10.0
10.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
Michael Palin
Also known as: Sir Michael Edward Palin, Sir Michael Palin
Acting
Born:May 5, 1943(age 83)
Birthplace:Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Brasenose College, Shrewsbury School, Birkdale School
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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.
Filmography (145 movies)
10.0
10.0
The Philosophers' Football Match
TBA
as Nietzsche
9.0
9.0
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
1977
Writer
9.0
9.0
Tomkinson's Schooldays
1976
Writer
9.0
9.0
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
2023
as Self
9.0
9.0
Whinfrey's Last Case
1979
Writer
9.0
9.0
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
2019
as Self (archive footage)
9.0
9.0
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
2004
as Self (archive footage)
9.0
9.0
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
2004
as Self (archive footage)
8.8
8.8
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
2002
as Himself - Presenter
8.7
8.7
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
2025
as Self
8.5
8.5
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
as Self
8.5
8.5
Frost on Sketch Shows
2013
as Self
8.3
8.3
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
8.0
8.0
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020
as Self
8.0
8.0
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
2003
as Self
8.0
8.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
8.0
8.0
John Peel's Record Box
2005
as Self
8.0
8.0
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000
as Himself
8.0
8.0
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self
8.0
8.0
Attenborough at 90
2016
as Self
8.0
8.0
Murder at Moorstones Manor
1977
Writer
8.0
8.0
Golden Gordon
1979
Writer
8.0
8.0
Roger of the Raj
1979
Writer
7.8
7.8
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
Writer
7.8
7.8
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
2008
as Self
7.8
7.8
The Meaning of Monty Python
2013
as Self
7.8
7.8
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
as Self
7.8
7.8
Life of Brian
1979
Screenplay
7.7
7.7
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
2001
as Self
7.7
7.7
Brazil
1985
as Jack Lint
7.6
7.6
The Secret Life of Brian
2007
as Self
7.5
7.5
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
2014
as Self
7.5
7.5
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self
7.5
7.5
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
as Self
7.4
7.4
Produced By George Martin
2012
as Self
7.4
7.4
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982
Writer
7.3
7.3
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World
2013
Writer
7.2
7.2
And Now for Something Completely Different
1971
Screenplay
7.2
7.2
A Fish Called Wanda
1988
as Ken Pile
7.1
7.1
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014
Writer
7.1
7.1
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
1979
as Self
7.1
7.1
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998
as Self
7.0
7.0
The Death of Stalin
2017
as Vyacheslav Molotov
7.0
7.0
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
1988
as Self
7.0
7.0
Around the World in 20 Years
2008
Writer
7.0
7.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
7.0
7.0
Generation '66
2016
7.0
7.0
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1977
Writer
7.0
7.0
The Wind in the Willows
1995
as Rat
7.0
7.0
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi
2005
as Host
7.0
7.0
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
1989
Writer
7.0
7.0
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
2015
as Self
7.0
7.0
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
2018
6.9
6.9
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
2010
as Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
6.8
6.8
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
as Eric Manchester
6.8
6.8
East of Ipswich
1987
Writer
6.8
6.8
Arthur Christmas
2011
as Ernie Clicker (voice)
6.6
6.6
Time Bandits
1981
Writer
6.6
6.6
How to Irritate People
1969
as Various
6.6
6.6
The Willows in Winter
1996
as Rat
6.5
6.5
Monty Python Conquers America
2008
as Self
6.5
6.5
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976
as Self
6.4
6.4
What Is Brazil?
2008
as Self
6.4
6.4
An Accidental Studio
2019
as Self
6.4
6.4
A Private Function
1984
as Gilbert Chilvers
6.3
6.3
The Wipers Times
2013
as General Mitford
6.2
6.2
American Friends
1991
Writer
6.2
6.2
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
as Know All
6.2
6.2
Fierce Creatures
1997
as Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone
6.1
6.1
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
as Various Roles
6.0
6.0
Jabberwocky
1977
as Dennis Cooper
6.0
6.0
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
as Self - Various Roles
6.0
6.0
The Dress
1984
as Howard
6.0
6.0
Monty Python: Who's There?
1970
as Ken
6.0
6.0
Anatomy of a Liar
2012
as Self
6.0
6.0
Is This a Record?
1973
as Various
6.0
6.0
Secrets
1973
Writer
6.0
6.0
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
2012
as Various (voice)
5.9
5.9
Three Men in a Boat
1975
as Harris
5.8
5.8
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
as Self
5.7
5.7
The Wind in the Willows
1996
as The Sun
5.7
5.7
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
2020
as Self
5.5
5.5
The Missionary
1982
Writer
5.3
5.3
Life of Python
1990
as Self / Various Roles
5.0
5.0
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
2007
as Gariiiiiii (voice)
5.0
5.0
The Box
1981
Screenplay
4.9
4.9
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
1966
as Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)
4.8
4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
4.5
4.5
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Self
4.0
4.0
Jeepers Creepers
2020
as Newscaster (voice)
1.0
1.0
The Academy of Armando
2025
as Self
How To Make It In Comedy
2024
The Roots of Monty Python
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
2002
as Self
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Monty Python Story
1999
as Self
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
1999
as Self
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
1999
as Self
Monty Python: Pythonland
1999
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
as Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best
2006
Viz: The Documentary
1990
as Self
The Seventh Python
2008
as Self
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
1971
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
Ending It All
1970
New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days
2014
as Himself.
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
1993
as Various
Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One
2008
as Presenter
Meridian: The First Ten Minutes
1993
as Self
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
2009
as Self
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
2019
as Himself
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1971
Writer
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
TBA
as salesman
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Life of George
1989
as Self
The First Night of Meridian
1993
as Self - Host
Henry Cleans Up
1974
Writer
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
as Self
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
1974
as Self
Life Of Brian Screenplay
2008
Screenplay
Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'
2008
as Self
Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'
2008
as Self
Palin on Redpath
1997
Writer
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse
2003
as Narrator
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
2014
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
2010
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
1983
Making Qi
2011
as Self
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
as Self
Across the Andes by Frog
1977
Writer
The Curse of the Claw
1977
Writer
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
2014
as Self
The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin
1989
as Self
Monty Python In The Netherlands
1973
The Broken Bottle
1977
Comedians Do It On Stage
1986
as Self
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014
as Himself
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
2010
as Self
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
2011
as Self
Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Number 27
1988
Writer
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