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Actor

Michael Portillo

Acting

Career Snapshot

Explained

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Acting credits

38

Established

Large and steady acting portfolio.

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.

Series

Series

Series credits linked with Michael Portillo.

Spain with Michael Portillo poster

Spain with Michael Portillo

8 eps

2026 Series
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways poster

Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways

as Self - Presenter • 2 eps

2025 Series
Portugal with Michael Portillo poster
7.0

Portugal with Michael Portillo

as Himself • 6 eps

2025 Series
Prague with Michael Portillo poster
7.0

Prague with Michael Portillo

as Presenter • 3 eps

2024 Series
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends poster
8.0

Michael Portillo's Long Weekends

as Presenter • 6 eps

2024 Series
Portillo's Andalucia poster
7.0

Portillo's Andalucia

as Presenter • 6 eps

2023 Series
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo poster
8.0

The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo

as Self • 4 eps

2022 Series
Great Coastal Railway Journeys poster
7.2

Great Coastal Railway Journeys

as Presenter • 65 eps

2022 Series
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo poster
8.5

Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo

as Self - Host • 6 eps

2021 Series
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence poster
10.0

Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence

as Self • 2 eps

2020 Series
Portillo's Empire Journey poster
7.3

Portillo's Empire Journey

4 eps

2020 Series
Great Asian Railway Journeys poster
7.8

Great Asian Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter • 20 eps

2020 Series
Great Australian Railway Journeys poster
7.2

Great Australian Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter • 6 eps

2019 Series
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories poster
7.0

Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories

as Presenter • 2 eps

2019 Series
Great Canadian Railway Journeys poster
7.0

Great Canadian Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter • 15 eps

2019 Series
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys poster
7.0

Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys

as Self - Presenter • 5 eps

2019 Series
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain poster
8.0

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

as Self - Host • 9 eps

2018 Series
Great Indian Railway Journeys poster
6.0

Great Indian Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter • 4 eps

2018 Series
Great American Railroad Journeys poster
8.3

Great American Railroad Journeys

as Self - Presenter • 75 eps

2016 Series
Portillo's State Secrets poster

Portillo's State Secrets

as Self - Host • 10 eps

2015 Series
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo poster
7.0

Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo

as Self - Presenter • 5 eps

2014 Series
Great Continental Railway Journeys poster
8.4

Great Continental Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter • 57 eps

2012 Series
Perspectives poster

Perspectives

1 eps

2011 Series
Great British Railway Journeys poster
7.4

Great British Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter • 290 eps

2010 Series
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