Michael Portillo
Acting • Born 1953-05-26
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.
Filmography
45 credits
Portillo on Thatcher
Movie • 2008
Self
Trust Me - I'm a Politician
Movie • 2003
Self
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
Movie • 2023
Presenter
The Summer of Rave, 1989
Movie • 2006
Self
Partition, 1921
Movie • 2021
Presenter
London Under Attack
Movie • 2004
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
The Terry and Gaby Show
TV • 2003
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
TV • 2019
Presenter
The Verdict
TV • 2007
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
TV • 2019
Narrator
This Week
TV • 2003
Self - Panelist
Natural World
TV • 1983
Great British Railway Journeys
TV • 2010
Self - Presenter
Christianity: A History
TV • 2009
Self
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
TV • 2021
Self - Host
Portillo's State Secrets
TV • 2015
Self - Host
Great Continental Railway Journeys
TV • 2012
Self - Presenter
Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo
TV • 2014
Self - Presenter
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
TV • 2022
Presenter
Portillo's Andalucia
TV • 2023
Presenter
This World
TV • 2004
Great American Railroad Journeys
TV • 2016
Self - Presenter
The Supersizers...
TV • 2008
Participant
Great Railway Journeys
TV • 1980
Self - Presenter
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
TV • 2022
Self
Great Indian Railway Journeys
TV • 2018
Self - Presenter
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
TV • 2019
Self - Presenter
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
TV • 2019
Self - Presenter
Great Britons
TV • 2002
Self
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
TV • 2024
Presenter
Great Australian Railway Journeys
TV • 2019
Self - Presenter
Question Time
TV • 1979
Self - Panellist
Great Asian Railway Journeys
TV • 2020
Self - Presenter
Portillo's Empire Journey
TV • 2020
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
TV • 2020
Self
Perspectives
TV • 2011
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
TV • 2018
Self - Host
Prague with Michael Portillo
TV • 2024
Presenter
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Portugal with Michael Portillo
TV • 2025
Himself
200 Years of The Railways
TV
Michael
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
TV • 2025
Self - Presenter
Spain with Michael Portillo
TV • 2026
The Big Story
TV • 1993