Acting
Michael Palin
Born 1943-05-05
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".
Acting
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026 · Self
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 · Know All
Joke
2026
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
2025 · Self
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025 · Self
The Academy of Armando
2025 · Self
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024 · Self
My National Gallery, London
2024 · Self
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
2023 · Self
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022 · Self
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021 · Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
Jeepers Creepers
2020 · Newscaster (voice)
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
2020 · Self
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020 · Self
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
2019 · Self (archive footage)
An Accidental Studio
2019 · Self
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
2019 · Self
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
2018
The Death of Stalin
2017 · Vyacheslav Molotov
Generation '66
2016
Attenborough at 90
2016 · Self
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
2015 · Self
Absolutely Anything
2015 · Kindly Alien (voice)
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014 · Self
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014 · Self
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
2014 · Self
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014 · Self, others
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014 · Self
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014 · Self
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
2014
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
2014 · Self
New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days
2014 · Self
Writer
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World
2013
Python Legs!
2012
Around the World in 20 Years
2008
Palin on Redpath
1997
American Friends
1991
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
1989
Number 27
1988
East of Ipswich
1987
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
1983
The Missionary
1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982
Time Bandits
1981
Roger of the Raj
1979
Golden Gordon
1979
Whinfrey's Last Case
1979
