
Michael Palin
Born: 1943-05-05
Place of Birth: Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm

The Magic Faraway Tree

Brazil

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

Life of Brian

The Witches

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Arthur Christmas

The Death of Stalin

A Fish Called Wanda

How to Irritate People

Whinfrey's Last Case

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

Jabberwocky

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

Henry Cleans Up

The Dress

The Roots of Monty Python

Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs

Absolutely Anything

Murder at Moorstones Manor

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

Jeepers Creepers

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse

Monty Python: Who's There?

Time Bandits

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

The Missionary

The Box

American Friends

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Monty Python in Aberystwyth

Hitler: The Comedy Years

The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin

Michael Palin In Wyeth's World

Concert for George

The Secret Life of Brian

The Secret Policeman's Ball

An Accidental Studio

And Now for Something Completely Different

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

The Wind in the Willows

Three Men in a Boat

Fierce Creatures

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

New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days

Palin on Redpath

Around the World in 20 Years

Tomkinson's Schooldays

Anatomy of a Liar

Euroshow '71: May Day Special

Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia

Generation '66

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

The Secret Policeman's Ball

The Wind in the Willows

A Private Function

Produced by George Martin

Monty Python Conquers America

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

Attenborough at 90

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

The Wipers Times

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus

The Movie Life of George

Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch

50 Films to See Before You Die

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Life of Python

The Willows in Winter

Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Is This a Record?

The Fringe, Fame and Me

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

Across the Andes by Frog

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk

Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns

The Monty Python Story

The Seventh Python

Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall

What the Pythons Did Next...

Ending It All

Comic Roots: Michael Palin

The Meaning of Monty Python

Making Qi

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

Viz: The Documentary

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Tracey Ullman: A Class Act

Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

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

The Curse of the Claw

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

What Is Brazil?

Monty Python: Pythonland

Roger of the Raj

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3

Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind

The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything

The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'

Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches

Frost on Sketch Shows

The Broken Bottle

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

Golden Gordon

The Academy of Armando

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

Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles'

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

The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971

Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report

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

Comedians Do It On Stage

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

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

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails

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

Innes Lloyd: The Producer

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

Michael Palin: A Life on Screen

When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain

The Unknown Peter Sellers

Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes

Timewatch: The Last Day of World War One

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2

Monty Python In The Netherlands

Escape from Stalag Luft 112B

John Peel's Record Box

The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
