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Michael Palin
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English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter (born 1943)
Michael Palin is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter born in 1943 who became widely known for his work in entertainment across multiple formats. He is notable for his versatility in performing and creating content that has spanned several decades of British television and film.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943
- Works
- 61
Top works
- In Nigeria
- Brand New Monty Python Papperbok
- Pythons' Autobiography by the Pythons
- Time bandits
- The mirrorstone
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- The Magic Faraway Tree — Know All2026
- Joke2026
- David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth — Self2026
- Small Prophets — Brian Sleep2026
- The Academy of Armando — Self2025
- When Bruce Springsteen Came to Britain — Self2025
- Innes Lloyd: The Producer — Self2025
- The Secret Life of Trees — Self - Narrator2025
- Michael Palin in Venezuela — Self - Host2025
- David Frost Vs — self2025
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1943
Member of
- The “Just a Minute” Team1975–1976
- Monty Python
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,656
- Total plays
- 32,559
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Member of the British comedy group Monty Python, Michael Palin is the inventor of the threat "If you don't cooperate, I will get nasty and start using some Dutch words". He wrote and appeared in the "Do Not Adjust Your Set" show in the 1960s with Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Eric Idle, before the quartet was eventually joined by John Cleese and Graham Chapman to form Monty Python. Michael is known as the nicest Python. He is widely acknowledged as the "best Gumby", as demonstrated in the "Flow
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Employer
- University of Oxford
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- British English
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.themichaelpalin.com
- Image
- Michael Palin (46317977182) (cropped).jpg
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- Michael Palin
- date of birth
- 1943-01-01
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- Michael Palin
- nominated for
- BAFTA Fellowship
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- member of
- Monty Python
- archives at
- British Library
- social media followers
- 7750
- related category
- Category:Films with screenplays by Michael Palin
- ethnic group
- English people
- writing language
- British English
- birth name
- Michael Edward Palin
- honorific prefix
- Sir
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Michael Edward Palin (/ˈpeɪlɪn/ PAY-lin; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. He received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2013 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2019.
Palin started in television working on programmes including the Ken Dodd Show, The Frost Report, and Do Not Adjust Your Set. He joined Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974) alongside John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Graham Chapman. He acted in some of the most famous Python sketches, including "Argument Clinic", "Dead Parrot sketch", "The Lumberjack Song", "The Spanish Inquisition", "Bicycle Repair Man", and "The Fish-Slapping Dance". Palin continued to work with Jones away from Python, co-writing Ripping Yarns.
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