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Director and actor
Terry Jones averages 6.64, Eric Idle averages 6.15. Apart that suggests 6.40; together they average 6.92, a lift of +0.52.
Lift is the average of their films together minus the mean of their two career averages.
Dot size shows audience votes; lines are rolling five-film averages. Films below the source vote floor are left out.
| Monty Python and … '75 | Life of Brian '79 | Monty Python's Th… '83 | Erik the Viking '89 | The Wind in the W… '96 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Idle | |||||
| John Cleese | |||||
| Terry Gilliam | |||||
| Graham Chapman | |||||
| Michael Palin |
Each column is a film in release order. Filled squares mark who was in it, colored by the film's rating.
| 1975 | 7.8 | 6,659 | Writer, as Dennis's Mother / Sir Bedevere / Left Head / Prince Herbert / Voice of Cartoon Scribe, Director | Writer, as Dead Collector / Peasant 1 / Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Launcelot / First Swamp Castle Guard / Concorde / Roger the Shrubber / Brother Maynard | |
| 1979 | 7.8 | 5,142 | Director, as Mandy Cohen / Colin / Simon the Holy Man / Bob Hoskins / Saintly Passer-by / Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant, Writer | as Mr. Cheeky / Stan 'Loretta' / Harry the Haggler / Culprit Woman / Warris / Intensely Dull Youth / Jailer's Assistant / Otto / Lead Singer Crucifee, Writer | |
| 1983 | 7.3 | 2,195 | Writer, as Various Roles, Director | Writer, as Various Roles | |
| 1996 | 5.8 | 63 | Director, as Toad, Writer | as Rat | |
| 2015 | 5.9 | 1,706 | as Scientist Alien (voice) / Van Driver, Director, Writer | as Salubrious Gat (voice) |
| 1971 | 7.2 | 610 | as Stage Manager / Tobacconist / 2nd Hungarian Man / Squire / Self-defence student #3 / Tenant #1 / Flasher / Mouse Organist Ken Ewing / Fat Soldier / Waiter / Nude Organist / Brian / Nigel Incubator Jones, Writer | Writer, as 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 | |
| 1982 | 7.4 | 192 | as Various Roles, Writer | as Various Roles, Writer | |
| 2010 | 7.0 | 38 | as Workingman / Mexican / Mountie | Writer, as Baritonish / Stan / Loretta / Bob Dylan / Ben | |
| 2014 | 7.2 | 89 | as Self, others, Writer | Director, Writer, as Self, others |