6.1Acting
Eric Idle
- Born
- 1943-03-29
- 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
Filmography
175 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Who Is Martin Mull?
2026 · Movie
Self
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
2024 · TV Show
Self - Writer & Actor
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021 · Movie
Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020 · Movie
The Impressive Clergyman
An Accidental Studio
2019 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
2019 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Masked Singer
2019 · TV Show
Hedgehog · Hedgehog (archive footage)
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
2018 · TV Show
Self
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018 · Movie
Self
The Admiral: Pub, Drums and Food
2018 · Movie
Dirk McQuickley (archive footage)
Terry Pratchett: Back in Black
2017 · Movie
Self
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
2017 · Movie
Self - Audience Member
The Entire Universe
2016 · Movie
Self - Presenter · Writer
Absolutely Anything
2015 · Movie
Salubrious Gat (voice)
Put the Minister in the Socket
2015 · Movie
Original Story
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
Self - Guest
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014 · Movie
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014 · Movie
Self, others · Writer · Director
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014 · Movie
Self
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
2014 · Movie
Self
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014 · TV Show
Self (archive footage)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · TV Show
Self
The Boxtrolls
2014 · Movie
Songs
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
2014 · Movie
Self
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014 · Movie
Self / Nigel Spasm
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
Self
The Meaning of Monty Python
2013 · Movie
Self
Inside Comedy
2012 · TV Show
Self
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012 · Movie
Self
London 2012 Olympic Games
2012 · TV Show
Self
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO
2012 · Movie
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012 · Movie
Self
What About Dick?
2012 · Movie
The Piano · Director · Writer · Musical
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011 · TV Show
Self
Conan
2010 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
2010 · Movie
Self
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
2010 · Movie
Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben · Writer
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
2010 · Movie
Cast
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
2009 · TV Show
Self
Delgo
2008 · Movie
Spig (voice)
Life Of Brian Screenplay
2008 · Movie
Mr. Cheeky, Stan aka Loretta, Harry the Haggler · Screenplay
Monty Python Conquers America
2008 · Movie
Self
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
2008 · Movie
Self
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008 · Movie
Self - 'Berthold'
The Seventh Python
2008 · Movie
Self
We Are Most Amused
2008 · Movie
Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007 · Movie
Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie Connections
2007 · TV Show
Self
Shrek the Third
2007 · Movie
Merlin (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
Self
The Secret Life of Brian
2007 · Movie
Self
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Monty Python's Flying Circus — Michael Palin's Personal Best
2006 · Movie
Various Roles (archive footage)
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
2006 · Movie
Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006 · Movie
Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006 · Movie
Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
2006 · Movie
Various Characters
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
2006 · Movie
Various Characters
Monty Python's Personal Best
2006 · TV Show
Self / Various Characters · Creator
The One Show
2006 · TV Show
Self
Earth to America
2005 · Movie
Self
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005 · Movie
Self
The Aristocrats
2005 · Movie
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV Show
Self
The Roots of Monty Python
2005 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ella Enchanted
2004 · Movie
Narrator
Parkinson
2004 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
2004 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
2004 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
2004 · Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Nutcracker and the Mouseking
2004 · Movie
Drosselmeier (voice)
The Soup
2004 · TV Show
Self
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · TV Show
Self
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003 · Movie
Melvin / Dirk McQuickly / Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler · Director · Writer · Producer
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure
2003 · Movie
English Victim
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
2003 · Movie
Self
Hollywood Homicide
2003 · Movie
Celebrity
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · TV Show
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV Show
Self
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
2003 · Movie
Self
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
2002 · Movie
Self
The Scream Team
2002 · Movie
Coffin Ed
Brightness
2001 · Movie
Mr. Bix
Disney's House of Mouse
2001 · TV Show
Pluto Angel (voice)
Unplug the Minister in the Socket
2001 · Movie
Original Story
102 Dalmatians
2000 · Movie
Waddlesworth (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000 · TV Show
Guzelian (voice)
