
Michael Palin
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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.
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Known For

The Graham Norton Show

The Simpsons

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Saturday Night Live

The One Show

The Jonathan Ross Show

Legends

Wogan

Fawlty Towers

The Frank Skinner Show

Daytime Live

Parkinson

Going Live!

Artsnight

Clive Anderson All Talk

Movie Connections

Staged

The Witches

The Grand Knockout Tournament

Absolutely Anything

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

Worzel Gummidge

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

Time Bandits

Arthur Christmas

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

Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind

Life of Brian

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

Brazil

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The Death of Stalin

Vanity Fair

A Fish Called Wanda

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Attenborough at 90

Monty Python's Flying Circus

A Thin Line

Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs

American Friends

Across the Andes by Frog

Michael Palin In Wyeth's World

Tomkinson's Schooldays

Michael Palin's New Europe

Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days

Full Circle with Michael Palin

Alexander Armstrong's Real Ripping Yarns

Palin on Redpath

Three Men in a Boat

The Curse of the Claw

Brazil with Michael Palin

Whinfrey's Last Case

Remember Me

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Golden Gordon

The Dress
Production Credits

Time Bandits

American Friends

East of Ipswich

Palin on Redpath

Full Circle with Michael Palin

The Curse of the Claw

Michael Palin's New Europe

Time Bandits

Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days

Tomkinson's Schooldays

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Golden Gordon

Whinfrey's Last Case

The Two Ronnies

Across the Andes by Frog

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Secrets

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Michael Palin In Wyeth's World

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Life of Brian
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