Michael Palin
Acting
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…
Filmography
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David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
Small Prophets
2026
Joke
2026
Michael Palin in Venezuela
2025
The Secret Life of Trees
2025
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
2025
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025
The Academy of Armando
2025
David Frost Vs
2025
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
Michael Palin in Nigeria
2024
How To Make It In Comedy
How To Make It In Comedy
2024
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
2023
Michael Palin: Into Iraq
2022
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
Remembers…
2022
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021
Jeepers Creepers
2020
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
2020
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
2020
Staged
2020
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020
Worzel Gummidge
2019
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
2019
An Accidental Studio
2019
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
2019
Michael Palin in North Korea
2018
Vanity Fair
2018
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
2018
The Death of Stalin
2017
Generation '66
2016
Attenborough at 90
2016
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
2015
Clangers
2015
Artsnight
Artsnight
2015
Absolutely Anything
2015
A Life on Screen
2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
2014
Remember Me
2014
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
2014
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
2014
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
2014
New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days
2014
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World
2013
The Meaning of Monty Python
2013
The Wipers Times
2013
Frost on Sketch Shows
2013
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
2012
Anatomy of a Liar
2012
Brazil with Michael Palin
2012
Produced by George Martin
2012
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
Arthur Christmas
2011
Making Qi
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Perspectives
2011
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
2011
ZULU Comedy Galla
2010
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
2010
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
2010
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
2010
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
2009
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
Around the World in 20 Years
2008
Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'
2008
Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'
2008
Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One
2008
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
2008
The Seventh Python
2008
What Is Brazil?
2008
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
Life Of Brian Screenplay
Life Of Brian Screenplay
2008
Monty Python Conquers America
2008