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Eric Idle

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Eric Idle

Born Mar 29, 1943 · 83 years172 titles 118 movies · 54 TV
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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.

Born

Mar 29, 1943

South Shields, County Durham, England, UK

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

166

Acting credits

8

Directing

23

Writing

7

Other crew

Most critically rated

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Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1966 2 title(s)

1967 3 title(s)

1968 1 title(s)

1969 1 title(s)

1971 4 title(s)

1972 2 title(s)

1973 1 title(s)

1974 1 title(s)

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2008 7 title(s)

2009 1 title(s)

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2011 1 title(s)

2012 6 title(s)

2013 1 title(s)

2014 11 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2016 1 title(s)

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2018 3 title(s)

2019 3 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2021 1 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)

Undated 3 title(s)