Michael Palin
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.
Brazil
(Jack Lint)
Life of Brian
(Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus)
A Fish Called Wanda
(Ken Pile)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(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!)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
(Various Roles)
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
(Self)
Jabberwocky
(Dennis Cooper)
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
(Various Roles)
Fierce Creatures
(Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone)
And Now for Something Completely Different
(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)
Life Of Brian Screenplay
(Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper)
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best
(Various Characters)
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
(Self)
Time Bandits
(Vincent)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
(Self)
50 Films to See Before You Die
(Self)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
(Eric Manchester)
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
(Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis)
The Wind in the Willows
(The Sun)
Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'
(Self)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
(Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited))
Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'
(Self)
How to Irritate People
(Various)
Arthur Christmas
(Ernie Clicker (voice))
Around the World in 20 Years
(Himself)
Is This a Record?
(Various)
The Missionary
(The Reverend Charles Fortescue)
American Friends
(Rev. Francis Ashby)
A Private Function
(Gilbert Chilvers)
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
(Self)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
(Various Roles)
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
(Self - Various Roles)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
(Self)
Three Men in a Boat
(Harris)
Absolutely Anything
(Kindly Alien (voice))
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
(Self)
The Wind in the Willows
(Rat)
The Willows in Winter
(Rat)
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
(salesman)
Ending It All
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
(Various (voice))
Palin on Redpath
(Himself / Presenter)
Frost on Sketch Shows
(Self)
Anatomy of a Liar
(Self)
The Wipers Times
(General Mitford)
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
(Self)
The Seventh Python
(Self)
Life of Python
(Self / Various Roles)
The Box
((voice))
The Secret Policeman's Ball
(Self)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
(Self / Various Characters)
The Movie Life of George
(Self)
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
(Self, others)
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
(Workman)
The Fringe, Fame and Me
(Self)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
(Self)
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
(Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus))
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
(Self)
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
(Self)
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
(Self)
Attenborough at 90
(Self)
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
(Self)
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
(Himself)
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
(Self)
Generation '66
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
(Self)
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
(Various)
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi
(Host)
The Grand Knockout Tournament
(Self)
The Magic Faraway Tree
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse
(Narrator)
The Death of Stalin
(Vyacheslav Molotov)
The Last Day of World War One
(Presenter)
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
(Self)
The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam
The South Bank Show: Spamalot
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
Tomkinson's Schooldays
(Tomkinson)
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
(Eric Olthwaite)
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
Making Qi
(Self)
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
(Major Errol Phipps)
Across the Andes by Frog
(Captain Walter Snetterton)
Whinfrey's Last Case
(Gerald Whinfrey)
Murder at Moorstones Manor
(Charles Chiddingford)
The Curse of the Claw
(Kevin Orr)
Golden Gordon
(Gordon Ottershaw)
Roger of the Raj
(Roger)
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
(Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited))
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
(Self)
Michael Palin's Greatest Railway Journey: Derry To Kerry
(Self)
The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin
(Self)
The Broken Bottle
Great Railway Journeys - Derry to Kerry
(Himself)
Comedians Do It On Stage
(Self)
The Roots of Monty Python
(Self (archive footage))
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
(Gariiiiiii (voice))
Monty Python In The Netherlands
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
(Himself)
What the Pythons Did Next...
(Self (archive footage))
Henry Cleans Up
(Henry)
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
(Self)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
(Self (archive footage))
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
(Self (archive footage))
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
(Self (archive footage))
The Meaning of Monty Python
(Self)
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
(Self)
The Monty Python Story
(Self)
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
(Self)
Monty Python: Pythonland
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
(Self)
What Is Brazil?
(Self)
Monty Python Conquers America
(Self)
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World
(Himself)
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
(Himself - Presenter)
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
(Self)
The Unknown Peter Sellers
(Himself)
Viz: The Documentary
(Self)
An Accidental Studio
(Self)
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
(Himself)
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
(Self)
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
(Self (archive footage))
The Dress
(Howard)
The Secret Life of Brian
(Self)
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
(Self)
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Michael Palin's Personal Best
Monty Python: Who's There?
