Acting

Michael Palin

Career: Active from 1967 to 2026, busiest in 2006 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 42
top three billing

Average score: 74/100

Highest rated: Monty Python's Flying Circus
92/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 52 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Michael Palin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Tension
3.9, average 6.0
Mystery
1.9, average 4.0
Violence
2.2, average 4.1
Psychological
3.6, average 5.5

Main genres

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Movies and TV shows

105

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

Writer

The Mystery of the Missing Morsel of Murder at Moorstones Manor

as Charles Chiddingfold

as salesman

2020s

7 titles · average score 79

TV show · as Brian

Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum

as Narrator

as Know All

TV show

TV show · as Michael

as Newscaster (voice)

Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation

Thanks

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

Writer

as General Mitford

Writer

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

as Various (voice)

as Ernie Clicker (voice)

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

as Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis

2000s

11 titles · average score 68

Writer

Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One‎

as Presenter

as Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper

Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind

as Gariiiiiii (voice)

as Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best

as Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best

as Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best

as Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus — Michael Palin's Personal Best

as Fish-Slapping Guide / Various Roles (archive footage)

Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best

as Various Characters

1990s

12 titles · average score 67

TV show

as Adrian "Bugsy" Malone

Writer

as Rat

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)

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

Writer

as Ken Pile

Writer

Writer

as Jack Lint

as Gilbert Chilvers

as Various Roles

Writer

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 Roger

as Gerald Whinfrey

as Dennis Cooper

as Charles Chiddingford

as Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager

as Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack

as Major Errol Phipps

TV show · as Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack / Roger

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

And Now for Something Completely Different

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