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Michael Palin
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1943Born, Broomhill
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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…
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The SimpsonsSpringfield History Museum curator (voice)
BrazilJack Lint
A Fish Called WandaKen Pile
The Death of StalinVyacheslav Molotov
Monty Python's The Meaning of LifeVarious Roles2026Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the MuseumNarratorMovie
2026Small ProphetsBrian · 6 episodesShow
2026JokeMovie
2024Time BanditsCharacters · 10 episodesShow
2020Jeepers CreepersNewscaster (voice)Movie
2020Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in ConversationThanksMovie
2020StagedMichael · 1 episodeShow
2019Worzel GummidgeThe Green Man · 5 episodesShow
2018Vanity FairWilliam Makepeace Thackeray · 7 episodesShow
2018Michael Palin: A Life on ScreenMovie
2017The Death of StalinVyacheslav MolotovMovie
2016Generation '66Movie
2015ClangersNarrator (voice) · 104 episodesShow
2015Absolutely AnythingKindly Alien (voice)Movie
2014Remember MeTom Parfitt · 3 episodesShow
2014Monty Python Live (Mostly)WriterMovie
2014The New Incomplete And Utter History Of EverythingMovie
2013Michael Palin In Wyeth's WorldWriterMovie
2013The Wipers TimesGeneral MitfordMovie
2012A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham ChapmanVarious (voice)Movie
2012Brazil with Michael PalinWriter · 4 episodesShow
2012Python Legs!WriterMovie
2011Arthur ChristmasErnie Clicker (voice)Movie
2010ZULU Comedy GallaMichael Palin · 1 episodeShow
2010Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert HallMovie
2010Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / BevisMovie
2008Around the World in 20 YearsWriterMovie
2008Timewatch: The Last Day of World War OnePresenterMovie
2008Life Of Brian ScreenplayWise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper · ScreenplayMovie
2007Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd KindGariiiiiii (voice)Movie
2007Michael Palin's New EuropeWriter · 7 episodesShow
2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsHeinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal BestVarious CharactersMovie
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus — Michael Palin's Personal BestFish-Slapping Guide / Various Roles (archive footage) · WriterMovie
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal BestVarious CharactersMovie
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal BestVarious CharactersMovie
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal BestVarious CharactersMovie
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal BestVarious CharactersMovie
2006Monty Python's Personal BestCreatorShow
2005Michael Palin & the Mystery of HammershøiHostMovie
2004Himalaya with Michael PalinWriter · 6 episodesShow
2002Sahara with Michael PalinWriter · 4 episodesShow
1999Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure4 episodesShow
1999Monty Python: PythonlandMovie
1997Palin on RedpathWriterMovie
1997Full Circle with Michael PalinWriter · 10 episodesShow
1997Fierce CreaturesAdrian "Bugsy" MaloneMovie
1996The Willows in WinterRatMovie
1996The Wind in the WillowsThe SunMovie
1996TFI Friday1 episodeShow
1995The Wind in the WillowsRat (voice)Movie
1993Tracey Ullman: A Class ActVariousMovie
1992Pole to PoleWriter · 8 episodesShow
1991Rabbit Ears - Jack and the BeanstalkNarrator (voice)Movie
1991G.B.H.Jim Nelson · 7 episodesShow
1991American FriendsRev. Francis Ashby · WriterMovie
1990The WitchesWitch at Meeting (uncredited)Movie
1989Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty PythonWriterMovie
1989Michael Palin: The Art of Travel4 episodesShow
1989Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 DaysWriter · 7 episodesShow
1988Number 27WriterMovie
1988A Fish Called WandaKen PileMovie
1988Consuming PassionsTheatre PlayMovie
1987Daytime Live1 episodeShow
1987East of IpswichWriterMovie
1986Omnibus Presents Comic Relief1 episodeShow
1985BrazilJack LintMovie
1985Screen TwoWriter · 1 episodeShow
1985Friday People1 episodeShow
1984A Private FunctionGilbert ChilversMovie
1984The DressHowardMovie
1983Comic Roots: Michael PalinWriterMovie
1983Monty Python's The Meaning of LifeVarious Roles · ScreenplayMovie
1983The Crimson Permanent AssuranceWorkmanMovie
1982The MissionaryThe Reverend Charles Fortescue · Writer · ProducerMovie
1982Monty Python Live at the Hollywood BowlVarious Roles · WriterMovie
1981Time BanditsVincent · WriterMovie
1981The Box(voice) · ScreenplayMovie
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