Acting credits
42
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Michael Portillo
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
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Movies: 7Series: 36Crew credits: 7
TMDB ID: 1225253
IMDb ID: nm1414326
Known for: Acting
Born: May 26, 1953
Age: 73
Place of birth: Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2026
Years active: 48
Average TMDB rating: 5.9
Wikidata: Q333525
Other jobs
Presenter (3)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.
as Presenter
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
2023 • Movie
as Presenter
Partition, 1921
2021 • Movie
Leadman
Avenge the Crows
2017 • Movie
as Self
Portillo on Thatcher
2008 • Movie
as Self
The Summer of Rave, 1989
2006 • Movie
as Self
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
2003 • Movie
The Rivals
2001 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Portillo.
as Self - Presenter • 5 eps
Great Central Asian Railway Journeys
2026 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 5 eps
Great Korean Railway Journeys
2026 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 15 eps
Great Japanese Railway Journeys
2026 • Series
8 eps
Spain with Michael Portillo
2026 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 2 eps
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
2025 • Series
as Himself • 6 eps
Portugal with Michael Portillo
2025 • Series
as Presenter • 3 eps
Prague with Michael Portillo
2024 • Series
as Presenter • 6 eps
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
2024 • Series
as Presenter • 6 eps
Portillo's Andalucia
2023 • Series
as Self • 4 eps
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
2022 • Series
as Presenter • 65 eps
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
2022 • Series
as Self - Host • 6 eps
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
2021 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
2020 • Series
4 eps
Portillo's Empire Journey
2020 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 20 eps
Great Asian Railway Journeys
2020 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 6 eps
Great Australian Railway Journeys
2019 • Series
as Presenter • 2 eps
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
2019 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 15 eps
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
2019 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 5 eps
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
2019 • Series
as Self - Host • 9 eps
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
2018 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 4 eps
Great Indian Railway Journeys
2018 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 75 eps
Great American Railroad Journeys
2016 • Series
as Self - Host • 10 eps
Portillo's State Secrets
2015 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 5 eps
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
2014 • Series