Michael Palin

Acting

🎂 1943-05-05

Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS 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.

Cast credits(213)

Springfield History Museum curator (voice)

1989

Self

2007

Self - Host

1975

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1975

Self - Guest

2006

Self

1982

Self

1975

Self - Guest

1993

Self

1998

Self

2011

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

Various / "It's" man

1969

1987

Self

2006

Self

2007

Self

1987

Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus

1979

Michael

2020

Ken Pile

1988

Self

1995

Michael Palin

2010

Self

2003

Self

2008

Self

2024

Jack Lint

1985

Vyacheslav Molotov

2017

Ernie Clicker (voice)

2011

Self

2008

Vincent

1981

Kindly Alien (voice)

2015

Witch at Meeting (uncredited)

1990

Various Roles

1983

1972

Narrator (voice)

1969

Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone

1997

2025

Self

2022

Self

2011

Jim Nelson

1991

Rat

1995

William Makepeace Thackeray

2018

Self

2012

The Sun

1996

Harris

1975

Self (archive footage)

2014

Gordon Ottershaw

1979

Self

2013

2018

Himself

2014

Self

2019

Self

1976

Self

2007

Self

2009

Gerald Whinfrey

1979

Dennis Cooper

1977

Himself

2007

Roger

1979

Self

2025

Self

2011

1976

Gerald Whinfrey

1976

Roger

1976

Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack

1976

Self

1987

Gilbert Chilvers

1984

Self

2014

Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007

The Green Man

2019

Himself

1989

Self

2014

Various Roles

1982

Self - Presenter

1980

2024

Various (voice)

2012

Rev. Francis Ashby

1991

Tom Parfitt

2014

Self

1998

Various Characters

1967

Self

1986

Self

2010

Self (archive footage)

2007

Himself

1992

Self, others

2014

Howard

1984

The Reverend Charles Fortescue

1982

Self

2009

Self

2020

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

Self

1996