Acting credits
39
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Michael Portillo
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.4
Low visibility
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Movies: 7Series: 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: 5.9
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.
6.0
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
as Presenter
2023 Movie
Partition, 1921
as Presenter
2021 Movie
4.7
Avenge the Crows
Leadman
2017 Movie
Portillo on Thatcher
as Self
2008 Movie
7.5
The Summer of Rave, 1989
as Self
2006 Movie
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
as Self
2003 Movie
The Rivals
2001 Movie
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