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.

Filmography

• 2026Short cuts : L'Armée des 12 singes de Terry Gilliam — Original Film Writer
• 2026The MAD World of Harvey Kurtzman — Himself, Executive Producer
• Time Bandits — Characters
• 2020Bye Bye Morons — Le chasseur publicité
• 2019Happy Birthday — Art Designer
• 2018Benvenuto Cellini — Stage Director
• 2018The Man Who Killed Don Quixote — Giant #2 (Voice), Director, Screenplay
• 2015Absolutely Anything — Nasty Alien (voice)
• 2015Benvenuto Cellini — Stage Director
• 2015I REC U — Dr. Therieux
• 2015Jupiter Ascending — Seal and Signet Minister
• 2014Monty Python Live (Mostly) — Self, others, Writer
• 20139 Month Stretch — Charlie Meatson
• 2013The Zero Theorem — Director
• 2012A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman — Various (voice)
• 2011The Monster of Nix — The Ranger (Voice)
• 2011The Wholly Family — Director, Writer
• 2010Arcade Fire: UNSTAGED — Director
• In Confidence
• 2010Not The Messiah: The Road To Albert Hall
• 2010Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) — Not an Individual / Mexican / Mountie
• 2010The Legend of Hallowdega — Senior Citizen in Photo (uncredited), Director
• 2009The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus — Screenplay, Director, Producer, Art Direction
• 2008Life Of Brian Screenplay — Man Even Further Forward, Revolutionary, Jailer, Screenplay
• 2006Locked Out — Le faux bébé
• 2006Monty Python's Flying Circus — Michael Palin's Personal Best — Various Roles (archive footage)
• 2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best — Various Characters
• 2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best — Various Characters
• 2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best — Various Characters
• 2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best — Various Characters
• 2006Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best — Various Characters
• Monty Python's Personal Best — Self / Various Characters, Creator
• 2005Le court des grands — Director
• 2005The Brothers Grimm — Director
• 2005The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes — Executive Producer
• 2005Tideland — Screenplay, Director
• 1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Director, Screenplay
• The Last Machine
• 1995Twelve Monkeys — Director
• 1991The Fisher King — Director
• 1989Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python — Self / Various Characters, Writer
• 1988The Adventures of Baron Munchausen — Irritating Singer Inside Fish (uncredited), Screenplay, Director
• 1986Cinématon n°601 : Terry Gilliam
• Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
• 1985Brazil — Smoking Man (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
• Friday People
• 1985Spies Like Us — Dr. Imhaus
• 1983Monty Python's The Meaning of Life — Various Roles, Screenplay
• 1983The Crimson Permanent Assurance — Window Cleaner (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
• 1982Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl — Various Roles, Writer
• 1981Time Bandits — Writer, Director, Producer
• Friday Night, Saturday Morning
• 1979Life of Brian — Man Even Further Forward / Revolutionary / Jailer / Blood and Thunder Prophet / Frank / Audience Member / Crucifee, Screenplay, Production Design, Animation
• 1979Storytime — Narrator, Animation, Director
• 1978Cinématon — N°601
• 1977Jabberwocky — Man with Rock, Director, Screenplay
• 1975Monty Python and the Holy Grail — Patsy / Green Knight / Old Man from Scene 24 (Bridgekeeper) / Sir Bors / Animator / Gorilla Hand, Writer, Director
• 1974Miracle of Flight — Voice, Animation, Director, Producer, Writer
• The Do-It-Yourself Film Animation Show — Terry Gilliam
• Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus — Various Characters
• 1972The Philosophers' Football Match — I. Kant
• 1971And Now for Something Completely Different — Self-Defence Nun / Flasher / Uncle Sam / Caterpillar Man / Sign Holder / Conrad Poohs, Screenplay
• 1971Euroshow '71: May Day Special — Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
• Monty Python's Flying Circus — Various, Writer
• We Have Ways Of Making You Laugh — Live Cartoonist
• Do Not Adjust Your Set
• Omnibus
• Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python — Writer
• Monty Python: Live at Aspen — Creator
• TITOLI DI CODA - VIDEODROME — Terry Gilliam

