Michael Palin
Biography
Movies 157
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Know All
2026
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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!
1975
Life of Brian
as Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus
1979
Brazil
as Jack Lint
1985
Arthur Christmas
as Ernie Clicker (voice)
2011
The Death of Stalin
as Vyacheslav Molotov
2017
The Witches
as Witch at Meeting (uncredited)
1990
A Fish Called Wanda
as Ken Pile
1988
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
as Various Roles
1983
Absolutely Anything
as Kindly Alien (voice)
2015
Time Bandits
as Vincent
1981
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
1971
Joke
2026
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
as Various Roles
1982
The Wind in the Willows
as The Sun
1996
Fierce Creatures
as Adrian "Bugsy" Malone
1997
The Missionary
as The Reverend Charles Fortescue
1982
The Grand Knockout Tournament
as Self
1987
Jabberwocky
as Dennis Cooper
1977
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
as Eric Manchester
1978
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
as Self
2026
Roger of the Raj
as Roger
1979
The Wind in the Willows
as Rat (voice)
1995
Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum
as Narrator
2026
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
2012
Monty Python Conquers America
as Self
2008
Three Men in a Boat
as Harris
1975
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B
as Major Errol Phipps
1977
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
as Self
2014
A Private Function
as Gilbert Chilvers
1984
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
as Gariiiiiii (voice)
2007
The Movie Life of George
as Self
1989
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
as Self
1999
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
as Various (voice)
2012
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
as Self, others
2014
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
as Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis
2010
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
as Self
2025
How to Irritate People
as Various
1969
Concert for George
as Self
2003
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self
2008
American Friends
as Rev. Francis Ashby
1991
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
as Self
2014
Comic Roots: Michael Palin
as Self / Jealous Reporter
1983
Murder at Moorstones Manor
as Charles Chiddingford
1977
The Secret Life of Brian
as Self
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self
2009
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
as Workman
1983
When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain
as Self
2025
The Fringe, Fame and Me
as Self
2022
Life Of Brian Screenplay
as Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper
2008
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles
1982
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations
as Self
2001
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
2021
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
2004
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
1988
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
as Self
2014
Comedians Do It On Stage
as Self
1986
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Various Roles
1979
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
as Self
2002
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
as Self
1976
John Peel's Record Box
as Self
2005
Monty Python in Aberystwyth
as Self
2009
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
as Self
1998
The Academy of Armando
as Self
2025
Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'
as Self
2008
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as Self
2004
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
as Self / Various Characters
1989
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
as Self
2003
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
as Various Characters
2006
The Curse of the Claw
as Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack
1977
The Meaning of Monty Python
as Self
2013
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
as Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager
1977
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
as Self
2008
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
2006
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi
as Host
2005
Monty Python's Flying Circus — Michael Palin's Personal Best
as Fish-Slapping Guide / Various Roles (archive footage)
2006
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act
as Various
1993
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
as Self
1979
Whinfrey's Last Case
as Gerald Whinfrey
1979
What the Pythons Did Next...
as Self (archive footage)
2007
The Wipers Times
as General Mitford
2013
What Is Brazil?
as Self
2008
Produced by George Martin
as Self
2012
Across the Andes by Frog
as Captain Walter Snetterton
1977
The Monty Python Story
as Self
1999
Anatomy of a Liar
as Self
2012
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
2010
The Willows in Winter
as Rat
1996
My National Gallery, London
as Self
2024
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
as Various Characters
2006
The Seventh Python
as Self
2008
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
1971
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
as salesman
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes
as Self
2019
The Dress
as Howard
1984
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
as Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)
1966
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy
as Self
2020
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema
as Self
2011
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
as Self
1974
Attenborough at 90
as Self
2016
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1971
Michael Palin’s Super 8mm - “Life of Brian”
as Commentator / Self
1978
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
as Self
2010
The Unknown Peter Sellers
as Self
2000
Frost on Sketch Shows
as Self
2013
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as Self
2014
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace
as Self
2014
30 Years of Monty Python, a Revelation
as Self
1999
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns
as Self
2014
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything
2014
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
as Various Characters
2006
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Self
2024
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
as Self
1999
Around the World in 20 Years
as Self
2008
An Accidental Studio
as Self
2019
Is This a Record?
