Acting
Eric Idle
- Titles
- 118movies51TV shows
- Career
Active from 1967 to 2018, busiest in 2006 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 32top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Monty Python's Flying Circus85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Absurdist Humor5.9average 2.0
- Satire & Parody6.0average 2.3
- Physical Comedy6.0average 2.5
- Situational Comedy5.9average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay6.5average 3.7
- Pop Culture4.2average 2.2
- Nostalgia5.4average 3.6
- Fantasy3.2average 1.8
Rarely in their work
- Psychological2.7, average 5.6
- Melancholy1.9, average 4.7
- Contemporary Realism2.4, average 5.2
- Tension3.7, average 6.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Cult Classic 8
- Family-Friendly 6
- British Comedy 6
- Slapstick Humor 5
- Nostalgic 5
- Witty Dialogue 4
- Historical Parody 3
- Absurdist Humor 3
- British Humor 3
- Sketch Comedy 3
- Meta-Humor 3
- British Sketch Comedy 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
John CleeseActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, +21 more
Michael PalinActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, +18 more
Terry JonesActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, +18 more
Graham ChapmanActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, +18 more
Terry GilliamActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, +18 more
Neil InnesActorMonty Python and the Holy Grail, Do Not Adjust Your Set, The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, +3 more
Carol ClevelandActorMonty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, +2 more
Ian MacNaughtonDirectorMonty Python's Flying Circus, And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python, +1 more
John Du PrezComposerMonty Python's The Meaning of Life, The Wind in the Willows, What About Dick?, Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), Monty Python Live (Mostly)- JJohn HalseyActorThe Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, The Admiral: Pub, Drums and Food, Yellow Submarine Sandwich
Ricky FataarActorThe Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, The Admiral: Pub, Drums and Food, Yellow Submarine Sandwich
Connie BoothActorMonty Python and the Holy Grail, And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
Movies and TV shows
92Upcoming
1 title
as Bogeyhead
2020s
1 title
as The Impressive Clergyman
2010s
9 titles ¡ average score 62
46
TV show ¡ as Hedgehog (archive footage) / Hedgehog
as Dirk McQuickley (archive footage)
59
as Salubrious Gat (voice)
Original Story
73
Writer, Director
74
as The Piano
69
as Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben
2000s
22 titles ¡ average score 58
61
as Merlin (voice)
80
as Various Characters
as Various Characters
57
as Drosselmeier (voice)
63
as Narrator
56
as Melvin/Dirk McQuickly/Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
53
as Celebrity
62
as Coffin Ed
74
TV show ¡ as Pluto Angel (voice)
as Mr. Bix
49
as Waddlesworth (voice)
66
TV show ¡ as Guzelian (voice)
1990s
24 titles ¡ average score 59
40
as Prospector
36
as Alan Smithee
40
as Evil Martin (voice)
65
as Devon (voice)
59
as Slyly (voice)
64
as Dibs
53
as Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel
79
TV show ¡ as Chuck (voice)
54
as Wendel
51
as King Raff
58
as Brian Hope
1980s
17 titles ¡ average score 71
68
TV show ¡ as Jean Passepartout
TV show ¡ as Grant Pritchard
70
as Desmond / Berthold
as Ko-Ko
61
as The Bike Rider
as The Pied Piper / Robert Browning
74
as Various Roles
57
as Commander Clement
82
TV show ¡ as Narrator (voice) / The Pied Piper / Robert Browning
75
as Various Roles
68
as Narrator
1970s
12 titles ¡ average score 76
79
as Mr. Cheeky / Stan 'Loretta' / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee
70
as Dirk McQuickly/The Narrator/S.J. Krammerhead
as Dirk McQuickly (dialogue voice)
TV show ¡ as Derek DeWoods
80
as Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard
TV show ¡ as Various Characters
76
TV show ¡ as Various Characters
as Sokrates
73
as Prosecutor / Marriage Counselor / Arthur Nudge / Self-defence student #4 (interested in pointed sticks) / 'Hell's Grannies' analyst / Arthur Wilson / Arthur Wilson Two / Nightclub Emcee / Linkman / First General / Restaurant Manager / Lingerie Shop Owner / Accountant #1 (falling past the window) / Fairy Godmother / Rita Fairbanks / Simon Zinc Trumpet Harris / Mountie / Lady With Cookbook
78
as Various Roles
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
1960s
6 titles ¡ average score 71
85
TV show ¡ as Various
TV show ¡ as Various
72
TV show ¡ as Various Characters
62
as Young Man (uncredited)
63
as Jazz Band Chauffeur (uncredited)