Michael Palin
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". 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Palin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as salesman
as Captain Walter Snetterton
as Dennis (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
as Newscaster (voice)
as Self - Host
as Michael
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Himself
as The Green Man
as Himself - Host
as William Makepeace Thackeray
as Vyacheslav Molotov
as Self
as Himself
as Kindly Alien (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Self, others
as Self
as Himself
as Tom Parfitt
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself
as Self
as General Mitford
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Various (voice)
as Self
as Self (Presenter)
as Ernie Clicker (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
as Michael Palin
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Presenter
as Self
as Self
as Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper
as Self
as Gariiiiiii (voice)
as Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Various Characters
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self / Various Characters
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Narrator
as Himself - Presenter
as Self - Presenter
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Himself / Presenter
as Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone
as Himself
as Rat
as The Sun
as Self
as Rat
as Self
as Himself
as Various
as Self - Guest
as Himself
as Narrator (voice)
as Rev. Francis Ashby
as Jim Nelson
as Self
as Self / Various Roles
as Self / Various Characters
as Self
as Springfield History Museum curator (voice)
as Himself
as Ken Pile
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Jack Lint
as Gilbert Chilvers
as Howard
as Various Roles
as Workman
as The Reverend Charles Fortescue
as Various Roles
as Self - Various Roles
as Self
as Vincent
as (voice)
as Himself
as Self - Presenter
as Various Roles
as Roger
as Gordon Ottershaw
as Gerald Whinfrey
as Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
as Eric Manchester
as Kevin Orr
as Charles Chiddingford
as Major Errol Phipps
as Eric Olthwaite
as Dennis Cooper
as Self
as Tomkinson
as Self
as Gerald Whinfrey
as Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack
as Roger
as Harris
as First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights Who Say NI!
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
as Henry
as Various
as Various Characters
as Gumby / Man with tape recorder / Phrasebook Author / Arthur Pewtey / Second self - defence student / Second Tenant / Lost His Wallet / Shrill Petrol Announcer / Milkman / Ernest Scribbler / Pet shop employee / Lumberjack / Headwaiter Gilberto / Herbert Anchovy / Blackmail Presenter / Gervais Brookhamster / Town Guild Lady
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
as Ken
as Various
as Narrator (voice)
as Various / "It's" man
as Various Characters
as Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)
Writer
as Characters
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Theatre Play
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
Crew
as Additional Writing
Producer
as Producer