Michael Palin
Acting
Born 1943-05-05
Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
231 credits
BAFTA Awards 2
James Joyce Awards 1
Livingstone Medal 1
Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1
Ness Award 1
Awards
Won 2 BAFTA Awards
BAFTA Awards 2 won · 2 nominated
- 2013 BAFTA Fellowship Won
- 1992 Best Actor Nominated G.B.H.
- 1989 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Won A Fish Called Wanda
- 1984 Best Original Song Nominated Every Sperm Is Sacred
James Joyce Awards 1 won
- — James Joyce Awards Won
Livingstone Medal 1 won
- — Livingstone Medal Won
Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1 won
- — Commander of the Order of the British Empire Won
Ness Award 1 won
- — Ness Award Won
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Michael Edward Palin, CBE FRGS (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. Palin wrote most of his comedic material with Terry Jones. Before Monty Python, they had worked on other shows such as The Ken Dodd Show, The Frost Report and Do Not Adjust Your Set. Palin appeared in some of the most famous Python sketches, including "Argument Clinic", "Dead Parrot", "The Lumberjack Song", and "The Spanish Inquisition".
Palin continued to work with Jones after Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns. He has also appeared in several films directed by fellow Python Terry Gilliam and made notable appearances in other films such as A Fish Called Wanda, for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted the 30th favourite by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
After Python, he began a new career as a travel writer and travel documentarian. His journeys have taken him across the world, including the North and South Poles, the Sahara desert, the Himalayas and, most recently, Eastern Europe. In 2000 Palin was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to television.
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Filmography
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Acting
52 credits
The Simpsons
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Wogan
The Jonathan Ross Show
Film '72
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Going Live!
Parkinson
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Time Bandits
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Magic Faraway Tree
Life of Brian
Staged
The Frank Skinner Show
Arthur Christmas
Legends
Brazil
A Fish Called Wanda
Small Prophets
The Death of Stalin
Vanity Fair
Time Bandits
The Secret Policeman's Ball
ZULU Comedy Galla
The Witches
Fantasy World Cup
Absolutely Anything
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Perspectives
And Now for Something Completely Different
G.B.H.
Travels with Palin
Great Railway Journeys
Worzel Gummidge
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Clive Anderson All Talk
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Jabberwocky
Full House
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
Ripping Yarns
Pole to Pole
Fierce Creatures
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
A Life on Screen
Remember Me
Artsnight
Writing
14 credits
Screen Two
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Two Ronnies
Life of Brian
Time Bandits
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
And Now for Something Completely Different
Great Railway Journeys
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Black and Blue
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days
Ripping Yarns
Pole to Pole
Other credits
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