Michael Palin

Michael Palin in the Philippines

2026TV

Self - Presenter

Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry: Inside the Museum

2026Movie

Narrator

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

2026Movie

Self

The Magic Faraway Tree

2026Movie

Know All

Small Prophets

2026TV

Brian

Joke

2026Movie

Michael Palin in Venezuela

2025TV

Self - Presenter

The Secret Life of Trees

2025TV

Self - Narrator

When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain

2025Movie

Self

Innes Lloyd: The Producer

2025Movie

Self

The Academy of Armando

2025Movie

Self

David Frost Vs

2025TV

self

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

2024Movie

Self

My National Gallery, London

2024Movie

Self

Michael Palin in Nigeria

2024TV

Self - Presenter

Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs

2023Movie

Self

Michael Palin: Into Iraq

2022TV

Self - Presenter

The Fringe, Fame and Me

2022Movie

Self

Remembers…

2022TV

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

2021Movie

Self (archive footage)(uncredited)

Jeepers Creepers

2020Movie

Newscaster (voice)

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

2020TV

Self - Host

Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation

2020Movie

Self

Staged

2020TV

Michael

Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

2020Movie

Self

Worzel Gummidge

2019TV

The Green Man

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails

2019Movie

Self (archive footage)

An Accidental Studio

2019Movie

Self

Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes

2019Movie

Self

Michael Palin in North Korea

2018TV

Self - Presenter

Vanity Fair

2018TV

William Makepeace Thackeray

Michael Palin: A Life on Screen

2018Movie

The Death of Stalin

2017Movie

Vyacheslav Molotov

Generation '66

2016Movie

Attenborough at 90

2016Movie

Self

Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia

2015Movie

Self

Clangers

2015TV

Narrator (voice)

Artsnight

2015TV

Self

Absolutely Anything

2015Movie

Kindly Alien (voice)

A Life on Screen

2014TV

Self

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

2014Movie

Self

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

2014Movie

Self

Remember Me

2014TV

Tom Parfitt

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

2014Movie

Self

Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)

2014TV

Self (archive footage)

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

2014Movie

Self, others

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

2014Movie

Self

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

2014Movie

Self

The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything

2014Movie

Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns

2014Movie

Self

New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days

2014Movie

Self

Michael Palin In Wyeth's World

2013Movie

Self

The Meaning of Monty Python

2013Movie

Self

The Wipers Times

2013Movie

General Mitford

Frost on Sketch Shows

2013Movie

Self

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

2012Movie

Various (voice)

Anatomy of a Liar

2012Movie

Self

Brazil with Michael Palin

2012TV

Self - Presenter

Produced by George Martin

2012Movie

Self

The Secret Policeman's Ball

2012Movie

Self

Arthur Christmas

2011Movie

Ernie Clicker (voice)

Making Qi

2011Movie

Self

The Jonathan Ross Show

2011TV

Self

Perspectives

2011TV

Self

The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema

2011Movie

Self

ZULU Comedy Galla

2010TV

Michael Palin

Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall

2010Movie

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

2010Movie

Mrs. Betty Palin / Julius Caesar / Bevis

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release

2010Movie

Self

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

2009TV

Self

Monty Python in Aberystwyth

2009Movie

Self

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

2009Movie

Self

Around the World in 20 Years

2008Movie

Self

Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'

2008Movie

Self

Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles'

2008Movie

Self

Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One‎

2008Movie

Presenter

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus

2008Movie

Self

The Seventh Python

2008Movie

Self

What Is Brazil?

2008Movie

Self

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

2008Movie

Self

Life Of Brian Screenplay

2008Movie

Wise Man #3, Mr. Big Nose, Francis, Mrs. A, Ex-Leper

Monty Python Conquers America

2008Movie

Self

Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind

2007Movie

Gariiiiiii (voice)

Michael Palin's New Europe

2007TV

Self - Presenter

Movie Connections

2007TV

Self

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007TV

Self

Hitler: The Comedy Years

2007Movie

Heinrich Himmler (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Graham Norton Show

2007TV

Self

What the Pythons Did Next...

2007Movie

Self (archive footage)

The Secret Life of Brian

2007Movie

Self

Legends

2006TV

Self

The One Show

2006TV

Self - Guest

50 Films to See Before You Die

2006Movie

Self

Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best

2006Movie

Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus — Michael Palin's Personal Best

2006Movie

Fish-Slapping Guide / Various Roles (archive footage)

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best

2006Movie

Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best

2006Movie

Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best

2006Movie

Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best

2006Movie

Various Characters

Monty Python's Personal Best

2006TV

Self / Various Characters

The Roots of Monty Python

2005Movie

Self (archive footage)

John Peel's Record Box

2005Movie

Self

Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi

2005Movie

Host

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

2004Movie

Self

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

2004Movie

Self

Himalaya with Michael Palin

2004TV

Self - Presenter

Parkinson

2004TV

Self - Guest

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1

2004Movie

Self (archive footage)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2

2004Movie

Self (archive footage)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3

2004Movie

Self (archive footage)

Concert for George

2003Movie

Self

The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'

