Michael Portillo

Known for: Acting

Born: 1953-05-26 (age 73)

From: Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Filmography (48)

TV
Great Central Asian Railway Journeys
2026
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 6.0
Great Korean Railway Journeys
2026
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 6.0
Great Japanese Railway Journeys
2026
as Self - Presenter
TV
Spain with Michael Portillo
2026
TV
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
2025
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 7.0
Portugal with Michael Portillo
2025
as Himself
TV★ 7.0
Prague with Michael Portillo
2024
as Presenter
TV★ 8.0
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
2024
as Presenter
TV★ 7.0
Portillo's Andalucia
2023
as Presenter
MOVIE★ 6.0
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
2023
as Presenter
TV★ 8.0
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
2022
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
2022
as Presenter
TV★ 8.5
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
2021
as Self - Host
MOVIE
Partition, 1921
2021
as Presenter
TV★ 10.0
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
2020
as Self
TV★ 7.3
Portillo's Empire Journey
2020
TV★ 7.8
Great Asian Railway Journeys
2020
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 7.2
Great Australian Railway Journeys
2019
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 7.0
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
2019
as Presenter
TV★ 7.0
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
2019
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 7.0
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
2019
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 8.0
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
2018
as Self - Host
TV★ 6.0
Great Indian Railway Journeys
2018
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 8.3
Great American Railroad Journeys
2016
as Self - Presenter
TV
Portillo's State Secrets
2015
as Self - Host
TV★ 7.0
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
2014
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 8.5
Great Continental Railway Journeys
2012
as Self - Presenter
TV
Perspectives
2011
TV★ 7.4
Great British Railway Journeys
2010
as Self - Presenter
TV
Christianity: A History
2009
as Self
TV★ 7.8
The Supersizers...
2008
as Participant
MOVIE
Portillo on Thatcher
2008
as Self
TV
The Verdict
2007
TV★ 4.4
The One Show
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Summer of Rave, 1989
2006
as Self
MOVIE
London Under Attack
2004
as Self
TV★ 6.0
This World
2004
TV★ 7.0
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
MOVIE
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
2003
as Self
TV★ 7.0
This Week
2003
as Self - Panelist
TV★ 7.0
Great Britons
2002
as Self
MOVIE
The Rivals
2001
TV
Parkinson
1998
as Self
TV
The Big Story
1993
TV★ 7.4
Natural World
1983
TV★ 7.0
Great Railway Journeys
1980
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 5.9
Question Time
1979
as Self - Panellist
TV
200 Years of The Railways
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as Michael