Michael Palin

Acting • AGE 83

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 tra...

Acting

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

Self

2026

The Magic Faraway Tree

Know All

2026

Small Prophets

Brian Sleep

2026

Joke

2026

Michael Palin in Venezuela

Self - Host

2025

The Secret Life of Trees

Self - Narrator

2025

When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain

Self

2025

Innes Lloyd: The Producer

Self

2025

The Academy of Armando

Self

2025

David Frost Vs

self

2025

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Self

2024

Time Bandits

Characters

2024

My National Gallery, London

Self

2024

Michael Palin in Nigeria

Self

2024

Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs

Self

2023

Michael Palin: Into Iraq

2022

The Fringe, Fame and Me

Self

2022

Remembers…

2022

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

Self (archive footage)(uncredited)

2021

Jeepers Creepers

Newscaster (voice)

2020

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

Self - Host

2020

Staged

Michael

2020

Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

Self

2020

Worzel Gummidge

The Green Man

2019

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails

Self (archive footage)

2019

An Accidental Studio

Self

2019

Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes

Self

2019

Michael Palin in North Korea

Self - Host

2018

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

2018

Michael Palin: A Life on Screen

2018

The Death of Stalin

Vyacheslav Molotov

2017

Generation '66

2016

Attenborough at 90

Self

2016

Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia

Self

2015

Clangers

Narrator (voice)

2015

Absolutely Anything

Kindly Alien (voice)

2015

A Life on Screen

Self

2014

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

Self

2014

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

Self

2014

Remember Me

Tom Parfitt

2014

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

Self

2014

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

Self (archive footage)

2014

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Self, others

2014

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

Self

2014

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Self

2014

The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything

2014

Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns

Self

2014

New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days

Self

2014

Michael Palin In Wyeth's World

Self

2013

The Meaning of Monty Python

Self

2013

The Wipers Times

General Mitford

2013

Frost on Sketch Shows

Self

2013

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

Various (voice)

2012

Anatomy of a Liar

Self

2012

Brazil with Michael Palin

Self (Presenter)

2012

Produced by George Martin

Self

2012

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Self

2012

Python Legs!

Writer

2012

Arthur Christmas

Ernie Clicker (voice)

2011

Making Qi

Self

2011

The Jonathan Ross Show

Self

2011

Perspectives

Self

2011

ZULU Comedy Galla

Michael Palin

2010

Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall

2010

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis

2010

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release

Self

2010

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

Self

2009

Monty Python in Aberystwyth

Self

2009

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Self

2009

Around the World in 20 Years

Self

2008

Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'

Self

2008

Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'

Self

2008

Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One‎

Presenter

2008

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus

Self

2008

The Seventh Python

Self

2008

What Is Brazil?

Self

2008

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

Self

2008

Monty Python Conquers America

Self

2008

Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind

Gariiiiiii (voice)

2007

Michael Palin's New Europe

Self

2007

Movie Connections

Self

2007

Hitler: The Comedy Years

Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007

The Graham Norton Show

Self

2007

What the Pythons Did Next...

Self (archive footage)

2007

The Secret Life of Brian

Self

2007

Legends

Self

2006

The One Show

Self - Guest

2006

50 Films to See Before You Die

Self

2006

Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best

Various Characters

2006

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best

2006

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best

Various Characters

2006

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best

Various Characters

2006

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best

Various Characters

2006

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best

Various Characters

2006

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best

Various Characters

2006

Monty Python's Personal Best

Self / Various Characters

2006

The Roots of Monty Python

Self (archive footage)

2005

John Peel's Record Box

Self

2005

Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi

Host

2005

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Self

2004

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

Self

2004

Himalaya with Michael Palin

Self - Presenter

2004

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1

Self (archive footage)

2004

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2

Self (archive footage)

2004

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3

Self (archive footage)

2004

Concert for George

Self

2003

The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'

Self

2003

Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse

Narrator

2003

Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television

Self - Presenter

2002

Sahara with Michael Palin

Self - Presenter

2002

Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute

Self

2002

The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations

Self

2001

The Unknown Peter Sellers

Self

2000

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

1999

The Monty Python Story

Self

1999

Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm

Self

1999

Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches

Self

1999

Monty Python: Pythonland

1999

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

Self

1998

Parkinson

Self

1998

Palin on Redpath

Self - Presenter

1997

Full Circle with Michael Palin

Self

1997

Fierce Creatures

Adrian "Bugsy" Malone

1997

The Willows in Winter

Rat

1996

The Wind in the Willows

The Sun

1996

The Wind in the Willows

Rat

1995

The Frank Skinner Show

Self

1995

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

1993

Tracey Ullman: A Class Act

Various

1993

Pole to Pole

Self

1992

Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk

Narrator (voice)

1991

G.B.H.

Jim Nelson

1991

American Friends

Rev. Francis Ashby

1991

The Witches

Witch at Meeting (uncredited)

1990

Viz: The Documentary

Self

1990

Life of Python

Self / Various Roles

1990

The Simpsons

Springfield History Museum curator (voice)

1989

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

Self / Various Characters

1989

The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin

Self

1989

Michael Palin: The Art of Travel

1989

Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days

Self

1989

The Movie Life of George

Self

1989

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

Self

1989

Number 27

Writer

1988

A Fish Called Wanda

Ken Pile

1988

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

Self

1988

Consuming Passions

Theatre Play

1988

Going Live!

Self

1987

The Grand Knockout Tournament

Self

1987

East of Ipswich

Writer

1987

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

1986

Comedians Do It On Stage

Self

1986

Brazil

Jack Lint

1985

Screen Two

Writer

1985

A Private Function

Gilbert Chilvers

1984

The Dress

Howard

1984

Comic Roots: Michael Palin

1983

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Various Roles

1983

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

Workman

1983

The Missionary

The Reverend Charles Fortescue

1982

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Various Roles

1982

Wogan

Self

1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Self - Various Roles

1982

Time Bandits

Vincent

1981

The Box

(voice)

1981

Travels with Palin

Self

1980

Great Railway Journeys

Self - Presenter

1980

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Various Roles

1979

Roger of the Raj

Roger

1979

Golden Gordon

Gordon Ottershaw

1979

Whinfrey's Last Case

Gerald Whinfrey

1979

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

1979

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

1979

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979

Self

1979

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

Eric Manchester

1978

The Curse of the Claw

Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack

1977

Across the Andes by Frog

Captain Walter Snetterton

1977

Murder at Moorstones Manor

Charles Chiddingford

1977

Escape from Stalag Luft 112B

Major Errol Phipps

1977

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager

1977

The Broken Bottle

1977

Jabberwocky

Dennis Cooper

1977

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

Self

1976

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Self

1976

Tomkinson's Schooldays

Tomkinson / Headmaster / TV Introducer / Mr Craffitt

1976

Ripping Yarns

1976

Three Men in a Boat

Harris

1975

Saturday Night Live

Self - Co-Host

1975

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!

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

Self

1975

Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report

Self

1974

Henry Cleans Up

Henry

1974

Secrets

Writer

1973

Is This a Record?

Various

1973

Monty Python In The Netherlands

1973

Pebble Mill at One

1972

The Philosophers' Football Match

Nietzsche

1972

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus

Various Characters

1972

The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971

1971

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

1971