Eric Idle

Biography

Born 03/29/1943

One-sixth of the comic genius of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Eric Idle was the long-faced, bugged-out-eyed bloke who immortalized "nudge-nudge wink-wink" as a catchphrase of its time. He met future Python mates John Cleese and Graham Chapman at Cambridge where the three were members of the...
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Awards

In 1983, received Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Prize Award
In 1982, received CableACE Award for Best Cable Show of the Year

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Highlights

In 2007, Voiced Merlin in the animated feature, "Shrek the Third"
In 2005, Wrote and Composed the Broadway musical "Monty Python's Spamalot," which starred David Hyde Pierce (Sir Robin), Tim Curry (King Arthur), and Hank Azaria (Sir Lancelot); received a Tony nomination for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score
In 2004, Was the voice of the Narrator for "Ella Enchanted"

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Family & Companions

Ernest Idle: father (RAF Combat Flyer; died in a car crash in 1945)
Carey Idle: son (born c. 1973; mother, Lyn Ashley)
Lily Idle: daughter (born c. 1990; mother, Tania Idle)

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