Eric Idle
Mar 29, 1943

IMDb Page
Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated 06/05/21 Self (archive footage)(uncredited) 78
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails 09/07/19 Self (archive footage) 76
An Accidental Studio 07/12/19 Self (archive footage) 76
The Admiral: Pub, Drums and Food 01/29/18 Dirk McQuickley (archive footage) 74
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 01/19/18 Self 74
Terry Pratchett: Back in Black 02/11/17 Self 73
The Entire Universe 12/26/16 Self - Presenter 73
Absolutely Anything 06/26/15 Salubrious Gat (voice) 72
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live 11/13/14 Self 71
Monty Python Live (Mostly) 07/20/14 Self, others 71
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar 06/29/14 Self 71
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy 05/24/14 Self 71
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure 05/11/14 Self 71
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles 02/09/14 Self / Nigel Spasm 70
The Meaning of Monty Python 10/08/13 Self 70
What About Dick? 11/13/12 The Piano 69
Mr. Blue Sky: The Story of Jeff Lynne & ELO 10/05/12 Self 69
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music 08/12/12 Self 69
The Secret Policeman's Ball 03/04/12 Self 68
Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall 06/08/10 67
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) 03/25/10 Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben 66
Delgo 12/12/08 Spig (voice) 65
We Are Most Amused 11/15/08 Self 65
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus 07/01/08 Self 65
The Seventh Python 06/26/08 Self 65
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen 04/08/08 Self - 'Berthold' 65
Life Of Brian Screenplay 01/29/08 Mr. Cheeky, Stan aka Loretta, Harry the Haggler 64
Monty Python Conquers America 01/01/08 Self 64
Shrek the Third 05/17/07 Merlin (voice) 64
Hitler: The Comedy Years 05/10/07 Mr. Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited) 64
The Secret Life of Brian 01/01/07 Self 63
What the Pythons Did Next... 01/01/07 Self (archive footage) 63
The South Bank Show: Spamalot 10/15/06 63
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best 02/22/06 Various Characters 62
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Eric Idle's Personal Best 02/22/06 Various Characters 62
The Roots of Monty Python 11/26/05 Self (archive footage) 62
Earth to America 11/20/05 Self 62
The Aristocrats 07/29/05 Self 62
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live 02/20/05 Self 61
The Nutcracker and the Mouseking 10/12/04 Drosselmeier (voice) 61
Ella Enchanted 04/09/04 Narrator 61
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1 01/01/04 Self (archive footage) 60
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2 01/01/04 Self (archive footage) 60
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3 01/01/04 Self (archive footage) 60
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure 12/20/03 English Victim 60
David Bowie - Sound and Vision 11/12/03 Self 60
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' 09/02/03 Self 60
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch 08/16/03 Melvin/Dirk McQuickly/Lady Beth Mouse-Peddler 60
Hollywood Homicide 06/09/03 Celebrity 60
The Scream Team 10/11/02 Coffin Ed 59
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe 01/12/02 Self 58
Brightness 04/01/01 Mr. Bix 58
The Beatles Revolution 11/17/00 Self 57
The Life of Python 10/31/00 Self 57
102 Dalmatians 10/07/00 Waddlesworth (voice) 57
Pirates: 3D Show 12/31/99 Pierre 56
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm 10/08/99 Self 56
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches 10/08/99 Self 56
The Monty Python Story 10/08/99 Self 56
Dudley Do-Right 08/27/99 Prospector 56
Hercules: Zero to Hero 08/17/99 Parenthesis (voice) (archive sound) 56
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 06/30/99 Dr. Vosknocker (voice) 56
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue 12/22/98 Evil Martin (voice) 55
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie 10/16/98 Slyly (voice) 55
Quest for Camelot 05/15/98 Devon (voice) 55
Monty Python: Live at Aspen 03/21/98 Self 54
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn 02/27/98 Alan Smithee 54
State of Fear 01/01/97 53
Bobcat Goldthwait Comedy Central "Pulp Comics" 12/04/96 Man in Bed 53
The Wind in the Willows 10/16/96 Rat 53
Casper 05/26/95 Paul 'Dibbs' Plutzker 52
Splitting Heirs 04/02/93 Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel 50
Mom and Dad Save the World 07/24/92 King Raff 49
Missing Pieces 03/28/92 Wendel 48
Too Much Sun 10/10/90 Sonny 47
Nuns on the Run 03/16/90 Brian Hope 46
Life of Python 03/16/90 Self / Various Roles 46
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python 11/18/89 Self / Various Characters 46
How to Get Ahead in Advertising 05/05/89 Male Love Bird (voice) (uncredited) 46
The Movie Life of George 02/10/89 Self 45
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 12/07/88 Desmond / Berthold 45
The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado 10/02/87 Self 44
The Mikado 01/01/87 Ko-Ko 43
The Transformers: The Movie 08/08/86 Wreck-Gar (voice) 43
National Lampoon's European Vacation 07/25/85 The Bike Rider 42
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 04/05/85 The Pied Piper / Robert Browning 42
Yellowbeard 06/24/83 Commander Clement 40
Group Madness 06/11/83 Self 40
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 03/31/83 Various Roles 40
The Crimson Permanent Assurance 03/31/83 Gunther (uncredited) 40
The Tale of the Frog Prince 09/11/82 Narrator 39
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl 06/25/82 Various Roles 39
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever 11/25/81 Reporter 38
Life of Brian 08/17/79 Mr. Cheeky / Stan 'Loretta' / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee 36
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 06/20/79 Self 36
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash 03/22/78 Dirk McQuickly/The Narrator/S.J. Krammerhead 34
Yellow Submarine Sandwich 03/22/78 Dirk McQuickly (dialogue voice) 34
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 03/14/75 Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard 31
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report 12/19/74 Self 31
Monty Python In The Netherlands 01/18/73 29
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971 12/31/71 28
And Now for Something Completely Different 09/28/71 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 28
Euroshow '71: May Day Special 05/01/71 Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus) 28
Alice in Wonderland 12/28/66 Young Man (uncredited) 23
Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World 01/02/66 Jazz Band Chauffeur (uncredited) 22
Close-Up Toothpaste Relaunch None 81
Nuclear Bogeyheads None Bogeyhead 81