Eric Idle

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

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

8.0

The Simpsons

1989

7.8

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975

8.3

Monty Python's Flying Circus

1969

7.8

Life of Brian

1979

6.4

Casper

1995

7.0

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988

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Filmography

2026
Who Is Martin Mull?Film
Self
★ 5.8
2024
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 piecesTV
Self - Writer & Actor • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
2021
Monty Python's Best Bits CelebratedFilm
Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
2020
A Virtual Princess Bride ReunionFilm
The Impressive Clergyman
★ 6.3
2019
The Masked SingerTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.5
2019
The Masked SingerTV
Hedgehog (archive footage)
★ 7.5
2019
An Accidental StudioFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.4
2019
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy GrailsFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
2018
Robin Williams: Come Inside My MindFilm
Self
★ 7.9
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic CharactersTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2018
The Admiral: Pub, Drums and FoodFilm
Dirk McQuickley (archive footage)
2017
Terry Pratchett: Back in BlackFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2017
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015Film
Self - Audience Member
★ 7.8
2016
The Entire UniverseFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 3.8
2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
2015
Absolutely AnythingFilm
Salubrious Gat (voice)
★ 5.9
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.8
2014
Late Night with Seth MeyersTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 5.1
2014
Monty Python Live (Mostly)Film
Self, others
★ 7.2
2014
Monty Python: The Meaning of LiveFilm
Self
★ 7.4
2014
Off Camera with Sam JonesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
2014
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the BeatlesFilm
Self / Nigel Spasm
★ 7.1
2014
50 Years of BBC Two ComedyFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2014
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather SimilarFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2014
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden TreasureFilm
Self
★ 4.0
2014
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)TV
Self (archive footage) • 5 episodes
★ 2.0
2013
The Meaning of Monty PythonFilm
Self
★ 7.4
2012
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELOFilm
Self
★ 7.4
2012
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British MusicFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2012
What About Dick?Film
The Piano
★ 7.5
2012
The Secret Policeman's BallFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2012
Inside ComedyTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
2012
London 2012 Olympic GamesTV
Self • 1 episodes
2011
George Harrison: Living in the Material WorldTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.5
2010
ConanTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
2010
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)Film
Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben
★ 7.0
2010
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical ReleaseFilm
Self
2010
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert HallFilm
2009
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)TV
Self • 6 episodes
★ 7.6
2008
DelgoFilm
Spig (voice)
★ 4.6
2008
Monty Python: Before the Flying CircusFilm
Self
★ 7.7
2008
The Madness and Misadventures of MunchausenFilm
Self - 'Berthold'
★ 7.8
2008
Monty Python Conquers AmericaFilm
Self
★ 6.2
2008
We Are Most AmusedFilm
Self
★ 7.2
2008
Life Of Brian ScreenplayFilm
Mr. Cheeky, Stan aka Loretta, Harry the Haggler
2008
The Seventh PythonFilm
Self
2007
The Graham Norton ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.2
2007
Shrek the ThirdFilm
Merlin (voice)
★ 6.3
2007
The Secret Life of BrianFilm
Self
★ 7.8
2007
Hitler: The Comedy YearsFilm
Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.0
2007
Movie ConnectionsTV
Self • 1 episodes
2007
What the Pythons Did Next...Film
Self (archive footage)
2006
The One ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.3
2006
Monty Python's Personal BestTV
Self / Various Characters • 6 episodes
★ 5.7
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal BestFilm
Various Characters
★ 10.0
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal BestFilm
Various Characters
★ 8.0
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal BestFilm
Various Characters
★ 7.0
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal BestFilm
Various Characters
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal BestFilm
Various Characters
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus — Michael Palin's Personal BestFilm
Various Roles (archive footage)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 6.9
2005
The AristocratsFilm
Self
★ 5.9
2005
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night LiveFilm
Self
★ 7.8
2005
Earth to AmericaFilm
Self
★ 7.7
2005
The Roots of Monty PythonFilm
Self (archive footage)
2004
Ella EnchantedFilm
Narrator
★ 6.5
2004
The SoupTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
2004
The Tony Danza ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.4
2004
The Nutcracker and the MousekingFilm
Drosselmeier (voice)
★ 6.4
2004
ParkinsonTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2Film
Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1Film
Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3Film
Self (archive footage)
2003
Real Time with Bill MaherTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 6.0
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.5
2003
Hollywood HomicideFilm
Celebrity
★ 5.2
2003
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island AdventureFilm
English Victim
★ 4.0
2003
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The RutlesFilm
Melvin / Dirk McQuickly / Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler
★ 5.8
2003
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'Film
Self
★ 8.0
2003
