Michael Palin
- Acting
- May 5, 1943 · Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Michael Palin in the Philippines · Self
- Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum · Narrator
- David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth · Self
- The Magic Faraway Tree · Know All
- Small Prophets · Brian
- Joke
- Michael Palin in Venezuela · Self
- The Secret Life of Trees · Self
- When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain · Self
- Innes Lloyd: The Producer · Self
- The Academy of Armando · Self
- David Frost Vs · Self
- Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration · Self
- Time Bandits · Characters
- My National Gallery, London · Self
- Michael Palin in Nigeria · Self
- Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs · Self
- Michael Palin: Into Iraq · Self
- The Fringe, Fame and Me · Self
- Remembers…
- Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated · Self
- Jeepers Creepers · Newscaster (Voice)
- Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime · Self
- Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation · Self, Thanks
- Staged · Michael
- Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy · Self
- Worzel Gummidge · The Green Man
- Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails · Self
- An Accidental Studio · Self
- Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes · Self
- Michael Palin in North Korea · Self
- Vanity Fair · William Makepeace Thackeray
- Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
- The Death of Stalin · Vyacheslav Molotov
- Generation '66
- Attenborough at 90 · Self
- Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia · Self
- Clangers · Narrator (Voice)
- Artsnight · Self
- Absolutely Anything · Kindly Alien (Voice)
- A Life on Screen · Self
- Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule · Self
- Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace · Self
- Remember Me · Tom Parfitt
- Monty Python: The Meaning of Live · Self
- Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) · Self
- Monty Python Live (Mostly) · Self, others, Writer
- Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar · Self
- 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy · Self
- The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
- Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns · Self
- New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days · Self
- Michael Palin In Wyeth's World · Self, Writer
- The Meaning of Monty Python · Self
- The Wipers Times · General Mitford
- Frost on Sketch Shows · Self
- A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman · Various (Voice)
- Anatomy of a Liar · Self
- Brazil with Michael Palin · Self, Writer
- Produced by George Martin · Self
- The Secret Policeman's Ball · Self
- Python Legs! · Writer
- Arthur Christmas · Ernie Clicker (Voice)
- Making Qi · Self
- The Jonathan Ross Show · Self
- Perspectives · Self
- The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema · Self
- ZULU Comedy Galla · Michael Palin
- Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
- Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) · Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
- Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release · Self
- Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) · Self
- Monty Python in Aberystwyth · Self
- Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened · Self
- Around the World in 20 Years · Self, Writer
- Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles' · Self
- Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles' · Self
- Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One · Presenter
- Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus · Self
- The Seventh Python · Self