About Monty Python
Michael Palin

Michael Palin

(1943 - )

Occupation: Actor, screenwriter

Born: May 5, 1943, Sheffield, England

Education: Brasenose College, Oxford (history)

Made his West End stage debut in Hang Down Your Head and Die, a 1964 production by Oxford's satirical Experimental Theatre Club. After graduation, Palin wrote for and appeared in a number of comic programs, including "The Complete and Utter History of Britain," before becoming part of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" in 1969. He coscripted the successful fantasy feature, TIME BANDITS (1981), and made a memorable appearance as the stuttering bumbler in Charles Crichton's homage to Ealing comedy, A FISH CALLED WANDA (1988).

Films

1972 AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (performer, screenwriter)
1975 MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (performer, screenwriter)
1975 THREE MEN IN A BOAT (performer)
1976 PLEASURE AT HER MAJESTY'S (performer)
1977 JABBERWOCKY (performer)
1979 LIFE OF BRIAN/ MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (performer, screenwriter)
1979 THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL (performer, screenwriter)
1981 TIME BANDITS (performer, screenwriter)
1982 THE MISSIONARY (performer, producer, screenwriter)
1982 MONTY PYTHON LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL (performer, screenwriter)
1982 THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S OTHER BALL (performer)
1983 MONTY PYTHON'S THE MEANING OF LIFE (performer, screenwriter, song composer)
1985 BRAZIL (performer)
1985 A PRIVATE FUNCTION (performer)
1988 CONSUMING PASSIONS (performer)
1988 A FISH CALLED WANDA (performer)
1991 AMERICAN FRIENDS (performer, screenplay)
1997 FIERCE CREATURES