Terry Gilliam

Known For: Directing

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: November 22, 1940 (84 years old)

Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam (born November 22, 1940) is an American-British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Subsequent to his early work with the Pythons, Gilliam became known for directing fantasy and sci-fi films, including "Time Bandits" (1981), "Brazil" (1985), "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988), "The Fisher King" (1991), "12 Monkeys" (1995), "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998) and "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (2009). He is the only Python not born in Britain; he took British citizenship in 1968.

2024

Actor Self (archive footage)

Uma Thurman - Hollywood's Cool Killer

2021

Actor Self

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!

Actor Self (archive footage)(uncredited)

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

Actor Self (archive footage)

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2020

Actor Self

Fellini of the Spirits

Actor Hunter

Bye Bye Morons

2019

Actor Self

An Accidental Studio

Actor Self (archive footage)

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails

Actor Himself

He Dreams of Giants

Art Designer

Happy Birthday

2018

Actor Self

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

Actor Giant #2 (Voice)

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Stage Director

Benvenuto Cellini

Director

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Screenplay

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

2017

Actor Self (archive footage)

Plankton Salesmen

Actor Self

Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox

Actor Self

Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel

2016

Actor Himself

Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds Story

Actor Himself

Botticelli's Venus: The Making of an Icon

Actor Himself

Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels

Actor Himself

Love Bite: Laurie Lipton and Her Disturbing Black & White Drawings

Actor Self

Das Prinzip Dada

2015

Actor Seal and Signet Minister

Jupiter Ascending

Actor Nasty Alien (voice)

Absolutely Anything

Actor Self

Film Adventurer Karel Zeman

Actor Self - Director and Animator

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Actor Dr. Therieux

I REC U

Actor Self

Sean Connery: In His Own Words

Stage Director

Benvenuto Cellini

2014

Actor Self, others

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

Actor Self

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live

Actor Self

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

Writer

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

2013

Actor Himself

Münchhausen - Die Geschichte einer Lüge

Actor Charles Meatson "famous man-eater"

9 Month Stretch

Actor Self

The Meaning of Monty Python

Director

The Zero Theorem

2012

Actor Various (voice)

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman

Actor Self

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Actor Self

Anatomy of a Liar

Actor Himself

The Cricklewood Greats

Actor Self

For No Good Reason

Actor Self - Director

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

Actor Self

Magical Mystery Tour Revisited

2011

Actor The Ranger (Voice)

The Monster of Nix

Actor Himself

Adventures in Plymptoons!

Director

The Wholly Family

Writer

The Wholly Family

2010

Actor Not an Individual / Mexican / Mountie

Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)

Actor Self

Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

Actor Senior Citizen in Photo (uncredited)

The Legend of Hallowdega

Actor

Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall

Actor Self

Dante Ferretti: Production Designer

Actor Self

Sodankylä Forever

Director

Arcade Fire: Madison Square Garden New York, NY 2010-08-05

Director

The Legend of Hallowdega

2009

Actor Self

Heath Ledger: A Tribute

Screenplay

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Director

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Producer

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Art Direction

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

2008

Actor Man Even Further Forward, Revolutionary, Jailer

Life Of Brian Screenplay

Actor Himself

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

Actor Self

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus

Actor Self

What Is Brazil?

Actor Self

Monty Python Conquers America

Actor Self - Director & Writer

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

Screenplay

Life Of Brian Screenplay

2007

Actor Self

The Secret Life of Brian

Actor Himself

Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920

Actor Self (archive footage)

What the Pythons Did Next...

Actor Self

The Making of 'Tideland'

2006

Actor Various Characters

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best

Actor

The South Bank Show: Spamalot

Actor Le faux bébé

Locked Out

2005

Actor Self

Getting Gilliam

Actor Self (archive footage)

The Roots of Monty Python

Actor Self

The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life

Actor Himself

The Visual Magic of the Brothers Grimm

Director

The Brothers Grimm

Screenplay

The Brothers Grimm

Director

Tideland

Screenplay

Tideland

Executive Producer

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

Director

Le court des grands

2004

Actor Self

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Actor Self (archive footage)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3

Actor Self (archive footage)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2

Actor Self (archive footage)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1

2003

Actor Self

Breakfast with Hunter

Actor Self

The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'

Actor Himself

Hunter Goes to Hollywood

2002

Actor Self - Writer & Director

Lost in La Mancha

Actor Self

Forever Ealing

Actor Self

Chris on Chris

2000

Actor Self

The Life of Python

1999

Actor Self

The Monty Python Story

Actor Self

Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm

Actor Self

Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches

1998

Actor Self

Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Actor Self

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

Director

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Screenplay

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1996

Actor Self

The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys'

Actor Self

The Battle of Brazil: A Video History

1995

Director

Twelve Monkeys

1994

Actor Self

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

Actor Self - Interviewee

Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife

1991

Actor

The South Bank Show: Terry Gilliam

Director

The Fisher King

1990

Actor Self / Various Roles

Life of Python

1989

Actor Self / Various Characters

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

Actor Self

The Movie Life of George

Writer

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python

1988

Actor Irritating Singer Inside Fish (uncredited)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Director

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Screenplay

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1985

Actor Smoking Man (uncredited)

Brazil

Actor Dr. Imhaus

Spies Like Us

Actor

Cinématon n°601 : Terry Gilliam

Director

Brazil

Writer

Cloudbusting

Screenplay

Brazil

1983

Actor Various Roles

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Actor Window Cleaner (uncredited)

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

Screenplay

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Director

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

Screenplay

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

1982

Actor Various Roles

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

Writer

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

1981

Director

Time Bandits

Writer

Time Bandits

Producer

Time Bandits

1979

Actor Man Even Further Forward / Revolutionary / Jailer / Blood and Thunder Prophet / Frank / Audience Member / Crucifee

Life of Brian

Actor Self

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979

Actor Narrator

Storytime

Screenplay

Life of Brian

Production Design

Life of Brian

Animation

Storytime

Director

Storytime

Animation

Life of Brian

1978

Actor N°601

Cinématon

1977

Actor Man with Rock

Jabberwocky

Screenplay

Jabberwocky

Director

Jabberwocky

1976

Actor Self

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

1975

Actor Patsy / Green Knight / Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorilla Hand

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Actor Voice

Miracle of Flight

Writer

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Director

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Writer

Miracle of Flight

Animation

Miracle of Flight

Producer

Miracle of Flight

Director

Miracle of Flight

1974

Actor Self

Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report

1973

Actor

Monty Python In The Netherlands

1971

Actor Self-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar Man / Sign Holder / Conrad Poohs

And Now for Something Completely Different

Actor Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)

Euroshow '71: May Day Special

Screenplay

And Now for Something Completely Different

Others

Actor

Hollywood Trailblazer: The Debra Hill Story

Writer

The Carnival at the End of Days

Director

The Carnival at the End of Days