Acting credits
38
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Michael Portillo
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.3
Low visibility
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Movies: 6Series: 33Crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 1225253
IMDb ID: nm1414326
Known for: Acting
Born: May 26, 1953
Age: 72
Place of birth: Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2026
Years active: 48
Average TMDB rating: 5.88
Wikidata: Q333525
Other jobs
Presenter (2)Writer (2)Creator (1)Leadman (1)
Biography
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician. He was first elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1984.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michael Portillo.
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Portillo.
Spain with Michael Portillo
8 eps
2026 Series
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
as Self - Presenter • 2 eps
2025 Series
7.0
Portugal with Michael Portillo
as Himself • 6 eps
2025 Series
7.0
Prague with Michael Portillo
as Presenter • 3 eps
2024 Series
8.0
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
as Presenter • 6 eps
2024 Series
7.0
Portillo's Andalucia
as Presenter • 6 eps
2023 Series
8.0
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
as Self • 4 eps
2022 Series
7.2
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
as Presenter • 65 eps
2022 Series
8.5
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
as Self - Host • 6 eps
2021 Series
10.0
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
as Self • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.3
Portillo's Empire Journey
4 eps
2020 Series
7.8
Great Asian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter • 20 eps
2020 Series
7.2
Great Australian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter • 6 eps
2019 Series
7.0
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
as Presenter • 2 eps
2019 Series
7.0
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter • 15 eps
2019 Series
7.0
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
as Self - Presenter • 5 eps
2019 Series
8.0
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
as Self - Host • 9 eps
2018 Series
6.0
Great Indian Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter • 4 eps
2018 Series
8.3
Great American Railroad Journeys
as Self - Presenter • 75 eps
2016 Series
Portillo's State Secrets
as Self - Host • 10 eps
2015 Series
7.0
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
as Self - Presenter • 5 eps
2014 Series
8.4
Great Continental Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter • 57 eps
2012 Series
Perspectives
1 eps
2011 Series
7.4
Great British Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter • 290 eps
2010 Series