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Michael Portillo

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birth DateMay 26, 1953 (73 years old)
Zodiac Sign♊Gemini
Place of BirthBushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Career Span1979 – Present (48 yrs)
Known Credits46 Titles
Official Links
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ActingPopularity Score 0.8

Michael Portillo

Total Works

46

7 movies • 39 shows

Avg Rating

6.5 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

Biography

Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician. He was first elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1984.

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Day Today
8.2
The Day Today
1994•series
as Self (archive footage)
Natural World
7.4
Natural World
1983•series

Photos & Headshots1

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 46 titles featuring Michael Portillo

The Day Today
8.2
1 eps
The Day Today
1994•series

as Self (archive footage)

The One Show
4.3
1 eps
The One Show
2006•series

as Self

Natural World
7.4
1 eps
Natural World
1983•series
Question Time
5.9
8 eps
Question Time
1979•series

as Self - Panellist

Great British Railway Journeys
7.4
290 eps

as Self - Presenter

Avenge the Crows
4.7
Avenge the Crows
2017•movie

Role: Art Direction

Great Continental Railway Journeys
8.5
76 eps

as Self - Presenter

Great Australian Railway Journeys
7.1
6 eps

as Self - Presenter

This Week
7.0
583 eps
This Week
2003•series

as Self - Panelist

Great Coastal Railway Journeys
7.2
65 eps

as Presenter

This World
6.0
12 eps
This World
2004•series
The Supersizers...
7.8
1 eps
The Supersizers...
2008•series

as Participant

Great Indian Railway Journeys
6.2
4 eps

as Self - Presenter

Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
7.0
5 eps

as Self - Presenter

Great Asian Railway Journeys
7.6
20 eps

as Self - Presenter

Great American Railroad Journeys
8.3
75 eps

as Self - Presenter

Portillo's Empire Journey
7.3
4 eps
Portugal with Michael Portillo
7.0
6 eps

as Himself

The Summer of Rave, 1989
7.5

as Self

Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
8.5
6 eps

as Self - Host

Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
7.0
5 eps

as Self - Presenter

Portillo's Andalucia
7.0
6 eps

as Presenter

The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
7.7
4 eps

as Self

Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
8.0
6 eps

as Presenter

Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
6.0

as Presenter

Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
7.0
2 eps

as Presenter

Great Railway Journeys
7.0
1 eps

as Self - Presenter

Great Canadian Railway Journeys
7.0
15 eps

as Self - Presenter

Great Britons
7.0
1 eps
Great Britons
2002•series

as Self

Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
10.0
2 eps

as Self

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
8.0
9 eps

as Self - Host

Prague with Michael Portillo
7.0
3 eps

as Presenter

Great Japanese Railway Journeys
6.0
15 eps

as Self - Presenter

Great Korean Railway Journeys
6.0
5 eps

as Self - Presenter

Portillo on Thatcher

as Self

Trust Me - I'm a Politician

as Self

Partition, 1921
Partition, 1921
2021•movie

as Presenter

The Rivals
The Rivals
2001•movie
Portillo's State Secrets
10 eps

as Self - Host

Perspectives
1 eps
Perspectives
2011•series
Parkinson
1 eps
Parkinson
1998•series

as Self

Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
2 eps

as Self - Presenter

Spain with Michael Portillo
8 eps
Great Central Asian Railway Journeys
5 eps

as Self - Presenter

Madrid with Michael Portillo
3 eps

as Himself

Michael Portillo in Stockholm
3 eps