I Don't Believe It!: The One Foot in the Grave Story
2000 · Movie
Self
The Beatles Revolution
2000 · Movie
Self
The Life of Python
2000 · Movie
Self
30 Years of Monty Python, a Revelation
1999 · Movie
Self
Dudley Do-Right
1999 · Movie
Prospector
Hercules: Zero to Hero
1999 · Movie
Parenthesis (voice) (archive sound)
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
1999 · Movie
Self
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
1999 · Movie
Self
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
1999 · Movie
Dr. Vosknocker (voice)
The Monty Python Story
1999 · Movie
Self
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
1999 · Movie
Evil Martin (voice)
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
1998 · Movie
Alan Smithee
Hercules
1998 · TV Show
Parenthesis (voice)
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998 · Movie
Self
Quest for Camelot
1998 · Movie
Devon (voice)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie
1998 · Movie
Slyly (voice)
Pirates 4-D
1997 · Movie
Pierre · Screenplay
State of Fear
1997 · Movie
Cast
Bobcat Goldthwait Comedy Central "Pulp Comics"
1996 · Movie
Man in Bed
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996 · TV Show
Self
Suddenly Susan
1996 · TV Show
Ian Maxtone-Graham
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
Self - Guest
The Wind in the Willows
1996 · Movie
Rat
Casper
1995 · Movie
Dibs
MADtv
1995 · TV Show
Zookeeper
Pinky and the Brain
1995 · TV Show
Mom & Dad (voice)
Frasier
1993 · TV Show
Chuck (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Splitting Heirs
1993 · Movie
Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel · Writer · Executive Producer
Missing Pieces
1992 · Movie
Wendel
Mom and Dad Save the World
1992 · Movie
King Raff
One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black Coat
1991 · Movie
Mervyn Whale
Pebble Mill
1991 · TV Show
Self
Too Much Sun
1991 · Movie
Sonny
Life of Python
1990 · Movie
Self / Various Roles
Nuns on the Run
1990 · Movie
Brian Hope
Around the World in 80 Days
1989 · TV Show
Jean Passepartout
How to Get Ahead in Advertising
1989 · Movie
Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)
Nearly Departed
1989 · TV Show
Grant Pritchard
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
1989 · Movie
Self / Various Characters · Writer
The Movie Life of George
1989 · Movie
Self
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
Declan Desmond (voice)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · Movie
Desmond / Berthold
Going Live!
1987 · TV Show
Self
The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado
1987 · Movie
Self
The Mikado
1987 · Movie
Ko-Ko
The Transformers: The Movie
1986 · Movie
Wreck-Gar (voice)
National Lampoon's European Vacation
1985 · Movie
The Bike Rider
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1985 · Movie
The Pied Piper / Robert Browning
Group Madness
1983 · Movie
Self
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983 · Movie
Various Roles · Screenplay
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
1983 · Movie
Gunther (uncredited)
Yellowbeard
1983 · Movie
Commander Clement
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · TV Show
Narrator (voice) · The Pied Piper / Robert Browning · Director · Teleplay
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · TV Show
Self - Guest
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982 · Movie
Various Roles · Writer
The Tale of the Frog Prince
1982 · Movie
Narrator · Director · Writer
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981 · Movie
Reporter · Director
Life of Brian
1979 · Movie
Mr. Cheeky / Stan 'Loretta' / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee · Screenplay
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
1979 · Movie
Self
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978 · Movie
Dirk McQuickly/The Narrator/S.J. Krammerhead · Director · Writer
Yellow Submarine Sandwich
1978 · Movie
Dirk McQuickly (dialogue voice)
Laverne & Shirley
1976 · TV Show
Derek DeWoods
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · TV Show
Self
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 · Movie
Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard · Writer
Rutland Weekend Television
1975 · TV Show
Various Characters · Writer · Creator
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
Self - Host · Self - Cameo (uncredited) · Self (uncredited) · Terry Halsey (uncredited) · Director
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
1974 · Movie
Self
Monty Python In The Netherlands
1973 · Movie
Pie Face 1
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
1972 · TV Show
Various Characters
The Philosophers' Football Match
1972 · Movie
Sokrates
And Now for Something Completely Different
1971 · Movie
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 · Screenplay
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
1971 · Movie
Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1971 · Movie
Cast · Writer
The Two Ronnies
1971 · TV Show
Writer
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969 · TV Show
Various · Writer
We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh
1968 · TV Show
Various
At Last the 1948 Show
1967 · TV Show
Cast
Do Not Adjust Your Set
1967 · TV Show
Various Characters · Writer
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
1967 · TV Show
Self
Alice in Wonderland
1966 · Movie
Young Man (uncredited)
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World
1966 · Movie
Jazz Band Chauffeur (uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
Self - Nominee
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch
Date unknown · Movie
Cast
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Date unknown · TV Show
Creator
No – That's Me Over Here!
Date unknown · TV Show
Creator