Acting
Michael Palin
- Titles
- 156movies74TV 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 & Wordplay7.1average 3.7
- Satire & Parody5.3average 2.3
- Absurdist Humor4.8average 2.0
- Situational Comedy5.3average 2.7
- Historical4.8average 2.6
- Physical Comedy4.6average 2.5
- Wonder5.0average 3.4
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.6
Rarely in their work
- Mystery1.9, average 4.1
- Violence2.2, average 4.3
- Psychological3.6, average 5.6
- Crime1.7, average 3.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Cult Classic 10
- British Humor 8
- Cultural Exploration 7
- Travel Documentary 6
- British Comedy 5
- Educational & Informative 5
- Witty Dialogue 4
- Social Satire 4
- Sketch Comedy 4
- Satirical 4
- Absurdist Comedy 4
- Absurdist Humor 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, A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 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, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Brazil, +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 (Mostly), +5 more
Connie BoothActorMonty Python and the Holy Grail, And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, How to Irritate People, Is This a Record?, +1 more
Charles McKeownActorBrazil, Roger of the Raj, Whinfrey's Last Case, Across the Andes by Frog, Golden Gordon, +1 more- JJim FranklinDirectorRipping Yarns, The Testing of Eric Olthwaite, Roger of the Raj, The Curse of the Claw, Escape from Stalag Luft 112B, +1 more
Ian MacNaughtonDirectorMonty Python's Flying Circus, And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
John Du PrezWriterA Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Monty Python Live (Mostly), A Private Function, 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
37Upcoming
1 title
2010s
3 titles ¡ average score 73
2000s
3 titles ¡ average score 82
as Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper
as Fish-Slapping Guide / Various Roles (archive footage)
1990s
4 titles ¡ average score 56
1980s
11 titles ¡ average score 71
Writer
54
Theatre Play
71
Writer
78
as Various Roles
80
as Various Roles
59
as The Reverend Charles Fortescue
78
as Vincent
as (voice)
Director, Writer
1970s
15 titles ¡ average score 82
84
as Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
79
as Roger
87
as Gerald Whinfrey
80
as Gordon Ottershaw
83
as Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager
83
as Charles Chiddingford
80
as Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack
86
as Major Errol Phipps
71
as Captain Walter Snetterton
86
as Tomkinson / Headmaster / TV Introducer / Mr Craffitt
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!
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