Acting
Michael Palin
- Titles
- 155movies73TV shows
- Career
Active from 1967 to 2026, busiest in 2006 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 42top three billing
- Average score
74/100
- Highest rated
Monty Python's Flying Circus92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wit & Wordplay7.2average 3.7
- Satire & Parody5.4average 2.3
- Absurdist Humor4.9average 2.0
- Situational Comedy5.4average 2.7
- Physical Comedy4.8average 2.4
- Historical4.9average 2.6
- Wonder5.1average 3.4
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Mystery1.9, average 4.1
- Psychological3.5, average 5.6
- Violence2.2, average 4.2
- Tension4.0, average 6.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Cult Classic 10
- British Humor 8
- Cultural Exploration 7
- Travel Documentary 6
- Educational & Informative 5
- Historical Parody 4
- British Comedy 4
- Surreal Humor 4
- Social Satire 4
- Witty Dialogue 4
- Absurdist Comedy 3
- Sketch Comedy 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
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, +33 more
John CleeseActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Life of Brian, A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Time Bandits, +25 more
Terry GilliamActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Brazil, Time Bandits, +20 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, +19 more
Eric IdleActorMonty 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
Carol ClevelandActorLife of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), +5 more
Connie BoothActorMonty Python and the Holy Grail, And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, How to Irritate People, American Friends, +1 more
Charles McKeownActorBrazil, Across the Andes by Frog, Golden Gordon, Roger of the Raj, Whinfrey's Last Case, +1 more- JJim FranklinDirectorRipping Yarns, Roger of the Raj, Escape from Stalag Luft 112B, The Testing of Eric Olthwaite, The Curse of the Claw, +1 more
John Du PrezWriterA Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), A Private Function, Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Terry HughesDirectorRipping Yarns, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Across the Andes by Frog, Murder at Moorstones Manor, The Mystery of the Missing Morsel of Murder at Moorstones Manor
Ian MacNaughtonDirectorMonty Python's Flying Circus, And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Movies and TV shows
105Upcoming
3 titles
as salesman
as Charles Chiddingfold
2020s
7 titles ¡ average score 79
TV show ¡ as Brian
as Know All
TV show
TV show ¡ as Michael
as Newscaster (voice)
2010s
14 titles ¡ average score 69
TV show ¡ as The Green Man
TV show ¡ as William Makepeace Thackeray
as Vyacheslav Molotov
TV show ¡ as Narrator (voice)
as Kindly Alien (voice)
TV show ¡ as Tom Parfitt
as General Mitford
as Various (voice)
as Ernie Clicker (voice)
as Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
2000s
11 titles ¡ average score 68
as Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper
as Gariiiiiii (voice)
as Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Various Characters
as Various Characters
as Various Characters
as Fish-Slapping Guide / Various Roles (archive footage)
as Various Characters
as Various Characters
1990s
12 titles ¡ average score 67
as Adrian "Bugsy" Malone
Writer
TV show
as The Sun
as Rat (voice)
as Various
TV show ¡ as Jim Nelson
as Rev. Francis Ashby
as Narrator (voice)
as Witch at Meeting (uncredited)
1980s
20 titles ¡ average score 75
TV show ¡ as Springfield History Museum curator (voice)
as Ken Pile
Writer
Writer
as Jack Lint
as Gilbert Chilvers
as Various Roles
as Various Roles
as The Reverend Charles Fortescue
as Vincent
1970s
31 titles ¡ average score 78
as Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
as Gordon Ottershaw
as Roger
as Dennis Cooper
as Captain Walter Snetterton
as Charles Chiddingford
as Major Errol Phipps
as Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager
TV show ¡ as Gerald Whinfrey / Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack
as First Swallow-Savvy Guard / Dennis / Peasant 2 / Right Head / Sir Galahad the Pure / Narrator / King of Swamp Castle / Brother Maynard's Brother / Leader of The Knights Who Say NI!
as Harris
as Gumby / Man with tape recorder / Phrasebook Author / Arthur Pewtey / Second self - defence student / Second Tenant / Lost His Wallet / Shrill Petrol Announcer / Milkman / Ernest Scribbler / Pet shop employee / Lumberjack / Headwaiter Gilberto / Herbert Anchovy / Blackmail Presenter / Gervais Brookhamster / Town Guild Lady
1960s
7 titles ¡ average score 74
TV show ¡ as Various / "It's" man
TV show ¡ Creator, Writer
as Various
TV show ¡ as Various Characters
TV show
TV show ¡ Additional Writing
as Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)