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Michael Palin

Michael Palin
Michael Palin
Born: May 05, 1943 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Occupation: Writer, Actor,
Active: '60s-2000s
Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Brazil, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
First Major Screen Credit: A Series of Birds (1967)
Filmography
TIME BANDITS 1981
MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE 1983
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL 1974
FISH CALLED WANDA, A 1988
PRIVATE FUNCTION, A 1984
BRAZIL 1985
AMERICAN FRIENDS 1993
FIERCE CREATURES 1997
HOLY GRAIL 1975
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS 1969
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS SET 1 1969
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS SET 2 1969
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS SET 3 1970
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS SET 4 1970
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS SET 5 1972
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS SET 6 1972
RIPPIN YARNS 1977
WIND IN THE WILLOWS, THE 1996
MONTY PYTHON FLYING CIRCUS: THE PERSONAL BEST OF 2006
MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS: MICHAEL PALIN'S PERSONAL BEST 2005
COMPLETE RIPPING YARNS, THE 2005
COMPLETE RIPPING YARNS: DISC 1, THE 2005
COMPLETE RIPPING YARNS: DISC 2, THE 2005
MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN: THE IMMACULATE EDITION 1979
YOU'VE GOT MAIL DELUXE EDITION 2008
MONTY PYTHON: ALMOST THE TRUTH 2009
16 Videos for Michael Palin
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Eric Idle's Personal Best (2005) A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Time Bandits (1981)
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Michael Palin's Personal Best (2005) Brazil (1985) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
You've Got Mail (1998) A Private Function (1984) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974)
Fierce Creatures (1997) Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) Monty Python's Flying Circus [TV Series] (1969)
The Wind in the Willows (1996) The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982) Monty Python's Flying Circus [TV Series] (1969)
American Friends (1993)
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Biography:

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, All Movie Guide.