Acting
Michael Palin
- Titles
- 153movies73TV shows
- Career
Active from 1967 to 2026, busiest in 2006 with 7 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 43top three billing
- Average score
73/100
- Highest rated
Monty Python's Flying Circus92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Wit & Wordplay7.1average 3.7
- Satire & Parody5.3average 2.3
- Absurdist Humor4.9average 2.0
- Situational Comedy5.4average 2.7
- Historical4.9average 2.6
- Physical Comedy4.7average 2.5
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.6
- Wonder4.9average 3.4
Rarely in their work
- Mystery1.9, average 4.1
- Violence2.2, average 4.3
- Psychological3.5, average 5.6
- Tension4.0, average 6.1
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Cult Classic 10
- British Humor 8
- Cultural Exploration 7
- Travel Documentary 6
- British Comedy 5
- Witty Dialogue 4
- Absurdist Comedy 4
- Sketch Comedy 4
- Satirical 4
- Social Satire 4
- Educational & Informative 4
- British Sketch Comedy 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Terry JonesActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Ripping Yarns, +34 more
John CleeseActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A Fish Called Wanda, Life of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, +25 more
Terry GilliamActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Brazil, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, +20 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, +19 more
Eric IdleActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Do Not Adjust Your Set, +17 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, +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, Roger of the Raj, Whinfrey's Last Case, Golden Gordon, Across the Andes by Frog, +1 more- JJim FranklinDirectorRipping Yarns, The Testing of Eric Olthwaite, Roger of the Raj, Escape from Stalag Luft 112B, The Curse of the Claw, +1 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 PrezWriterA Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, A Private Function, Monty Python Live (Mostly), Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Neil InnesActorMonty Python and the Holy Grail, Do Not Adjust Your Set, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Movies and TV shows
109Excellent
Score 90 to 100
1 title
Excellent
Score 90 to 100
92
TV show ¡ as Various / "It's" man
Great
Score 80 to 89
19 titles
Great
Score 80 to 89
88
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!
86
as Jack Lint
84
as Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
84
as Major Errol Phipps
83
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
83
as Charles Chiddingford
82
as Ken Pile
82
as Vyacheslav Molotov
81
as Various Roles
81
as Various Roles
80
as Gordon Ottershaw
80
as General Mitford
Good
Score 70 to 79
25 titles
Good
Score 70 to 79
79
TV show ¡ as Brian Sleep
78
as Various Roles
78
as Vincent
77
as Gilbert Chilvers
77
TV show ¡ as Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack / Roger
74
TV show ¡ as Various Characters
74
TV show ¡ as Jim Nelson
72
as Rat (voice)
70
as Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
70
TV show ¡ as Tom Parfitt
Decent
Score 60 to 69
9 titles
Decent
Score 60 to 69
69
as Know All
69
Writer
69
TV show
69
TV show ¡ as Self / Various (uncredited) / Dick Savage (uncredited)
64
as Harris
63
as Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)
60
as The Sun
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
8 titles
Bad to mediocre
Score 30 to 59
59
as Adrian "Bugsy" Malone
59
as The Reverend Charles Fortescue
56
as Rev. Francis Ashby
55
as Dennis Cooper
54
as Gariiiiiii (voice)
52
Theatre Play
49
as Various (voice)
39
as Kindly Alien (voice)
Not rated yet
47 titles
Not rated yet
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TV show ¡ as Narrator (voice)
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Writer
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as Various
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