Michael Palin
Acting · Born 1943-05-05 · age 83 · Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
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.
Titles
The Simpsons
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Brazil
A Fish Called Wanda
The Death of Stalin
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Arthur Christmas
Absolutely Anything
The Witches
Time Bandits
Monty Python's Flying Circus
And Now for Something Completely Different
Saturday Night Live
Fierce Creatures
Jabberwocky
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Staged
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
A Private Function
Vanity Fair
The Wind in the Willows
The Missionary
The Magic Faraway Tree
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Remember Me
How to Irritate People
The Wind in the Willows
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
Small Prophets
The Two Ronnies
Pole to Pole
Ripping Yarns
The Wipers Times
Himalaya with Michael Palin
Full Circle with Michael Palin
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
G.B.H.
Michael Palin's New Europe
Sahara with Michael Palin
Three Men in a Boat
The Willows in Winter
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
Worzel Gummidge
American Friends
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Michael Palin: Into Iraq
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Secrets
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
East of Ipswich
Screen Two
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World
Monty Python's Personal Best