Acting
Eric Idle
- Titles
- 119movies55TV shows
- Career
Active from 1967 to 2018, busiest in 2006 with 8 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 33top three billing
- Average score
62/100
- Highest rated
Monty Python's Flying Circus92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Absurdist Humor5.8average 2.0
- Satire & Parody6.0average 2.3
- Physical Comedy6.0average 2.5
- Situational Comedy6.0average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay6.5average 3.7
- Pop Culture4.3average 2.2
- Nostalgia5.5average 3.6
- Fantasy3.2average 1.8
Rarely in their work
- Psychological2.8, average 5.6
- Contemporary Realism2.5, average 5.2
- Melancholy2.0, average 4.7
- Tension3.9, average 6.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Cult Classic 9
- Family-Friendly 6
- British Comedy 6
- Slapstick Humor 5
- Nostalgic 5
- Witty Dialogue 5
- British Humor 4
- Absurdist Humor 4
- Sketch Comedy 4
- Meta-Humor 4
- Absurdist Comedy 3
- Historical Parody 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
John CleeseActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, +21 more
Graham ChapmanActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, +18 more
Terry GilliamActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, +18 more
Michael PalinActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Do Not Adjust Your Set, +18 more
Terry JonesActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Do Not Adjust Your Set, +17 more
Neil InnesActorMonty Python and the Holy Grail, Do Not Adjust Your Set, Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, +3 more
Carol ClevelandActorLife of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 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 Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
John Du PrezComposerMonty Python's The Meaning of Life, Monty Python Live (Mostly), The Wind in the Willows, What About Dick?, Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)- JJohn HalseyActorCan't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, The Admiral: Pub, Drums and Food, Yellow Submarine Sandwich
Ricky FataarActorCan't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, The Admiral: Pub, Drums and Food, Yellow Submarine Sandwich
Leslie NielsenActorThe Nutcracker and the Mouseking, Pirates 4-D, Pirates: 3D Show
Movies and TV shows
93Excellent
Score 90 to 100
1 title
Excellent
Score 90 to 100
92
TV show ¡ as Various
Great
Score 80 to 89
8 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
88
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
85
TV show ¡ as Chuck (voice)
84
as Mr. Cheeky / Stan 'Loretta' / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee
83
TV show ¡ as Declan Desmond (voice)
83
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
82
TV show ¡ as The Pied Piper / Robert Browning / Narrator (voice)
80
as Various Roles
80
as Various Characters
Good
Score 70 to 79
16 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
78
TV show ¡ as Mom & Dad (voice)
78
as Various Roles
77
TV show ¡ as Various Characters
75
as The Piano
74
TV show ¡ as Various Characters
73
Writer, Director
71
as Desmond / Berthold
71
TV show ¡ as Derek DeWoods
70
as Dirk McQuickly/The Narrator/S.J. Krammerhead
70
as Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben
Decent
Score 60 to 69
13 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
69
TV show ¡ as Jean Passepartout
69
TV show ¡ as Self - Host / Self (uncredited)
68
as Dr. Nigel Channing
67
TV show ¡ as Parenthesis (voice)
66
TV show ¡ as Guzelian (voice)
66
as Narrator
65
as Wreck-Gar (voice)
62
as Pierre
62
as Young Man (uncredited)
61
as Coffin Ed
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
22 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
59
as Slyly (voice)
57
as Dibs
55
as Devon (voice)
54
as Wendel
50
as The Bike Rider
50
as Melvin/Dirk McQuickly/Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
49
as Brian Hope
39
as Waddlesworth (voice)
37
as Commander Clement
35
as Evil Martin (voice)
33
as Prospector
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
5 titles
Unwatchable to terrible
Score 0 to 29
29
as Spig (voice)
27
as Sonny
27
as Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel
26
as English Victim
18
as Alan Smithee
Not rated yet
28 titles
Not rated yet
as Reporter
TV show ¡ as Various Characters
TV show ¡ as Grant Pritchard
as The Pied Piper / Robert Browning
as Various Characters
as Ko-Ko
as Mervyn Whale
as Mr. Bix
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
TV show ¡ as Various
as Various Characters
as Sokrates