(Ken)
Produced By George Martin
(Self)
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
(Self)
John Peel's Record Box
(Self)
Great Railway Journeys - Confessions of a Train Spotter
(Himself)
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
(Self)
Jeepers Creepers
(Newscaster (voice))
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
(Self (archive footage)(uncredited))
Concert for George
(Self)
How To Make It In Comedy
Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk
(Narrator (voice))
Ripping Yarns
Full Circle with Michael Palin
(Himself)
Sahara with Michael Palin
(Self - Presenter)
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
(Himself)
Pole to Pole
(Himself)
Himalaya with Michael Palin
(Self - Presenter)
Monty Python's Flying Circus
(Various / "It's" man)
G.B.H.
(Jim Nelson)
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
Pebble Mill at One
The One Show
(Self - Guest)
Going Live!
(Self)
Monty Python's Personal Best
(Self / Various Characters)
Do Not Adjust Your Set
(Various Characters)
Staged
(Michael)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
(Self)
Twice a Fortnight
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Michael Palin's New Europe
(Himself)
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
Movie Connections
(Self)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
(Self)
Clive Anderson All Talk
(Self)
The Frank Skinner Show
(Self)
Frost on Sunday
A Series Of Bird's
Daytime Live
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
(Self)
Brazil with Michael Palin
(Self (Presenter))
Fantasy World Cup
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Michael Palin: The Art of Travel
Remember Me
(Tom Parfitt)
Travels with Palin
(Himself)
Clangers
(Narrator (voice))
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
(Various Characters)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Cameo (uncredited))
Artsnight
(Self)
Wogan
(Self)
Vanity Fair
(William Makepeace Thackeray)
Michael Palin in North Korea
(Himself - Host)
Great Railway Journeys
(Self - Presenter)
A Life on Screen
(Himself)
Michael Palin: Into Iraq
Michael Palin in Nigeria
(Self)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
The Jonathan Ross Show
(Self)
Legends
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Worzel Gummidge
(The Green Man)
Ripping Yarns
(Gerald Whinfrey)
Ripping Yarns
(Roger)
Ripping Yarns
(Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack)
ZULU Comedy Galla
(Michael Palin)
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
(Self (archive footage))
The Simpsons
(Springfield History Museum curator (voice))
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
(Self - Host)
Parkinson
(Self)
Life of Brian
(Screenplay)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(Writer)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
(Screenplay)
And Now for Something Completely Different
(Screenplay)
Time Bandits
(Writer)
The Missionary
(Writer)
American Friends
(Writer)
Great Railway Journeys - Confessions of a Train Spotter
(Presenter)
Great Railway Journeys - Confessions of a Train Spotter
(Writer)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
(Writer)
The Box
(Screenplay)
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
(Writer)
Secrets
(Writer)
Number 27
(Writer)
The Missionary
(Producer)
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
(Writer)
Consuming Passions
(Theatre Play)
Around the World in 20 Years
(Writer)
Is This a Record?
(Additional Writing)
Life Of Brian Screenplay
(Screenplay)
Henry Cleans Up
(Writer)
East of Ipswich
(Writer)
Palin on Redpath
(Writer)
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World
(Writer)
Tomkinson's Schooldays
(Writer)
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
(Writer)
Roger of the Raj
(Writer)
Golden Gordon
(Writer)
Great Railway Journeys - Confessions of a Train Spotter
(Director)
Great Railway Journeys - Derry to Kerry
(Writer)
Michael Palin's Greatest Railway Journey: Derry To Kerry
(Writer)
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
(Writer)
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
(Thanks)
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
(Writer)
Michael Palin's New Europe
(Writer)
Sahara with Michael Palin
(Writer)
Monty Python's Flying Circus
(Writer)
Do Not Adjust Your Set
(Writer)
The Two Ronnies
(Writer)
Great Railway Journeys
(Writer)
Ripping Yarns
(Writer)
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
(Writer)
Pole to Pole
(Writer)
Himalaya with Michael Palin
(Writer)
Full Circle with Michael Palin
(Writer)
Time Bandits
(Characters)
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
(Creator)
Ripping Yarns
(Creator)
Monty Python's Personal Best
(Creator)
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
(Creator)