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.
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Filmography
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Movies 121
self 101
TV Shows 61
Writer 15
Voice 5
Screenplay 3
Narrator 1
Creator 1
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs (2023)
Michael Palin: Into Iraq (2022)
The Fringe, Fame and Me (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 (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)
Attenborough at 90 (2016)
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia (2015)
Absolutely Anything (2015)
Artsnight (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 Live (Mostly) (2014)
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar (2014)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy (2014)
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World (2013)
The Meaning of Monty Python (2013)
The Wipers Times (2013)
Frost on Sketch Shows (2013)
Anatomy of a Liar (2012)
Brazil with Michael Palin (2012)
Produced By George Martin (2012)
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)
John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely (2012)
The Sarah Millican Television Programme (2012)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (2012)
Empire (2012)
Arthur Christmas (2011)
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (2010)
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) (2009)
Around the World in 80 Days (2009)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009)
Around the World in 20 Years (2008)
Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles' (2008)
The Last Day of World War One (2008)
Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles' (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 (2008)
Monty Python Conquers America (2008)
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind (2007)
Michael Palin's New Europe (2007)
Movie Connections (2007)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
The Secret Life of Brian (2007)
Legends (2006)
The One Show (2006)
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Terry Jones' Personal Best (2006)
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Terry Gilliam's Personal Best (2006)
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Michael Palin's Personal Best (2006)
Monty Python's Personal Best (2006)
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best (2006)
John Peel's Record Box (2005)
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi (2005)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? (2004)
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' (2004)
Himalaya with Michael Palin (2004)
A Year at Kew (2004)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1 (2004)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2 (2004)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3 (2004)
Concert for George (2003)
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' (2003)
Mark Lawson Talks To (2003)
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television (2002)
Sahara with Michael Palin (2002)
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute (2002)
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations (2001)
The Human Face (2001)
The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000)
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure (1999)
Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999)
30 Years of Monty Python, a Revelation (1999)
Monty Python: Pythonland (1999)
The Monty Python Story (1999)
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm (1999)
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches (1999)
Fantasy World Cup (1998)
Monty Python: Live at Aspen (1998)
Palin on Redpath (1997)
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997)
Fierce Creatures (1997)
The Willows in Winter (1996)
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
Clive Anderson All Talk (1996)
The Wind in the Willows (1995)
The Frank Skinner Show (1995)
Heroes of Comedy (1995)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act (1993)
Pole to Pole (1992)
G.B.H. (1991)
American Friends (1991)
The Witches (1990)
Viz: The Documentary (1990)
Life of Python (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989)
Michael Palin: The Art of Travel (1989)
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
The Movie Life of George (1989)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance (1988)
Consuming Passions (1988)
Number 27 (1988)
Daytime Live (1987)
Going Live! (1987)
The Grand Knockout Tournament (1987)
East of Ipswich (1987)
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief (1986)
Brazil (1985)
A Private Function (1984)
The Dress (1984)
The News Is the News (1983)
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
The Missionary (1982)
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
Wogan (1982)
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
Time Bandits (1981)
The Box (1981)
Travels with Palin (1980)
Great Railway Journeys - Confessions of a Train Spotter (1980)
Great Railway Journeys (1980)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)
Life of Brian (1979)
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 (1979)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
Jabberwocky (1977)
Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1976)
Ripping Yarns (1976)
Three Men in a Boat (1975)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report (1974)
Henry Cleans Up (1974)
Secrets (1973)
Is This a Record? (1973)
Pebble Mill at One (1972)
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971 (1971)
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Euroshow '71: May Day Special (1971)
The Two Ronnies (1971)
Percy (1971)
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1971)
Monty Python: Who's There? (1970)
Ending It All (1970)
Clangers (1969)
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
How to Irritate People (1969)
The Complete and Utter History of Britain (1969)
Broaden Your Mind (1968)
Frost on Sunday (1968)
Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967)
Twice a Fortnight (1967)
A Series Of Bird's (1967)
Close-up Toothpaste Relaunch
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
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GenderMale
Birthday1943-05-05 (80 years old)
Birth NameMichael Edward Palin
Birth PlaceBroomhill & Sharrow Vale, United Kingdom
RelationshipsHelen Gibbins (1966-01-01 - 2023-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, Livingstone Medal, James Joyce Award, James Joyce Awards, Patron’s Medal, Ness Award, Academy Fellowship Award, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award
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