-23 |
Series | Full Circle with Michael Palin | Himself | 1997-08-31 |
Movie | The Willows in Winter | Rat | 1996-12-26 |
Series | Clive Anderson All Talk | Unknown | 1996-10-06 |
Movie | The Wind in the Willows | The Sun | 1996-10-16 |
Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
Movie | The Wind in the Willows | Rat | 1995-12-24 |
Movie | Tracey Ullman: A Class Act | Various | 1993-01-09 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
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 | Life of Python | Self / Various Roles | 1990-03-16 |
Movie | The Witches | Witch at Meeting | 1990-05-25 |
Movie | Viz: The Documentary | Self | 1990-05-04 |
Series | Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days | Himself | 1989-10-11 |
Movie | The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Self | 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 |
Series | Going Live! | Unknown | 1987-09-26 |
Movie | The Grand Knockout Tournament | Self | 1987-06-19 |
Series | Daytime Live | Unknown | 1987-10-21 |
Movie | Brazil | Jack Lint | 1985-02-20 |
Movie | The Dress | Howard | 1984-01-03 |
Movie | A Private Function | Gilbert Chilvers | 1984-11-09 |
Movie | The Crimson Permanent Assurance | Workman | 1983-03-31 |
Movie | Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Various Roles | 1983-03-31 |
Movie | The Secret Policeman's Other Ball | Self - Various Roles | 1982-03-01 |
Movie | The Missionary | The Reverend Charles Fortescue | 1982-11-02 |
Series | Wogan | Himself | 1982-05-04 |
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 | Great Railway Journeys | Unknown | 1980-10-23 |
Series | Travels with Palin | Himself | 1980-11-27 |
Movie | The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 | Self | 1979-06-20 |
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 Rutles: All You Need Is Cash | Eric Manchester | 1978-03-22 |
Movie | Jabberwocky | Dennis Cooper | 1977-03-28 |
Series | Ripping Yarns | 1976-01-07 | |
Movie | Pleasure at Her Majesty's | Self | 1976-12-29 |
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 |
Series | Pebble Mill at One | Unknown | 1972-10-09 |
Movie | Euroshow '71: May Day Special | Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus) | 1971-05-01 |
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 | How to Irritate People | Various | 1969-01-21 |
Series | The Complete and Utter History of Britain | 1969-01-12 | |
Series | Monty Python's Flying Circus | Various / "It's" man | 1969-10-05 |
Series | Clangers | Narrator (voice) | 1969-11-16 |
Series | Frost on Sunday | 1968-09-08 | |
Series | A Series Of Bird's | Unknown | 1967-10-03 |
Series | Do Not Adjust Your Set | Various Characters | 1967-12-26 |
Series | Twice a Fortnight | 1967-10-21 | |
Movie | Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World | Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited) | 1966-01-02 |