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Michael Palin

Acting

Born May 5, 1943 · Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK

Also known as مایکل پیلین

Biography

Sir Michael Edward Palin is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2013 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019.

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Awards & recognition

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 2020
  • Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George · 2019
  • BAFTA Fellowship · 2013
  • Patron’s Medal · 2013
  • European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award · 2001
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  • BAFTA AwardBest Actor in a Supporting Role · 1989
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • James Joyce Awards
  • Livingstone Medal
  • Ness Award
  • BAFTA Fellowship · 2013 · nominated
  • British Academy Television AwardBest Actor · 1992 · nominated
  • BAFTA AwardBest Actor in a Supporting Role · 1989 · nominated
  • BAFTA AwardBest Original Song · 1984 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Monty Python's Personal Best

2006as Various Characters

Consuming Passions

1988Theatre Play

Monty Python's Flying Circus

1969as Various / "It's" man

Himalaya with Michael Palin

2004as Self - Presenter

Concert for George

2003as Self

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

2020as Self - Host

Attenborough at 90

2016as Self

The Simpsons

1989as Springfield History Museum curator (voice)

Staged

2020as Michael

North Korea: Michael Palin's Journey

2018as Self - Host

Monty Python's Life of Brian

1979as Wise Man #3 / Mr. Big Nose / Francis / Mrs. A / Ex-Leper / Announcer / Ben / Pontius Pilate / Boring Prophet / Eddie / Shoe Follower / Nisus Wettus

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975as 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!

Do Not Adjust Your Set

1967as Various Characters

Brazil

1985as Jack Lint

Ripping Yarns

1976Writer

The Secret Policeman's Ball

2012as Self

Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut

2009as Self

Sahara with Michael Palin

2002as Self - Presenter

The Complete and Utter History of Britain

1969Writer

Brazil with Michael Palin

2012as Self (Presenter)

Around the World in 80 Days

1989as Self

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

2014as Self

Produced by George Martin

2012as Self

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

1982as Various Roles

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus

1972as Various Characters

Vanity Fair

2018as William Makepeace Thackeray

The Meaning of Monty Python

2013as Self

Monty Python's the Meaning of Life

1983as Various Roles

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

A Fish Called Wanda

1988as Ken Pile

Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different

1971as 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

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

2014as Self, others

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

1998as Self

The Secret Life of Trees

2025as Self - Narrator

The Death of Stalin

2017as Vyacheslav Molotov

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

2010as Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

1989as Self / Various Characters

Remember Me

2014as Tom Parfitt

The Witches

1990as Witch at Meeting (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Arthur Christmas

2011as Ernie Clicker (voice)

The Willows in Winter

1996as Rat

Time Bandits

1981as Vincent

Monty Python Conquers America

2008as Self

A Private Function

1984as Gilbert Chilvers

An Accidental Studio

2019as Self

American Friends

1991as Rev. Francis Ashby

The Wipers Times

2013as General Mitford

Time Bandits

2024Characters

Worzel Gummidge

2019as The Green Man