Acting

Eric Idle

29.03.1943 South Shields, County Durham, England, UK 171 credits

Biography

Filmography

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