Michael Palin
- Birthday
- May 5, 1943
- Birthplace
- Broomhill, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Bio: British actor/satirist Michael Palin first demonstrated his writing and performing skills at Oxford University's Experimental Theatre Club. Almost immediately upon graduation, Palin was snatched up by the BBC, which made excellent use of his scathing wit and thespic versatility in such series as Twice a Fortnight and The Complete and Utter History of Britain. A… More Bio: British actor/satirist Michael Palin first demonstrated his writing and performing skills at Oxford University's Experimental Theatre Club. Almost immediately upon graduation, Palin was snatched up by the BBC, which made excellent use of his scathing wit and thespic versatility in such series as Twice a Fortnight and The Complete and Utter History of Britain. A relative latecomer to the fabled Monty Python troupe, Palin made up for lost time, writing and performing in the group's long-running TV series and in such big-screen projects as Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and Life of Brian (1978); he also wrote much of the musical score for Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (1983). To date, Palin and Cleese have been the two ex-Pythonites most active as solo performers. Palin was hilarious as the green-as-grass Reverend Charles Fort, ministering to "fallen women" ("Women who've tripped?") in The Missionary (1982) and as stuttering doofus Ken in A Fish Called Wanda (1988), winning a British Film Association award for the latter performance. Palin remained active in television into the 1990s with cheeky projects like Ripping Yarns (1976), Do Not Adjust Your Set (1977-79) and Palin's Column (1994). An inveterate globetrotter, Michael Palin channelled his wanderlust into his tongue-in-cheek TV miniseries Around the World in 80 Days (1989) and Pole to Pole (1991). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Filmography
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Arthur Christmas (2011)
- Ernie Clicker
- 91%
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Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut (2011)
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Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) (2010)
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The Seventh Python (2009)
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- See all 48 films
Michael Palin Videos
Arthur Christmas
3 minutes 32 seconds
A Fish Called Wanda
2 minutes 32 seconds
Time Bandits
3 minutes 14 seconds
Brazil
1 minutes 31 seconds
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