---
title: 'Eric Idle'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'film actor'
  - 'television actor'
  - 'novelist'
  - 'film director'
  - 'guitarist'
born: '1943-03-29'
birthplace: 'South Shields'
films_in_library: 33
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-idle'
updated: '2026-07-31'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle'
wikidata: 'Q210741'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Eric Idle

film actor, television actor, novelist, film director, guitarist.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2015 · [Absolutely Anything](https://cinepixo.com/movies/absolutely-anything-2015) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2014 · [Monty Python Live (Mostly)](https://cinepixo.com/movies/monty-python-live-mostly-2014) — Director · unreviewed here
- 2011 · [George Harrison: Living in the Material World](https://cinepixo.com/movies/george-harrison-living-in-the-material-world-2011) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2010 · [Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)](https://cinepixo.com/movies/not-the-messiah-hes-a-very-naughty-boy-2010) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2008 · [Delgo](https://cinepixo.com/movies/delgo-2008) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2007 · [Shrek the Third](https://cinepixo.com/movies/shrek-the-third-2007) — as Merlin · unreviewed here
- 2005 · [The Aristocrats](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-aristocrats-2005) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2004 · [Ella Enchanted](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ella-enchanted-2004) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2003 · [Hollywood Homicide](https://cinepixo.com/movies/hollywood-homicide-2003) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2000 · [102 Dalmatians](https://cinepixo.com/movies/102-dalmatians-2000) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1999 · [Dudley Do-Right](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dudley-do-right-1999) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1999 · [South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut](https://cinepixo.com/movies/south-park-bigger-longer-uncut-1999) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1999 · [Pirates 4-D](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pirates-4-d-1999) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1998 · [Quest for Camelot](https://cinepixo.com/movies/quest-for-camelot-1998) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1998 · [The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-secret-of-nimh-2-timmy-to-the-rescue-1998) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1998 · [Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-the-movie-1998) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1997 · [An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn](https://cinepixo.com/movies/an-alan-smithee-film-burn-hollywood-burn-1997) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1996 · [The Wind in the Willows](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wind-in-the-willows-1996) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [Casper](https://cinepixo.com/movies/casper-1995) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1994 · [Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!](https://cinepixo.com/movies/honey-i-shrunk-the-audience-1994) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1993 · [Splitting Heirs](https://cinepixo.com/movies/splitting-heirs-1993) — actor, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1992 · [Mom and Dad Save the World](https://cinepixo.com/movies/mom-and-dad-save-the-world-1992) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1992 · [Missing Pieces](https://cinepixo.com/movies/missing-pieces-1992) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1990 · [Nuns on the Run](https://cinepixo.com/movies/nuns-on-the-run-1990) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1990 · [Too Much Sun](https://cinepixo.com/movies/too-much-sun-1990) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [The Adventures of Baron Munchausen](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-adventures-of-baron-munchausen-1988) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [The Transformers: The Movie](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-transformers-the-movie-1986) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1983 · [Monty Python's The Meaning of Life](https://cinepixo.com/movies/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life-1983) — actor, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1983 · [Yellowbeard](https://cinepixo.com/movies/yellowbeard-1983) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl](https://cinepixo.com/movies/monty-python-live-at-the-hollywood-bowl-1982) — actor, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Monty Python’s Life of Brian](https://cinepixo.com/movies/monty-pythons-life-of-brian-1979) — actor, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1975 · [Monty Python and the Holy Grail](https://cinepixo.com/movies/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-1975) — actor, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1971 · [And Now for Something Completely Different](https://cinepixo.com/movies/and-now-for-something-completely-different-1971) — actor, Screenplay · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

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