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...
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Brazil
As Jack Lint
Life of Brian
As Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
A Fish Called Wanda
As Ken Pile
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
As 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!
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
As Various Roles
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
As Self
Jabberwocky
As Dennis Cooper
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
As Various Roles
Fierce Creatures
As Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone
And Now for Something Completely Different
As 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
The Witches
As Witch at Meeting
Life Of Brian Screenplay
As Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best
As Various Characters
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
As Self
Time Bandits
As Vincent
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
As Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
As Self
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
As Eric Manchester
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
As Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
The Wind in the Willows
As The Sun
Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'
As Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
As Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'
As Self
How to Irritate People
As Various
Arthur Christmas
As Ernie Clicker (voice)
Around the World in 20 Years
As Himself
Is This a Record?
As Various
The Missionary
As The Reverend Charles Fortescue
American Friends
As Rev. Francis Ashby
A Private Function
As Gilbert Chilvers
The Secret Policeman's Ball
As Various Roles
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
As Himself
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
As Self - Various Roles
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
As Himself
Three Men in a Boat
As Harris
Absolutely Anything
As Kindly Alien (voice)
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
As Self
The Wind in the Willows
As Rat
The Willows in Winter
As Rat
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
As salesman
Ending It All
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
As Various (voice)
Palin on Redpath
As Himself / Presenter
Frost on Sketch Shows
As Self
Anatomy of a Liar
As Self
The Wipers Times
As General Mitford
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
As Self
The Seventh Python
As Self
Life of Python
As Self / Various Roles
The Box
As (voice)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
As Self
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
As Self / Various Characters
The Movie Life of George
As Self
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
As Self, others
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
As Workman
The Fringe, Fame and Me
As Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
As Self
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
As Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
As Self
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
As Self
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
As Self
Attenborough at 90
As Self
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
As Self
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
As Himself
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
As Self
Generation '66
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
As Self
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
As Various
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi
As Host
The Grand Knockout Tournament
As Self
The Magic Faraway Tree
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse
As Narrator
The Death of Stalin
As Vyacheslav Molotov
The Last Day of World War One
As Presenter
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
As Self
The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam
The South Bank Show: Spamalot
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
Tomkinson's Schooldays
As Tomkinson
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
As Eric Olthwaite
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
Making Qi
As Self
Murder at Moorstones Manor
As Charles Chiddingford
Across the Andes by Frog
As Captain Walter Snetterton
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
As Major Errol Phipps
The Curse of the Claw
As Kevin Orr
Whinfrey's Last Case
As Gerald Whinfrey
Roger of the Raj
As Roger
Golden Gordon
As Gordon Ottershaw
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
As Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)
Michael Palin's Greatest Railway Journey: Derry To Kerry
As Self
The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin
As Self
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
As Self
The Broken Bottle
Great Railway Journeys - Derry to Kerry
As Himself
Comedians Do It On Stage
As Self
The Roots of Monty Python
As Self (archive footage)
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
As Gariiiiiii (voice)
Monty Python In The Netherlands
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
As Himself
What the Pythons Did Next...
As Self (archive footage)
Henry Cleans Up
As Henry
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
As Self
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
As Self (archive footage)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
As Self (archive footage)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
As Self (archive footage)
The Meaning of Monty Python
As Self
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
As Self
Monty Python: Pythonland
The Monty Python Story
As Self
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
As Self
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
As Self
What Is Brazil?
As Self
Monty Python Conquers America
As Self
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World
As Himself
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
As Himself - Presenter
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
As Self
The Unknown Peter Sellers
As Himself
Viz: The Documentary
As Self
An Accidental Studio
As Self
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
As Himself
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
As Self
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
As Self (archive footage)
The Dress
As Howard
The Secret Life of Brian
As Self
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
As Self
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Michael Palin's Personal Best
Monty Python: Who's There?
As Ken
Produced By George Martin
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
As Self
John Peel's Record Box
As Self
Great Railway Journeys - Confessions of a Train Spotter
As Himself
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
As Self
Jeepers Creepers
As Newscaster (voice)
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
As Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
Concert for George
As Self
Full Circle with Michael Palin
As Himself
Sahara with Michael Palin
As Self - Presenter
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
As Himself
Pole to Pole
As Himself
Ripping Yarns
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Monty Python's Flying Circus
As Various / "It's" man
Himalaya with Michael Palin
As Self - Presenter
G.B.H.
As Jim Nelson
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
Pebble Mill at One
The One Show
As Self - Guest
Going Live!
As Self
Monty Python's Personal Best
As Self / Various Characters
Do Not Adjust Your Set
As Various Characters
Staged
As Michael
The Secret Policeman's Ball
As Self
Twice a Fortnight
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
As Self - Guest
Michael Palin's New Europe
As Himself
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
Movie Connections
As Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
As Self
Clive Anderson All Talk
As Self
The Frank Skinner Show
As Self
Frost on Sunday
A Series Of Bird's
Daytime Live
Brazil with Michael Palin
As Self (Presenter)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
As Self
Fantasy World Cup
As Self
Saturday Night Live
As Self - Host
Michael Palin: The Art of Travel
Remember Me
As Tom Parfitt
Travels with Palin
As Himself
Clangers
As Narrator (voice)
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
As Various Characters
Artsnight
As Self
Wogan
As Self
Vanity Fair
As William Makepeace Thackeray
Michael Palin in North Korea
As Himself - Host
Great Railway Journeys
As Self - Presenter
A Life on Screen
As Himself
Michael Palin: Into Iraq
Michael Palin in Nigeria
As Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
As Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
As Self
Legends
As Self
The Graham Norton Show
As Self
Worzel Gummidge
As The Green Man
ZULU Comedy Galla
As Michael Palin
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
As Self (archive footage)
The Simpsons
As Springfield History Museum curator (voice)
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
As Self - Host
