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Michael Portillo

Michael Portillo

Actor · Born May 26, 1953 · Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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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.

Acted in 15

2020s

  1. 2026

    Michael Portillo in Stockholm

    TV

  2. Spain with Michael Portillo

    TV

  3. 2024

    Prague with Michael Portillo

    Presenter · 3 episodes

  4. Michael Portillo's Long Weekends

    Presenter · 6 episodes

  5. 2023

    Portillo's Andalucia

    Presenter · 6 episodes

  6. Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War

    Presenter

  7. 2022

    Great Coastal Railway Journeys

    Presenter · 65 episodes

  8. 2021

    Partition, 1921

    Presenter

  9. 2020

    Portillo's Empire Journey

    TV

2010s

  1. 2019

    Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories

    Presenter, Narrator · 2 episodes

  2. 2011

    Perspectives

    TV

2000s

  1. 2008

    The Supersizers...

    Participant · 1 episode

  2. 2004

    This World

    TV · 14 Seasons · Documentary

  3. 2001

    The Rivals

    Movie

Other crew 3

2010s

  1. 2019

    Great Australian Railway Journeys

    Presenter

  2. 2010

    Great British Railway Journeys

    Presenter

    80

2000s

  1. 2008

    Portillo on Thatcher

    Presenter

Wrote 2

2010s

  1. 2019

    Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories

    Writer

1980s

  1. 1980

    Great Railway Journeys

    Writer

Art department 1

Created 1

Appearances30

2020s

  1. 2026

    Great Central Asian Railway Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 5 episodes

  2. Great Korean Railway Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 5 episodes

  3. Great Japanese Railway Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 15 episodes

  4. 2025

    Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways

    Self - Presenter · 2 episodes

  5. Portugal with Michael Portillo

    Himself · 6 episodes

  6. 2024

    Madrid with Michael Portillo

    Himself · 3 episodes

  7. 2022

    The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo

    Self · 4 episodes

  8. 2021

    Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo

    Self - Host · 6 episodes

  9. 2020

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

    Self · 2 episodes

  10. Great Asian Railway Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 20 episodes

2010s

  1. 2019

    Great Australian Railway Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 6 episodes

  2. Great Canadian Railway Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 15 episodes

  3. Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 5 episodes

  4. 2018

    Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

    Self - Host · 9 episodes

  5. Great Indian Railway Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 4 episodes

  6. 2016

    Great American Railroad Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 75 episodes

  7. 2015

    Portillo's State Secrets

    Self - Host · 10 episodes

  8. 2014

    Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo

    Self - Presenter · 5 episodes

  9. 2012

    Great Continental Railway Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 76 episodes

    83
  10. 2010

    Great British Railway Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 290 episodes

    80

2000s

  1. 2008

    Portillo on Thatcher

    Self

  2. 2006

    The One Show

    Self · 1 episode

    38

  3. The Summer of Rave, 1989

    Self

  4. 2003

    Trust Me - I'm a Politician

    Self

  5. This Week

    Self - Panelist · 583 episodes

  6. 2002

    Great Britons

    Self · 1 episode

1990s

  1. 1998

    Parkinson

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 1994

    The Day Today

    Self (archive footage) · 1 episode

1980s

  1. 1980

    Great Railway Journeys

    Self - Presenter · 1 episode