Michael Palin
1943-05-05 ( 81 years old ) in Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Palin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Academy of Armando 2025-03-03
How To Make It In Comedy 2024-01-03
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs 2023-05-06
The Fringe, Fame and Me 2022-08-08
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated 2021-06-05
Jeepers Creepers 2020-10-12
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation 2020-09-28
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy 2020-05-09
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails 2019-09-07
An Accidental Studio 2019-07-12
Final Ascent: The Legend of Hamish MacInnes 2019-05-10
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen 2018-01-07
The Death of Stalin 2017-10-20
Generation '66 2016-07-31
Attenborough at 90 2016-05-08
Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia 2015-12-28
Absolutely Anything 2015-02-13
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule 2014-12-20
Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace 2014-12-10
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live 2014-11-13
Monty Python Live (Mostly) 2014-07-20
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar 2014-06-29
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy 2014-05-24
The New Incomplete And Utter History Of Everything 2014-04-07
Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns 2014-04-03
Michael Palin In Wyeth's World 2013-12-29
The Meaning of Monty Python 2013-10-08
The Wipers Times 2013-09-11
Frost on Sketch Shows 2013-03-13
Anatomy of a Liar 2012-10-26
Produced By George Martin 2012-09-11
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman 2012-09-08
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2012-03-04
Arthur Christmas 2011-11-10
Making Qi 2011-09-10
The Phoenix: A Century of Cinema 2011-01-01
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall 2010-06-08
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) 2010-03-25
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release 2010-01-01
Monty Python in Aberystwyth 2009-05-12
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened 2009-05-10
Around the World in 20 Years 2008-12-30
Inside Shabby Road: The Music of 'The Rutles' 2008-11-01
Get Up and Go: The Making of 'The Rutles' 2008-11-01
The Last Day of World War One 2008-11-01
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus 2008-07-01
The Seventh Python 2008-06-26
What Is Brazil? 2008-04-16
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation 2008-03-31
Life Of Brian Screenplay 2008-01-29
Monty Python Conquers America 2008-01-01
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind 2007-12-25
Hitler: The Comedy Years 2007-05-10
What the Pythons Did Next... 2007-01-01
The Secret Life of Brian 2007-01-01
The South Bank Show: Spamalot 2006-10-15
50 Films to See Before You Die 2006-07-22
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Michael Palin's Personal Best 2006-02-27
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best 2006-02-22
The Roots of Monty Python 2005-11-26
John Peel's Record Box 2005-11-14
Michael Palin & the Mystery of Hammershøi 2005-07-14
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? 2004-12-09
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' 2004-10-28
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2 2004-01-01
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1 2004-01-01
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3 2004-01-01
Concert for George 2003-10-03
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' 2003-09-02
Michael Palin and the Ladies Who Loved Matisse 2003-04-14
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television 2002-11-20
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute 2002-10-05
The Quest for the Holy Grail Locations 2001-10-23
The Unknown Peter Sellers 2000-04-25
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches 1999-10-08
Monty Python: Pythonland 1999-10-08
The Monty Python Story 1999-10-08
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm 1999-10-08
Monty Python: Live at Aspen 1998-03-21
Palin on Redpath 1997-12-15
Fierce Creatures 1997-01-23
The Willows in Winter 1996-12-26
The Wind in the Willows 1996-10-16
The Wind in the Willows 1995-12-24
Great Railway Journeys - Derry to Kerry 1994-02-03
Tracey Ullman: A Class Act 1993-01-09
The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam 1991-10-06
Rabbit Ears - Jack and the Beanstalk 1991-09-01
American Friends 1991-03-22
The Witches 1990-05-25
Viz: The Documentary 1990-05-04
Life of Python 1990-03-16
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python 1989-11-18
The Art Of Travel With Michael Palin 1989-11-07
The Movie Life of George 1989-02-10
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball 1989-01-01
A Fish Called Wanda 1988-07-15
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance 1988-07-13
The Grand Knockout Tournament 1987-06-19
Comedians Do It On Stage 1986-02-01
Brazil 1985-02-20
A Private Function 1984-11-09
The Dress 1984-01-03
Comic Roots: Michael Palin 1983-08-12
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983-03-31
The Crimson Permanent Assurance 1983-03-31
The Missionary 1982-11-02
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl 1982-06-25
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball 1982-03-01
Time Bandits 1981-07-13
The Box 1981-03-29
Great Railway Journeys - Confessions of a Train Spotter 1980-11-27
The Secret Policeman's Ball 1979-12-22
Roger of the Raj 1979-10-24
Golden Gordon 1979-10-17
Whinfrey's Last Case 1979-10-10
Life of Brian 1979-08-17
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 1979-06-20
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash 1978-03-22
The Curse of the Claw 1977-10-25
Murder at Moorstones Manor 1977-10-11
Escape from Stalag Luft 112B 1977-10-04
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite 1977-09-22
The Broken Bottle 1977-03-31
Jabberwocky 1977-03-28
Pleasure at Her Majesty's 1976-12-29
Tomkinson's Schooldays 1976-01-07
Three Men in a Boat 1975-12-31
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975-03-14
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report 1974-12-19
Henry Cleans Up 1974-01-02
Is This a Record? 1973-06-01
Monty Python In The Netherlands 1973-01-18
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971 1971-12-31
And Now for Something Completely Different 1971-09-28
Euroshow '71: May Day Special 1971-05-01
Monty Python: Who's There? 1970-04-15
Ending It All 1970-01-01
How to Irritate People 1969-01-21
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World 1966-01-02
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
The Magic Faraway Tree
Across the Andes by Frog

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