2003Movie

Self

Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse

2003Movie

Self - Presenter

Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television

2002Movie

Self - Presenter

Sahara with Michael Palin

2002TV

Self - Presenter

Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute

2002Movie

Self

The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations

2001Movie

Self

The Unknown Peter Sellers

2000Movie

Self

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

1999TV

The Monty Python Story

1999Movie

Self

Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm

1999Movie

Self

Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches

1999Movie

Self

Monty Python: Pythonland

1999Movie

30 Years of Monty Python, a Revelation

1999Movie

Self

Fantasy World Cup

1998TV

Self

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

1998Movie

Self

Parkinson

1998TV

Self - Guest

Palin on Redpath

1997Movie

Self - Presenter

Full Circle with Michael Palin

1997TV

Self

Fierce Creatures

1997Movie

Adrian "Bugsy" Malone

The Willows in Winter

1996Movie

Rat

The Wind in the Willows

1996Movie

The Sun

Clive Anderson All Talk

1996TV

Self

TFI Friday

1996TV

The Wind in the Willows

1995Movie

Rat (voice)

The Frank Skinner Show

1995TV

Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993TV

Self - Guest

Tracey Ullman: A Class Act

1993Movie

Various

Meridian: The First Ten Minutes

1993Movie

Self

The First Night of Meridian

1993Movie

Self - Host

Pole to Pole

1992TV

Self

Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk

1991Movie

Narrator (voice)

G.B.H.

1991TV

Jim Nelson

American Friends

1991Movie

Rev. Francis Ashby

The Witches

1990Movie

Witch at Meeting (uncredited)

Viz: The Documentary

1990Movie

Self

Life of Python

1990Movie

Self / Various Roles

The Simpsons

1989TV

Springfield History Museum curator (voice)

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

1989Movie

Self / Various Characters

The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin

1989Movie

Self

Michael Palin: The Art of Travel

1989TV

Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days

1989TV

Self

The Movie Life of George

1989Movie

Self

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

1989Movie

Self

A Fish Called Wanda

1988Movie

Ken Pile

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988Movie

Self

Daytime Live

1987TV

Going Live!

1987TV

Self

The Grand Knockout Tournament

1987Movie

Self

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

1986TV

Comedians Do It On Stage

1986Movie

Self

Brazil

1985Movie

Jack Lint

Friday People

1985TV

A Private Function

1984Movie

Gilbert Chilvers

The Dress

1984Movie

Howard

Comic Roots: Michael Palin

1983Movie

Self / Jealous Reporter

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

1983Movie

Various Roles

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

1983Movie

Workman

The Missionary

1982Movie

The Reverend Charles Fortescue

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

1982Movie

Various Roles

Wogan

1982TV

Self

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

1982Movie

Self - Various Roles

Time Bandits

1981Movie

Vincent

The Box

1981Movie

(voice)

Travels with Palin

1980TV

Self

Great Railway Journeys

1980TV

Self - Presenter

The Secret Policeman's Ball

1979Movie

Various Roles

Roger of the Raj

1979Movie

Roger

Golden Gordon

1979Movie

Gordon Ottershaw

Whinfrey's Last Case

1979Movie

Gerald Whinfrey

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

1979TV

Life of Brian

1979Movie

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

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979

1979Movie

Self

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

1978Movie

Eric Manchester

Michael Palin’s Super 8mm - “Life of Brian”

1978Movie

Commentator / Self

The Curse of the Claw

1977Movie

Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack

Across the Andes by Frog

1977Movie

Captain Walter Snetterton

Murder at Moorstones Manor

1977Movie

Charles Chiddingford

Escape from Stalag Luft 112B

1977Movie

Major Errol Phipps

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

1977Movie

Eric Olthwaite / Bank Manager

The Broken Bottle

1977Movie

Jabberwocky

1977Movie

Dennis Cooper

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

1976Movie

Self

The Secret Policeman's Ball

1976TV

Self

Tomkinson's Schooldays

1976Movie

Tomkinson / Headmaster / TV Introducer / Mr Craffitt

Ripping Yarns

1976TV

Gerald Whinfrey, Kevin Orr / Uncle Jack, Roger

Three Men in a Boat

1975Movie

Harris

Saturday Night Live

1975TV

Self - Co-Host, Self - Special Guest, Dick Savage (uncredited), Self - Host, Self / Various (uncredited)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975Movie

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!

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975TV

Self

Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report

1974Movie

Self

Henry Cleans Up

1974Movie

Henry

Is This a Record?

1973Movie

Various

Monty Python In The Netherlands

1973Movie

Pie Face 3

Full House

1972TV

Various

Pebble Mill at One

1972TV

The Philosophers' Football Match

1972Movie

Nietzsche

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus

1972TV

Various Characters

The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971

1971Movie

Film '72

1971TV

Self

And Now for Something Completely Different

1971Movie

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

Euroshow '71: May Day Special

1971Movie

Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)

Monty Python: Who's There?

1970Movie

Ken

Ending It All

1970Movie

Monty Python's Flying Circus

1969TV

Various / "It's" man

How to Irritate People

1969Movie

Various

The Complete and Utter History of Britain

1969TV

Frost on Sunday

1968TV

Self / Various Characters

Do Not Adjust Your Set

1967TV

Various Characters

Twice a Fortnight

1967TV

A Series of Bird's

1967TV

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

1966Movie

Jazz Band Undertaker (uncredited)

Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch

Movie

salesman

Just Dandy

Movie

Self

The Mystery of the Missing Morsel of Murder at Moorstones Manor

Movie

Charles Chiddingfold