Michael Palin
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".…
Filmography
ZULU Comedy Galla
2010 · 10.0
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
1971 · 10.0
The Philosophers' Football Match
1972 · 10.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006 · 10.0
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
1993 · 10.0
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
1977 · 9.5
Whinfrey's Last Case
1979 · 9.5
A Series of Bird's
1967 · 9.0
Tomkinson's Schooldays
1976 · 9.0
Murder at Moorstones Manor
1977 · 8.5
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1977 · 8.5
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969 · 8.3
The Simpsons
1989 · 8.0
Small Prophets
2026 · 8.0
Roger of the Raj
1979 · 8.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
2006 · 8.0
Golden Gordon
1979 · 8.0
Staged
2020 · 7.9
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 · 7.8
Do Not Adjust Your Set
1967 · 7.8
Life of Brian
1979 · 7.8
Ripping Yarns
1976 · 7.7
Brazil
1985 · 7.7
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
1969 · 7.6
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
1972 · 7.6
Remembers…
2022 · 7.5
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979 · 7.5
Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
2026 · 7.5
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982 · 7.4
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983 · 7.3
A Fish Called Wanda
1988 · 7.2
Vanity Fair
2018 · 7.2
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983 · 7.2
TFI Friday
1996 · 7.1
The Wind in the Willows
1995 · 7.1
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
1999 · 7.1
The Death of Stalin
2017 · 7.0
Twice a Fortnight
1967 · 7.0
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi
2005 · 7.0
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
2010 · 7.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
2006 · 7.0
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
2018 · 7.0
Generation '66
2016 · 7.0
The Dress
1984 · 7.0
The Witches
1990 · 7.0
Remember Me
2014 · 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975 · 6.9
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978 · 6.8
Arthur Christmas
2011 · 6.8
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 · 6.7
The Willows in Winter
1996 · 6.7
Time Bandits
1981 · 6.6
How to Irritate People
1969 · 6.6
Worzel Gummidge
2019 · 6.4
A Private Function
1984 · 6.4
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979 · 6.4
G.B.H.
1991 · 6.3
The Wipers Times
2013 · 6.3
American Friends
1991 · 6.3
Fierce Creatures
1997 · 6.2
Three Men in a Boat
1975 · 6.2
Jabberwocky
1977 · 6.0
Clangers
2015 · 6.0
Joke
2026 · 6.0
Monty Python In The Netherlands
1973 · 6.0
Monty Python: Who's There?
1970 · 6.0
Is This a Record?
1973 · 6.0
Absolutely Anything
2015 · 5.9
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
2012 · 5.9
The Wind in the Willows
1996 · 5.8
The Missionary
1982 · 5.6
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
1966 · 5.4
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
2007 · 5.1
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · 5.0
The Box
1981 · 5.0
Jeepers Creepers
2020 · 4.0
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986 · 4.0
Daytime Live
1987 · 3.5
Pebble Mill at One
1972 · 0.0
Full House
1972 · 0.0
Friday People
1985 · 0.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006 · 0.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
2006 · 0.0
Life Of Brian Screenplay
2008 · 0.0
The Curse of the Claw
1977 · 0.0
Henry Cleans Up
1974 · 0.0
Monty Python's Flying Circus — Michael Palin's Personal Best
2006 · 0.0
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
2010 · 0.0
Michael Palin: The Art of Travel
1989 · 0.0
Across the Andes by Frog
1977 · 0.0
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
— · 0.0
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
2014 · 0.0
The Mystery of the Missing Morsel of Murder at Moorstones Manor
— · 0.0
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1971 · 0.0
Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One
2008 · 0.0
Ending It All
1970 · 0.0
The Broken Bottle
1977 · 0.0
Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk
1991 · 0.0
Monty Python: Pythonland
1999 · 0.0