Eric Idle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 29, 1943 (age 83)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
Movie
Who Is Martin Mull?
Movie · as Self
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
TV · as Self - Writer & Actor · 1 ep
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
Movie · as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Movie · as The Impressive Clergyman
An Accidental Studio
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Masked Singer
TV · as Self, Hedgehog (archive footage) · 2 eps
The Admiral: Pub, Drums and Food
Movie · as Dirk McQuickley (archive footage)
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Movie · as Self
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Terry Pratchett: Back in Black
Movie · as Self
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Movie · as Self - Audience Member
The Entire Universe
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Absolutely Anything
Movie · as Salubrious Gat (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
Movie · as Self / Nigel Spasm
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Movie · as Self, others
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Movie · as Self
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Movie · as Self
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Movie · as Self
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 5 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Meaning of Monty Python
Movie · as Self
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
Movie · as Self
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
Movie · as Self
What About Dick?
Movie · as The Piano
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Movie · as Self
Inside Comedy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
London 2012 Olympic Games
TV · as Self · 1 ep
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
Movie · as Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
Movie
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
Movie · as Self
Conan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Delgo
Movie · as Spig (voice)
Life Of Brian Screenplay
Movie · as Mr. Cheeky, Stan aka Loretta, Harry the Haggler
The Seventh Python
Movie · as Self
We Are Most Amused
Movie · as Self
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
Movie · as Self
Monty Python Conquers America
Movie · as Self
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Movie · as Self - 'Berthold'
Shrek the Third
Movie · as Merlin (voice)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Movie · as Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Brian
Movie · as Self
What the Pythons Did Next...
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Movie Connections
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Movie · as Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
Movie · as Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
Movie · as Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus — Michael Palin's Personal Best
Movie · as Various Roles (archive footage)
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
Movie · as Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Movie · as Various Characters
The One Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Monty Python's Personal Best
TV · as Self / Various Characters · 6 eps
Earth to America
Movie · as Self
The Aristocrats
Movie · as Self
The Roots of Monty Python
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Movie · as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Ella Enchanted
Movie · as Narrator
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Nutcracker and the Mouseking
Movie · as Drosselmeier (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Soup
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
Movie · as English Victim
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Movie · as Melvin / Dirk McQuickly / Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Homicide
Movie · as Celebrity
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Movie · as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Scream Team
Movie · as Coffin Ed
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Movie · as Self
Brightness
Movie · as Mr. Bix
Disney's House of Mouse
TV · as Pluto Angel (voice) · 2 eps
The Beatles Revolution
Movie · as Self
The Life of Python
Movie · as Self
102 Dalmatians
Movie · as Waddlesworth (voice)
I Don't Believe It!: The One Foot in the Grave Story
Movie · as Self
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
TV · as Guzelian (voice) · 1 ep
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Movie · as Evil Martin (voice)
Dudley Do-Right
Movie · as Prospector
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Movie · as Dr. Vosknocker (voice)
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
Movie · as Self
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
Movie · as Self
The Monty Python Story
Movie · as Self
Hercules: Zero to Hero
Movie · as Parenthesis (voice) (archive sound)
30 Years of Monty Python, a Revelation
Movie · as Self
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
Movie · as Slyly (voice)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
Movie · as Alan Smithee
Quest for Camelot
Movie · as Devon (voice)
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Movie · as Self
Hercules
TV · as Parenthesis (voice) · 7 eps
State of Fear
Movie
Pirates 4-D
Movie · as Pierre
The Wind in the Willows
Movie · as Rat
Bobcat Goldthwait Comedy Central "Pulp Comics"
Movie · as Man in Bed
Suddenly Susan
TV · as Ian Maxtone-Graham · 21 eps
Clive Anderson All Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
Casper
Movie · as Dibs
MADtv
TV · as Zookeeper · 1 ep
Pinky and the Brain
TV · as Mom & Dad (voice) · 1 ep
Splitting Heirs
Movie · as Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel
Frasier
TV · as Chuck (voice) · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Mom and Dad Save the World
Movie · as King Raff
Missing Pieces
Movie · as Wendel
Too Much Sun
Movie · as Sonny
One Foot in the Grave: The Man in the Long Black Coat
Movie · as Mervyn Whale
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nuns on the Run
Movie · as Brian Hope
Life of Python
Movie · as Self / Various Roles
One Foot in the Grave
TV · as Mechanic 1 (voice) · 1 ep
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Movie · as Self / Various Characters
The Movie Life of George
Movie · as Self
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
Movie · as Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Nearly Departed
TV · as Grant Pritchard · 6 eps
Around the World in 80 Days
TV · as Jean Passepartout · 3 eps
The Simpsons
TV · as Declan Desmond (voice) · 4 eps
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Movie · as Desmond / Berthold
The Mikado
Movie · as Ko-Ko
The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado
Movie · as Self
Going Live!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Transformers: The Movie
Movie · as Wreck-Gar (voice)
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Movie · as The Bike Rider
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Movie · as The Pied Piper / Robert Browning
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Movie · as Various Roles
Yellowbeard
Movie · as Commander Clement
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Movie · as Gunther (uncredited)
Group Madness
Movie · as Self
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Movie · as Various Roles
The Tale of the Frog Prince
Movie · as Narrator
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Narrator (voice), The Pied Piper / Robert Browning · 1 ep
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
Movie · as Reporter
Life of Brian
Movie · as Mr. Cheeky / Stan 'Loretta' / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
Movie · as Self
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Movie · as Dirk McQuickly/The Narrator/S.J. Krammerhead
Yellow Submarine Sandwich
Movie · as Dirk McQuickly (dialogue voice)
Laverne & Shirley
TV · as Derek DeWoods · 1 ep
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Movie · as Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard
Rutland Weekend Television
TV · as Various Characters · 14 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited), Terry Halsey (uncredited) · 4 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
Movie · as Self
Monty Python In The Netherlands
Movie · as Pie Face 1
The Philosophers' Football Match
Movie · as Sokrates
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
TV · as Various Characters · 2 eps
And Now for Something Completely Different
Movie · as Prosecutor / 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
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
Movie · as Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
Movie
Monty Python's Flying Circus
TV · as Various · 45 eps
We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh
TV · as Various · 12 eps
At Last the 1948 Show
TV · 13 eps
Do Not Adjust Your Set
TV · as Various Characters · 29 eps
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
Movie · as Jazz Band Chauffeur (uncredited)
Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Young Man (uncredited)
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep