Known For
Acting
Born
May 05, 1943
Place of Birth
Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
Credits
232 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
The Magic Faraway Tree
Know All
Small Prophets
Brian Sleep
Joke
Michael Palin in Venezuela
Self - Host
The Secret Life of Trees
Self - Narrator
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
How To Make It In Comedy
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
Self
Michael Palin: Into Iraq
The Fringe, Fame and Me
Self
Remembers…
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
Jeepers Creepers
Newscaster (voice)
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Self - Host
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
Self
Staged
Michael
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
Self
Worzel Gummidge
The Green Man
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
Self (archive footage)
An Accidental Studio
Self
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
Self
Michael Palin in North Korea
Self - Host
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 (archive footage)
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Self, others
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