Michael Palin

Along with Jones, was hired to write for the Frost Report, a BBC sketch comedy show that also employed future Python members Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Eric Idle.

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Role

Category

Concert for George 2003

Performance

Film

You've Got Mail 1998

Actor

Film

A Fish Called Wanda 1988 -Ken

Actor

Film

Consuming Passions 1988

Play Author

Film

Brazil 1985 -Jack Lint

Actor

Film

All You Need Is Cash -Eric Manchester

Actor

Epicurious

Host

Dire Straits (2006) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Full Circle with Michael Palin 2002-2004

Host

Zamboanga to Indonesia (2004) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Mexico City to Diomede Island (2002) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Lake Titicaca to the Amazon (2002) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

Host, Writer

Pole to Pole

Host

Saturday Night Live 1978-1984

Actor, Host

Michael Palin; the Motels (1984) -Host

Host

TV Episode

James Taylor; Paul Simon; David Sanborn (1980)

Actor

TV Episode

Michael Palin; James Taylor (1979) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Michael Palin; the Doobie Brothers (1979) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Michael Palin; Eugene Record (1978) -Host

Host

TV Episode

Tracey Ullman: A Class Act

Actor

Fierce Creatures 1997 -Adrian (Bugsy) Malone

Actor

Film

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride 1997 -The Sun

Actor

Film

American Friends 1993 -Reverend Francis Ashby

Actor, Screenwriter

Film

A Private Function 1985 -Gilbert Chilvers

Actor

Film

Time Bandits 1981 -Vincent

Actor, Screenwriter

Film

The Life of Brian 1979 -Big Nose, Francis, Pontius Pilate, Wise Man

Actor, Actor, Actor, Actor, Screenwriter

Film

Jabberwocky 1977 -Dennis Cooper

Actor

Film

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 -1st Soldier with a Keen Interest in Birds, Dennis, King, Knight, Sir Galahad

Actor, Actor, Actor, Actor, Actor, Screenwriter

Film

And Now for Something Completely Different 1972 -Various roles

Actor, Screenwriter

Film

Branchline Railway -Introduction

Actor

Film

East of Ipswich

Screenwriter

Film

Confessions of a Train Spotter

Actor

Film

Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe

Actor

Film

Monty Python's Parrot Sketch Not Included - 20 Years of Python

Actor

Film

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life -Carter, Chaplain, Father, Sixth Fish, Lady, Spadger

Actor, Actor, Actor, Actor, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)

Film

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

Performance

Film

Rabbit Ears: Jack and the Beanstalk

Voice

Film

The Human Face, Part 1: Secrets of the Face

Actor

Film

The Human Face, Part 2: The Endlessly Fascinating Face

Actor

Film

The Human Face, Part 3: Does Beauty Matter?

Actor

Film

The Human Face, Part 4: Famous Faces

Actor

Film

The Life of Python, Vol. I: It's...The Monty Python Story

Actor

Film

The Life of Python, Vol. II

Actor

Film

The Life of Python, Vol. III: The Lost German Episode

Actor

Film

The Missionary -Rev. Charles Fortescue

Producer, Actor, Screenwriter

Film

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash -Eric Manchester

Actor

Film

The Wind in the Willows -Rat

Voice

Film

Three Men in a Boat -Harris

Actor

Film

Highlights

Fell off the stage during his first public performance as a child, when he played Martha Cratchit in a school production of A Christmas Carol.

Formed a comedy-writing team while attending Brasenose College with fellow future Monty Python member Terry Jones.

Along with Jones, was hired to write for the Frost Report, a BBC sketch comedy show that also employed future Python members Graham Chapman, John Cleese and Eric Idle.

Proposed titles for what became Monty Python's Flying Circus included The Algy Banging Hour, Wither Canada and Owl Stretching Time.

Based his character in the comedy A Fish Called Wanda (1988) on his father Edward, who stuttered.

Lent his name to London's Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children, which opened in 1993.