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Portrait of Michael Portillo

Michael Portillo

Acting

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.

Born: May 26, 1953

Place of Birth: Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Known For

Poster for Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
TV

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

10.0
Poster for The Supersizers...
TV

The Supersizers...

8.7
Poster for Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
TV

Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo

8.5
Poster for Great Continental Railway Journeys
TV

Great Continental Railway Journeys

8.4
Poster for Great American Railroad Journeys
TV

Great American Railroad Journeys

8.3
Poster for The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
TV

The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo

8.0
Poster for Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
TV

Michael Portillo's Long Weekends

8.0
Poster for Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
TV

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

8.0
Poster for Great Asian Railway Journeys
TV

Great Asian Railway Journeys

7.8
Poster for The Summer of Rave, 1989
Movie

The Summer of Rave, 1989

7.5

Filmography

2025
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways

as Self - Presenter

2025
Portugal with Michael Portillo

as Himself

2024
Prague with Michael Portillo

as Presenter

2024
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends

as Presenter

2023
Portillo's Andalucia

as Presenter

2023
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War

as Presenter

2022
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo

as Self

2022
Great Coastal Railway Journeys

as Presenter

2021
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo

as Self - Host

2021
Partition, 1921

as Presenter

2020
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence

as Self

2020
Portillo's Empire Journey
2020
Great Asian Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter

2019
Great Australian Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter

2019
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories

as Presenter

2019
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories

as Narrator

2019
Great Canadian Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter

2019
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys

as Self - Presenter

2018
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

as Self - Host

2018
Great Indian Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter

2016
Great American Railroad Journeys

as Self - Presenter

2015
Portillo's State Secrets

as Self - Host

2014
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo

as Self - Presenter

2012
Great Continental Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter

2011
Perspectives
2010
Great British Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter

2008
The Supersizers...

as Participant

2008
Portillo on Thatcher

as Self

2006
The One Show

as Self

2006
The Summer of Rave, 1989

as Self

2004
This World
2003
Trust Me - I'm a Politician

as Self

2003
This Week

as Self - Panelist

2002
Great Britons

as Self

1998
Parkinson

as Self

1983
Natural World
1980
Great Railway Journeys

as Self - Presenter

1979
Question Time

as Self - Panellist