Person

Eric Idle

Acting · Born 1943-03-29 · South Shields, County Durham, England, UK

Biography

Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer who wrote and performed as a member of the popular British comedy group Monty Python.

Known for

Filmography

2024STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 piecesSelf - Writer & Actor
2021Monty Python's Best Bits CelebratedSelf (archive footage)(uncredited)
2020A Virtual Princess Bride ReunionThe Impressive Clergyman
2019Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy GrailsSelf (archive footage)
2019An Accidental StudioSelf (archive footage)
2019The Masked SingerHedgehog
2018GQ Presents: Iconic CharactersSelf
2018The Admiral: Pub, Drums and FoodDirk McQuickley (archive footage)
2018Robin Williams: Come Inside My MindSelf
2017The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015Self - Audience Member
2017Terry Pratchett: Back in BlackSelf
2016The Entire UniverseSelf - Presenter
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2015Absolutely AnythingSalubrious Gat (voice)
2015Put the Minister in the SocketOriginal Story
2014Monty Python: The Meaning of LiveSelf
2014Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)Self (archive footage)
2014The BoxtrollsSongs
2014Monty Python Live (Mostly)Self, others
2014Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather SimilarSelf
201450 Years of BBC Two ComedySelf
2014The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden TreasureSelf
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
2014The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the BeatlesSelf / Nigel Spasm
2014Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf
2013The Meaning of Monty PythonSelf
2012What About Dick?The Piano
2012London 2012 Olympic GamesSelf
2012Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELOSelf
2012London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British MusicSelf
2012The Secret Policeman's BallSelf
2012Inside ComedySelf
2011George Harrison: Living in the Material WorldSelf
2010ConanSelf - Guest
2010Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
2010Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben
2010Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical ReleaseSelf
2009Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)Self
2008DelgoSpig (voice)
2008We Are Most AmusedSelf
2008Monty Python: Before the Flying CircusSelf
2008The Seventh PythonSelf
2008The Madness and Misadventures of MunchausenSelf - 'Berthold'
2008Life Of Brian ScreenplayMr. Cheeky, Stan aka Loretta, Harry the Haggler
2008Monty Python Conquers AmericaSelf
2007Movie ConnectionsSelf
2007Shrek the ThirdMerlin (voice)
2007Hitler: The Comedy YearsMr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2007The Secret Life of BrianSelf
2007What the Pythons Did Next...Self (archive footage)
2006The One ShowSelf
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal BestVarious Characters
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal BestVarious Characters
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal BestVarious Characters
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal BestVarious Characters
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal BestVarious Characters
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal BestVarious Characters
2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal BestVarious Characters
2006Monty Python's Personal BestSelf / Various Characters
2005The Roots of Monty PythonSelf (archive footage)
2005Earth to AmericaSelf
2005The AristocratsSelf
2005Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night LiveSelf
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf
2004The Nutcracker and the MousekingDrosselmeier (voice)
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf
2004The SoupSelf
2004Ella EnchantedNarrator
2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1Self (archive footage)
2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2Self (archive footage)
2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3Self (archive footage)
2003Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island AdventureEnglish Victim
2003David Bowie - Sound and VisionSelf
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2003The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'Self
2003Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The RutlesMelvin/Dirk McQuickly/Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
2003Hollywood HomicideCelebrity
2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
2002The Scream TeamCoffin Ed
2002Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the UniverseSelf