as Various
1973
The Philosophers' Football Match
as Nietzsche
1972
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
as Self
2023
The Roots of Monty Python
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Monty Python: Who's There?
as Ken
1970
New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days
as Self
2014
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia
as Self
2015
Making Qi
as Self
2011
Life of Python
as Self / Various Roles
1990
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
1989
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
2018
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
as Various Characters
2006
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
as Self - Presenter
2002
Generation '66
2016
Monty Python In The Netherlands
as Pie Face 3
1973
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
as Self
2020
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
as Various Characters
2006
Golden Gordon
as Gordon Ottershaw
1979
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World
as Self
2013
The First Night of Meridian
as Self - Host
1993
Jeepers Creepers
as Newscaster (voice)
2020
The Mystery of the Missing Morsel of Murder at Moorstones Manor
as Charles Chiddingfold
Tomkinson's Schooldays
as Tomkinson / Headmaster / TV Introducer / Mr Craffitt
1976
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse
as Self - Presenter
2003
The Broken Bottle
1977
Just Dandy
as Self
Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'
as Self
2008
The Box
as (voice)
1981
Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk
as Narrator (voice)
1991
Meridian: The First Ten Minutes
as Self
1993
Palin on Redpath
as Self - Presenter
1997
Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One
as Presenter
2008
Viz: The Documentary
as Self
1990
Monty Python: Pythonland
1999
The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin
as Self
1989
Henry Cleans Up
as Henry
1974
Ending It All
1970TV Shows 75
The Simpsons
as Springfield History Museum curator (voice)
1989
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Co-Host
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Special Guest
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Dick Savage (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self / Various (uncredited)
1975
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
Wogan
as Self
1982
Film '72
as Self
1971
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
Parkinson
as Self - Guest
1998
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
Pebble Mill at One
1972
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
2011
TFI Friday
1996
Going Live!
as Self
1987
Daytime Live
1987
Monty Python's Flying Circus
as Various / "It's" man
1969
Small Prophets
as Brian
2026
Remembers…
2022
Parkinson
as Self - Guest
2004
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
1995
Legends
as Self
2006
Staged
as Michael
2020
ZULU Comedy Galla
as Michael Palin
2010
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
1976
Do Not Adjust Your Set
as Various Characters
1967
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
as Self
2009
Vanity Fair
as William Makepeace Thackeray
2018
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
Frost on Sunday
as Self / Various Characters
1968
Perspectives
as Self
2011
Clangers
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
as Self
1989
Travels with Palin
as Self
1980
Ripping Yarns
1976
Ripping Yarns
as Gerald Whinfrey
1976
Ripping Yarns
as Roger
1976
Ripping Yarns
as Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack
1976
Clive Anderson All Talk
as Self
1996
G.B.H.
as Jim Nelson
1991
Full House
as Various
1972
Great Railway Journeys
as Self - Presenter
1980
Remember Me
as Tom Parfitt
2014
Friday People
1985
A Series of Bird's
1967
Worzel Gummidge
as The Green Man
2019
David Frost Vs
as self
2025
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
1969
A Life on Screen
as Self
2014
Twice a Fortnight
1967
Fantasy World Cup
as Self
1998
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Himalaya with Michael Palin
as Self - Presenter
2004
Pole to Pole
as Self
1992
Artsnight
as Self
2015
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
as Self - Host
2020
Movie Connections
as Self
2007
Michael Palin's New Europe
as Self - Presenter
2007
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
as Various Characters
1972
Full Circle with Michael Palin
as Self
1997
Michael Palin in the Philippines
as Self - Presenter
2026
Monty Python's Personal Best
as Self / Various Characters
2006
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
Sahara with Michael Palin
as Self - Presenter
2002
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
1999
Brazil with Michael Palin
as Self - Presenter
2012
The Secret Life of Trees
as Self - Narrator
2025
Michael Palin: Into Iraq
as Self - Presenter
2022
Michael Palin in North Korea
as Self - Presenter
2018
Michael Palin in Nigeria
as Self - Presenter
2024
Michael Palin in Venezuela
as Self - Presenter
2025