David Bowie - Sound and VisionFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2002
The Scream TeamFilm
Coffin Ed
★ 6.5
2002
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the UniverseFilm
Self
2001
Disney's House of MouseTV
Pluto Angel (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 7.7
2001
BrightnessFilm
Mr. Bix
★ 8.0
2000
102 DalmatiansFilm
Waddlesworth (voice)
★ 5.5
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandTV
Guzelian (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
2000
I Don't Believe It!: The One Foot in the Grave StoryFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2000
The Beatles RevolutionFilm
Self
2000
The Life of PythonFilm
Self
1999
South Park: Bigger, Longer & UncutFilm
Dr. Vosknocker (voice)
★ 7.3
1999
Dudley Do-RightFilm
Prospector
★ 4.1
1999
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the RescueFilm
Evil Martin (voice)
★ 4.7
1999
Hercules: Zero to HeroFilm
Parenthesis (voice) (archive sound)
★ 6.4
1999
30 Years of Monty Python, a RevelationFilm
Self
1999
Monty Python: From Spam to SpermFilm
Self
1999
The Monty Python StoryFilm
Self
1999
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary SketchesFilm
Self
1998
HerculesTV
Parenthesis (voice) • 7 episodes
★ 6.9
1998
Quest for CamelotFilm
Devon (voice)
★ 6.8
1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The MovieFilm
Slyly (voice)
★ 6.1
1998
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, BurnFilm
Alan Smithee
★ 3.9
1998
Monty Python: Live at AspenFilm
Self
★ 7.1
1997
Pirates 4-DFilm
Pierre
★ 9.0
1997
State of FearFilm
1996
The Daily ShowTV
Self - Guest • 4 episodes
★ 6.4
1996
Suddenly SusanTV
Ian Maxtone-Graham • 21 episodes
★ 6.0
1996
The Wind in the WillowsFilm
Rat
★ 5.8
1996
Clive Anderson All TalkTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1996
Bobcat Goldthwait Comedy Central "Pulp Comics"Film
Man in Bed
1995
CasperFilm
Dibs
★ 6.4
1995
Pinky and the BrainTV
Mom & Dad (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1995
MADtvTV
Zookeeper • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1993
Late Show with David LettermanTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1993
FrasierTV
Chuck (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV
Self - Guest • 3 episodes
★ 7.3
1993
Splitting HeirsFilm
Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel
★ 5.2
1992
Mom and Dad Save the WorldFilm
King Raff
★ 4.9
1992
Missing PiecesFilm
Wendel
★ 5.3
1991
Pebble MillTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.1
1991
Too Much SunFilm
Sonny
★ 4.7
1991
One Foot in the Grave: The Man In The Long Black CoatFilm
Mervyn Whale
★ 9.0
1990
One Foot in the GraveTV
Mechanic 1 (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1990
Nuns on the RunFilm
Brian Hope
★ 5.9
1990
Life of PythonFilm
Self / Various Roles
★ 6.2
1989
The SimpsonsTV
Declan Desmond (voice) • 4 episodes
★ 8.0
1989
Around the World in 80 DaysTV
Jean Passepartout • 3 episodes
★ 6.8
1989
How to Get Ahead in AdvertisingFilm
Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.3
1989
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty PythonFilm
Self / Various Characters
★ 7.2
1989
Nearly DepartedTV
Grant Pritchard • 6 episodes
★ 5.5
1989
The Movie Life of GeorgeFilm
Self
1988
The Adventures of Baron MunchausenFilm
Desmond / Berthold
★ 7.0
1987
Going Live!TV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 8.0
1987
The MikadoFilm
Ko-Ko
★ 7.5
1987
The English National Opera Rehearse The MikadoFilm
Self
1986
The Transformers: The MovieFilm
Wreck-Gar (voice)
★ 7.2
1985
National Lampoon's European VacationFilm
The Bike Rider
★ 6.2
1985
The Pied Piper of HamelinFilm
The Pied Piper / Robert Browning
★ 7.5
1983
Monty Python's The Meaning of LifeFilm
Various Roles
★ 7.3
1983
YellowbeardFilm
Commander Clement
★ 5.6
1983
The Crimson Permanent AssuranceFilm
Gunther (uncredited)
★ 7.2
1983
Group MadnessFilm
Self
★ 9.0
1982
Late Night with David LettermanTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood BowlFilm
Various Roles
★ 7.4
1982
Faerie Tale TheatreTV
Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.1
1982
Faerie Tale TheatreTV
The Pied Piper / Robert Browning • 1 episodes
★ 8.1
1982
The Tale of the Frog PrinceFilm
Narrator
★ 5.8
1981
Steve Martin's Best Show EverFilm
Reporter
★ 7.6
1979
Life of BrianFilm
Mr. Cheeky / Stan 'Loretta' / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee
★ 7.8
1979
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979Film
Self
★ 7.3
1978
The Rutles: All You Need Is CashFilm
Dirk McQuickly/The Narrator/S.J. Krammerhead
★ 6.8
1978
Yellow Submarine SandwichFilm
Dirk McQuickly (dialogue voice)
★ 10.0
1976
Laverne & ShirleyTV
Derek DeWoods • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self - Host • 4 episodes
★ 6.9
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self - Cameo (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Terry Halsey (uncredited) • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1975
Monty Python and the Holy GrailFilm
Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard
★ 7.8
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.0
1975
Rutland Weekend TelevisionTV
Various Characters • 14 episodes
★ 6.3
1974
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location ReportFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1973
Monty Python In The NetherlandsFilm
Pie Face 1
★ 6.0
1972
Monty Python's Fliegender ZirkusTV
Various Characters • 2 episodes
★ 7.6
1972
The Philosophers' Football MatchFilm
Sokrates
★ 10.0
1971
And Now for Something Completely DifferentFilm
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
★ 7.2
1971
Euroshow '71: May Day SpecialFilm
Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
★ 10.0
1971
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971Film
1969
Monty Python's Flying CircusTV
Various • 45 episodes
★ 8.3
1968
We Have Ways Of Making You LaughTV
Various • 12 episodes
★ 10.0
1967
At Last the 1948 ShowTV
★ 7.5
1967
Do Not Adjust Your SetTV
Various Characters • 29 episodes
★ 7.8
1967
Titel, Thesen, TemperamenteTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1966
Alice in WonderlandFilm
Young Man (uncredited)
★ 6.0
1966
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the WorldFilm
Jazz Band Chauffeur (uncredited)
★ 5.4
1956
Tony AwardsTV
Self - Nominee • 1 episodes