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One of Britain's foremost comedy character actors, Michael Palin is known for his inventive genius and astonishing versatility. A founding member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, Palin is also a screenwriter, author of children's books, and writer-host of travel documentaries. With the Pythons, however -- whose other members are Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Eric Idle-Palin became part of a international comedy phenomenon that spawned such glories as The Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "The Lumberjack Song," and "The Spanish Inquisition."