Acting credits
196
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Michael Palin
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 151Series: 55Crew credits: 49
TMDB ID: 383
IMDb ID: nm0001589
Known for: Acting
Born: May 5, 1943
Age: 82
Place of birth: Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1966 - 2026
Years active: 61
Average TMDB rating: 6.95
Wikidata: Q223985
Also known as
مایکل پیلین
Other jobs
Writer (39)Screenplay (5)Creator (2)Additional Writing (1)Characters (1)Theatre Play (1)
Biography
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 sketches, including "Argument Clinic", "Dead Parrot", "The Lumberjack Song", and "The Spanish Inquisition". Palin continued to work with Jones after Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns. He has also appeared in several films directed by fellow Python Terry Gilliam and made notable appearances in other films such as A Fish Called Wanda, for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted the 30th favourite by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. After Python, he began a new career as a travel writer and travel documentarian. His journeys have taken him across the world, including the North and South Poles, the Sahara desert, the Himalayas and, most recently, Eastern Europe. In 2000 Palin was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to television.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Michael Palin.
Mar 26
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 Movie
Joke
2026 Movie
8.7
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
as Self
2025 Movie
8.0
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self
2025 Movie
1.0
The Academy of Armando
as Self
2025 Movie
4.5
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Self
2024 Movie
9.0
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
as Self
2023 Movie
The Fringe, Fame and Me
as Self
2022 Movie
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
2021 Movie
4.0
Jeepers Creepers
as Newscaster (voice)
2020 Movie
8.0
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
as Self
2020 Movie
9.0
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
6.4
An Accidental Studio
as Self
2019 Movie
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
as Self
2019 Movie
7.0
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
2018 Movie
7.0
The Death of Stalin
as Vyacheslav Molotov
2017 Movie
7.0
Generation '66
2016 Movie
8.0
Attenborough at 90
as Self
2016 Movie
7.0
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
as Self
2015 Movie
5.9
Absolutely Anything
as Kindly Alien (voice)
2015 Movie
7.5
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as Self
2014 Movie
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
as Self
2014 Movie
7.4
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
as Self
2014 Movie
7.1
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
as Self, others
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Michael Palin.
5.8
Michael Palin in Venezuela
as Self - Host • 3 eps
2025 Series
7.0
The Secret Life of Trees
as Self - Narrator • 3 eps
2025 Series
6.2
Time Bandits
Characters • 10 eps
2024 Series
7.3
Michael Palin in Nigeria
as Self • 3 eps
2024 Series
8.3
Michael Palin: Into Iraq
3 eps
2022 Series
Remembers…
2 eps
2022 Series
7.3
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
as Self - Host • 4 eps
2020 Series
7.9
Staged
as Michael • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.2
Worzel Gummidge
as The Green Man • 5 eps
2019 Series
7.7
Michael Palin in North Korea
as Self - Host • 2 eps
2018 Series
7.3
Vanity Fair
as William Makepeace Thackeray • 7 eps
2018 Series
8.0
A Life on Screen
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.9
Remember Me
as Tom Parfitt • 3 eps
2014 Series
2.0
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
as Self (archive footage) • 5 eps
2014 Series
7.3
Brazil with Michael Palin
as Self (Presenter) • 4 eps
2012 Series
5.3
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
Perspectives
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
10.0
ZULU Comedy Galla
as Michael Palin • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.5
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
as Self • 6 eps
2009 Series
7.5
Michael Palin's New Europe
as Self • 7 eps
2007 Series
Movie Connections
as Self • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self • 3 eps
2007 Series
5.0
Legends
as Self • 1 eps
2006 Series
4.4
The One Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2006 Series