Biography
Michael Palin
Acting
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…
Career works
221
Movies
155
Series
66
Career average
7.1/10
Birth date
05/05/1943
Place of birth
Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
Filmography highlights
Movies
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026 · 7.0
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026 · 6.2
Joke
2026 · 6.0
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
2025 · 8.7
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
2025 · 7.0
The Academy of Armando
2025 · 1.0
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024 · 4.5
My National Gallery, London
2024 · 8.0
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How To Make It In Comedy
2024
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
2023 · 9.0
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021
Jeepers Creepers
2020 · 4.0
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Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
2020 · 5.7
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
2020 · 8.0
Series
Small Prophets
2026 · 8.4
Michael Palin in Venezuela
2025 · 6.4
The Secret Life of Trees
2025 · 7.0
David Frost Vs
2025 · 6.9
Michael Palin in Nigeria
2024 · 7.6
Michael Palin: Into Iraq
2022 · 8.3
Remembers…
2022 · 7.0
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
2020 · 8.0
Staged
2020 · 7.9
Worzel Gummidge
2019 · 6.4
Michael Palin in North Korea
2018 · 7.8
Vanity Fair
2018 · 7.2
Clangers
2015 · 6.0
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Artsnight
2015
A Life on Screen
2014 · 8.0