Cast
Michael Palin
Acting
Cast
Michael Palin
Known for
Acting
Born
1943-05-05
From
Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
Also known as مایکل پیلین
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.
★7.8
MOVIE1975
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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!
★6.2
MOVIE2026
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Know All
★6.2
MOVIE1997
Fierce Creatures
as Adrian "Bugsy" Malone
★6.8
MOVIE2011
Arthur Christmas
as Ernie Clicker (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2017
The Death of Stalin
as Vyacheslav Molotov
★7.8
MOVIE1979
Life of Brian
as Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
★5.9
MOVIE2015
Absolutely Anything
as Kindly Alien (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE1988
A Fish Called Wanda
as Ken Pile
★6.9
MOVIE1990
The Witches
as Witch at Meeting (uncredited)
★7.7
MOVIE1985
Brazil
as Jack Lint
★7.3
MOVIE1983
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
as Various Roles
★6.6
MOVIE1981
Time Bandits
as Vincent
★7.0
MOVIE2026
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2026
Joke
★6.0
MOVIE1977
Jabberwocky
as Dennis Cooper
★5.8
MOVIE1996
The Wind in the Willows
as The Sun
★7.1
MOVIE1995
The Wind in the Willows
as Rat
★5.6
MOVIE1982
The Missionary
as The Reverend Charles Fortescue
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
as Self, others
★6.4
MOVIE1984
A Private Function
as Gilbert Chilvers
★7.5
MOVIE2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2025
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2019
An Accidental Studio
as Self
★7.2
MOVIE1971
And Now for Something Completely Different
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
★7.6
MOVIE2007
The Secret Life of Brian
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE2012
Produced by George Martin
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1971
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
★7.6
MOVIE2012
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
★8.1
MOVIE2003
Concert for George
as Self
MOVIE2005
The Roots of Monty Python
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE2012
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
as Various (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE1979
Roger of the Raj
as Roger
★7.0
MOVIE1976
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE1998
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)
★8.5
MOVIE1977
Murder at Moorstones Manor
as Charles Chiddingford
MOVIE2022
The Fringe, Fame and Me
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE1969
How to Irritate People
as Various
★4.0
MOVIE2020
Jeepers Creepers
as Newscaster (voice)
MOVIE1974
Henry Cleans Up
as Henry
★7.0
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
as Various Characters
★7.7
MOVIE1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
MOVIE1989
The Movie Life of George
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2013
The Wipers Times
as General Mitford
★6.4
MOVIE1991
American Friends
as Rev. Francis Ashby
MOVIE1999
The Monty Python Story
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2016
Generation '66
★8.0
MOVIE2016
Attenborough at 90
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1976
Tomkinson's Schooldays
as Tomkinson / Headmaster / TV Introducer / Mr Craffitt
★8.5
MOVIE2006
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2024
My National Gallery, London
as Self
MOVIE1990
Viz: The Documentary
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE2007
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
as Gariiiiiii (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
as Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
★6.3
MOVIE1990
Life of Python
as Self / Various Roles
★8.0
MOVIE2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1996
The Willows in Winter
as Rat
MOVIE2008
Life Of Brian Screenplay
as Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper
★6.0
MOVIE2012
Anatomy of a Liar
as Self
MOVIE2009
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE2008
What Is Brazil?
as Self
★4.5
MOVIE2024
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Self
★8.3
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best
as Various Characters
★8.4
MOVIE2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
as Various Roles
★6.3
MOVIE1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles
MOVIE1989
The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1979
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Various Roles
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
as Various Characters
★1.0
MOVIE2025
The Academy of Armando
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE1978
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
as Eric Manchester
MOVIE1993
Meridian: The First Ten Minutes
as Self
★9.5
MOVIE1979
Whinfrey's Last Case
as Gerald Whinfrey
★6.8
MOVIE1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament
as Self
MOVIE2024
How To Make It In Comedy
★8.7
MOVIE2008
Around the World in 20 Years
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1989
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
as Self / Various Characters
★7.4
MOVIE2014
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
as Self
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best
MOVIE2007
What the Pythons Did Next...
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE2002
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2014
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
as Self
★8.4
MOVIE2002
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE1977
Across the Andes by Frog
as Captain Walter Snetterton
★7.2
MOVIE1983
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
as Workman
MOVIE1997
Palin on Redpath
as Self - Presenter
★8.0
MOVIE2005
John Peel's Record Box
as Self
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
as Various Characters
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Monty Python Conquers America
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1988
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
as Self
★8.5
MOVIE2013
Frost on Sketch Shows
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2020
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
as Self
MOVIE1977
The Curse of the Claw
as Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack
MOVIE1986
Comedians Do It On Stage
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
as Various Characters
MOVIE2008
The Seventh Python
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE2013
The Meaning of Monty Python
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1973
Monty Python In The Netherlands
★9.0
MOVIE2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
★9.5
MOVIE1977
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
as Major Errol Phipps
MOVIE2010
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
★7.7
MOVIE2008
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
as Self
MOVIE2011
Making Qi
as Self
★8.2
MOVIE2000
The Unknown Peter Sellers
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1979
Golden Gordon
as Gordon Ottershaw
★7.8
MOVIE2008
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2005
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi
as Host
★8.5
MOVIE1977
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
as Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager
★8.0
MOVIE2003
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1970
Monty Python: Who's There?
as Ken
MOVIE1999
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1972
The Philosophers' Football Match
as Nietzsche
MOVIE2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
as Self (archive footage)
★6.1
MOVIE1975
Three Men in a Boat
as Harris
MOVIE2010
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2015
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
as Self
MOVIE1977
The Broken Bottle
★7.8
MOVIE2013
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
★10.0
MOVIE1993
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
as Various
★5.8
MOVIE2004
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
as Various Characters
MOVIE1999
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE1979
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
as Self
★8.7
MOVIE2025
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1973
Is This a Record?
as Various
MOVIE2021
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1983
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
MOVIETBA
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
as salesman
MOVIE2014
New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE1984
The Dress
as Howard
★9.0
MOVIE2019
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
as Self (archive footage)
★8.0
MOVIE1974
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
as Self
MOVIE2014
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
MOVIE1993
The First Night of Meridian
as Self - Host
MOVIE1971
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
★5.0
MOVIE1981
The Box
as (voice)
MOVIE2003
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse
as Narrator
★5.7
MOVIE2020
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
as Self
MOVIE2014
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
as Self
MOVIE1970
Ending It All
MOVIE2011
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
as Self
MOVIE1999
Monty Python: Pythonland
★7.0
MOVIE2018
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
★5.4
MOVIE1966
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
as Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)
MOVIE2008
Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One
as Presenter
MOVIE2014
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2023
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
as Self
MOVIE1991
Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2019
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
as Self
MOVIE2008
Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2001
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
as Self
MOVIE2008
Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'
as Self