2001Unplug the Minister in the SocketOriginal Story
2001BrightnessMr. Bix
2001Disney's House of MousePluto Angel (voice)
2000The Beatles RevolutionSelf
2000The Life of PythonSelf
2000102 DalmatiansWaddlesworth (voice)
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandGuzelian (voice)
1999Monty Python: From Spam to SpermSelf
1999Monty Python: 30th Anniversary SketchesSelf
1999The Monty Python StorySelf
1999Dudley Do-RightProspector
1999Hercules: Zero to HeroParenthesis (voice) (archive sound)
1999South Park: Bigger, Longer & UncutDr. Vosknocker (voice)
1999The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the RescueEvil Martin (voice)
1998Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The MovieSlyly (voice)
1998HerculesParenthesis (voice)
1998Quest for CamelotDevon (voice)
1998Monty Python: Live at AspenSelf
1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, BurnAlan Smithee
1997State of Fear
1996Bobcat Goldthwait Comedy Central "Pulp Comics"Man in Bed
1996The Wind in the WillowsRat
1996Clive Anderson All TalkSelf
1996Suddenly SusanIan Maxtone-Graham
1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest
1995MADtvZookeeper
1995Pinky and the BrainMom & Dad (voice)
1995CasperDibs
1993FrasierChuck (voice)
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest
1993Splitting HeirsTommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel
1992Mom and Dad Save the WorldKing Raff
1992Missing PiecesWendel
1991One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black CoatMervyn Whale
1991Pebble MillSelf
1991Too Much SunSonny
1990Nuns on the RunBrian Hope
1990Life of PythonSelf / Various Roles
1989The SimpsonsDeclan Desmond (voice)
1989Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty PythonSelf / Various Characters
1989How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingMale Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)
1989Around the World in 80 DaysJean Passepartout
1989Nearly DepartedGrant Pritchard
1989The Movie Life of GeorgeSelf
1988The Adventures of Baron MunchausenDesmond / Berthold
1987The English National Opera Rehearse The MikadoSelf
1987Going Live!Self
1987The MikadoKo-Ko
1986The Transformers: The MovieWreck-Gar (voice)
1985National Lampoon's European VacationThe Bike Rider
1985The Pied Piper of HamelinThe Pied Piper / Robert Browning
1983YellowbeardCommander Clement
1983Group MadnessSelf
1983Monty Python's The Meaning of LifeVarious Roles
1983The Crimson Permanent AssuranceGunther (uncredited)
1982The Tale of the Frog PrinceNarrator
1982Faerie Tale TheatreNarrator (voice)
1982Monty Python Live at the Hollywood BowlVarious Roles
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest
1981Steve Martin's Best Show EverReporter
1979Life of BrianMr. Cheeky / Stan 'Loretta' / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee
1979The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979Self
1978The Rutles: All You Need Is CashDirk McQuickly/The Narrator/S.J. Krammerhead
1978Yellow Submarine SandwichDirk McQuickly (dialogue voice)
1976Laverne & ShirleyDerek DeWoods
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975Rutland Weekend TelevisionVarious Characters
1975Monty Python and the Holy GrailDead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
1974Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location ReportSelf
1973Monty Python In The Netherlands
1972The Philosophers' Football MatchSokrates
1972Monty Python's Fliegender ZirkusVarious Characters
1971The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1971And Now for Something Completely DifferentProsecutor / Marriage Counselor / Arthur Nudge / Self-defence student #4 (interested in pointed sticks) / 'Hell's Grannies' analyst / Arthur Wilson / Arthur Wilson Two / Nightclub Emcee / Linkman / First General / Restaurant Manager / Lingerie Shop Owner / Accountant #1 (falling past the window) / Fairy Godmother / Rita Fairbanks / Simon Zinc Trumpet Harris / Mountie / Lady With Cookbook
1971Euroshow '71: May Day SpecialVarious (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
1971The Two RonniesWriter
1969Monty Python's Flying CircusVarious
1968We Have Ways Of Making You LaughVarious
1967Do Not Adjust Your SetVarious Characters
1967Titel, Thesen, TemperamenteSelf
1967At Last the 1948 Show
1966Alice in WonderlandYoung Man (uncredited)
1966Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the WorldJazz Band Chauffeur (uncredited)
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee
—Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
—Monty Python: Live at AspenCreator
—No – That's Me Over Here!Creator

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