Appearances as themselves (99)

• 2026Le cinéma de Terry Gilliam - L’imagination au pouvoir — Self (archive footage)
• 2024My National Gallery, London — Self
• 2024Uma Thurman: Hollywood's Silent Warrior — Self (archive) - director
• Reel Britannia — Self
• 2021Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out! — Self
• 2021Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated — Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
• 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Terry Gilliam: It Is Extraordinary, But How Do You Describe It? — Himself
• 2020Fellini of the Spirits — Self
• 2019An Accidental Studio — Self
• 2019He Dreams of Giants — Self
• 2019Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk — Self
• 2017Cinéma… par Albert Dupontel — Self
• 2017Plankton Salesmen — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox — Self
• 2016Botticelli's Venus: The Making of an Icon — Himself
• 2016Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels — Himself
• 2016Love Bite: Laurie Lipton and Her Disturbing Black & White Drawings — Himself
• 2016The Dada Principle — Self
• 2016Under the Radar: The Mike Edmonds Story — Himself
• 2015A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman — Self - Director and Animator
• 2015Film Adventurer Karel Zeman — Self
• 2015Sean Connery: In His Own Words — Self
• Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar — Self
• 2014Monty Python: The Meaning of Live — Self
• The Kumars — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2013Münchhausen - Die Geschichte einer Lüge — Himself
• 2013The Meaning of Monty Python — Self
• 2012Anatomy of a Liar — Self
• Evening Urgant — Self
• 2012For No Good Reason — Self
• 2012Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil — Self - Director
• 2012Magical Mystery Tour Revisited — Self
• 2012Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan — Self
• 2012The Cricklewood Greats — Himself
• 2011Adventures in Plymptoons! — Self
• George Harrison: Living in the Material World — Self
• 2010Dante Ferretti: Production Designer — Self
• 2010Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release — Self
• 2010Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) — Self
• 2009Heath Ledger: A Tribute — Self
• Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) — Self
• 2008Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices — Himself
• 2008Monty Python Conquers America — Self
• 2008Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus — Self
• 2008The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen — Self - Director & Writer
• 2008What Is Brazil? — Self
• 2007Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation, 1900-1920 — Himself
• Movie Connections — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2007The Making of 'Tideland' — Self
• 2007The Secret Life of Brian — Self
• 2007What the Pythons Did Next... — Self (archive footage)
• The One Show — Self - Guest
• 2005Getting Gilliam — Self
• 2005The Brothers Grimm: Bringing the Fairytale to Life — Self
• 2005The Roots of Monty Python — Self (archive footage)
• 2005The Visual Magic of the Brothers Grimm — Himself
• 2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? — Self
• 2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1 — Self (archive footage)
• 2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2 — Self (archive footage)
• 2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3 — Self (archive footage)
• 2003Breakfast with Hunter — Self
• 2003Hunter Goes to Hollywood — Himself
• 2003The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' — Self
• 2002Chris on Chris — Self
• 2002Forever Ealing — Self
• HypaSpace — Self
• 2002Lost in La Mancha — Self - Writer & Director
• 2000The Life of Python — Self
• Trigger Happy TV — Self
• 199930 Years of Monty Python, a Revelation — Self
• 1999Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches — Self
• 1999Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm — Self
• 1999The Monty Python Story — Self
• 1998Monty Python: Live at Aspen — Self
• 1998Spotlight on Location: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Self
• Classic Albums — Self
• Ruby — Self
• 1996The Battle of Brazil: A Video History — Self
• 1996The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' — Self
• The Frank Skinner Show — Self
• 1994Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife — Self - Interviewee
• 1994Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder — Self
• 1990Life of Python — Self / Various Roles
• 1989The Movie Life of George — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self, Self - Guest
• 1979The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 — Self
• 1978Michael Palin’s Super 8mm - “Life of Brian” — Self
• The South Bank Show — Self
• 1976Pleasure at Her Majesty's — Self
• The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• 1974Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• The Debra Hill Story — Self