Michael Palin
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.
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Known For
Acting
1985
asJack Lint
1979
asWise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
1988
asKen Pile
1975
asFirst 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!
1983
asVarious Roles
1974
asSelf
1977
asDennis Cooper
1982
asVarious Roles
1997
asAdrian 'Bugsy' Malone
1971
asGumby / 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
2008
asWise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper
2006
asVarious Characters
2014
asSelf
1981
asVincent
2004
asSelf
2006
asSelf
1978
asEric Manchester
2010
asMrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
1996
asThe Sun
2008
asSelf
2007
asHeinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
asSelf
1969
asVarious
2011
asErnie Clicker (voice)
2008
asHimself
1973
asVarious
1982
asThe Reverend Charles Fortescue
1991
asRev. Francis Ashby
1984
asGilbert Chilvers
1976
asSelf
1979
asVarious Roles
1982
asSelf - Various Roles
1989
asSelf
1975
asHarris
2015
asKindly Alien (voice)
1979
asSelf
1995
asRat
1996
asRat
assalesman
1970
as
2012
asVarious (voice)
1997
asHimself / Presenter
2013
asSelf
2012
asSelf
2013
asGeneral Mitford
2001
asSelf
2008
asSelf
1990
asSelf / Various Roles
1981
as(voice)
2012
asSelf
1989
asSelf / Various Characters
1989
asSelf
2014
asSelf, others
1983
asWorkman
2022
asSelf
2014
asSelf
1971
asVarious (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
2009
asSelf
2014
asSelf
2023
asSelf
2016
asSelf
2003
asSelf
2014
asHimself
2008
asSelf
2016
as2002
asSelf
1993
asVarious
2005
asHost
1987
asSelf
2026
as
2003
asNarrator
2017
asVyacheslav Molotov
2008
asPresenter
2009
asSelf
1991
as
2006
as
2010
as
2014
as
1976
asTomkinson / Headmaster / TV Introducer / Mr Craffitt
1977
asEric Olthwaite / Bank Manager
1983
as
2011
asSelf
1977
asMajor Errol Phipps
1977
asCaptain Walter Snetterton
1979
asGerald Whinfrey
1977
asCharles Chiddingford
1977
asKevin Orr / Uncle Jack
1979
asGordon Ottershaw
1979
asRoger
1966
asJazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)
2014
asSelf
1989
asSelf
1977
as
1986
asSelf
2005
asSelf (archive footage)
2007
asGariiiiiii (voice)
1973
as
2015
asSelf
2007
asSelf (archive footage)
1974
asHenry
2004
asSelf
2004
asSelf (archive footage)
2004
asSelf (archive footage)
2004
asSelf (archive footage)
2013
asSelf
1999
asSelf
1999
asSelf
1999
asSelf
1999
as
2018
as
2008
asSelf
2008
asSelf
2008
asSelf
2013
asHimself
2002
asHimself - Presenter
2014
asSelf
2000
asHimself
1990
asSelf
2019
asSelf
2019
asHimself
1988
asSelf
2019
asSelf (archive footage)
1984
asHoward
2007
asSelf
2020
asSelf
2006
as
1970
asKen
2012
asSelf
1971
as2020
asSelf
2005
asSelf
1998
asSelf
2020
asNewscaster (voice)
2021
asSelf (archive footage)(uncredited)
2003
asSelf
2024
as
1991
asNarrator (voice)
2010
asSelf
2011
asSelf
2025
asSelf
1990
asWitch at Meeting (uncredited)
2025
as
2024
asSelf
2006
asVarious Characters
2006
asVarious Characters
2006
asVarious Characters
2006
asVarious Characters
2006
asVarious Characters
asVarious / "It's" man
asSelf - Presenter
asHimself
asHimself
as
asHimself
as
asSelf - Presenter
asJim Nelson
as
as
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asSelf / Various Characters
asVarious Characters
asMichael
asSelf
as 
asSelf - Guest
asHimself
as
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
as as as 
asSelf
asSelf (Presenter)
asSelf
asSelf - Host
as
asHimself
asTom Parfitt
asNarrator (voice)
asVarious Characters
asSelf - Cameo (uncredited)
asSelf
asSelf
asWilliam Makepeace Thackeray
asHimself - Host
asSelf - Presenter
asHimself
as
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asThe Green Man
asGerald Whinfrey
asKevin Orr / Uncle Jack
asRoger
asMichael Palin
asSelf (archive footage)
asSpringfield History Museum curator (voice)
asSelf - Host
asSelf
Production
1982
asCrew
1973
as2020
asDirecting
