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Michael Portillo

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Michael Portillo

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

May 26, 1953 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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.

Known For

Acting
2026Spain with Michael Portillo
2026Great Japanese Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
2025Portugal with Michael PortilloHimself
2025Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the RailwaysSelf - Presenter
2024Michael Portillo's Long WeekendsPresenter
2024Prague with Michael PortilloPresenter
2023Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil WarPresenter
2023Portillo's AndaluciaPresenter
2022Great Coastal Railway JourneysPresenter
2022The Pyrenees with Michael PortilloSelf
2021Partition, 1921Presenter
2021Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael PortilloSelf - Host
2020Great Asian Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
2020Portillo's Empire Journey
2020Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of IndependenceSelf
2019Portillo: The Trouble with the ToriesPresenter
2019Portillo: The Trouble with the ToriesNarrator
2019Great Canadian Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
2019Great Alaskan Railroad JourneysSelf - Presenter
2019Great Australian Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
2018Great Indian Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
2018Portillo's Hidden History of BritainSelf - Host
2016Great American Railroad JourneysSelf - Presenter
2015Portillo's State SecretsSelf - Host
2014Railways of the Great War with Michael PortilloSelf - Presenter
2012Great Continental Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
2011Perspectives
2010Great British Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
2009Christianity: A HistorySelf
2008Portillo on ThatcherSelf
2008The Supersizers...Participant
2007The Verdict
2006The Summer of Rave, 1989Self
2006The One ShowSelf
2004London Under AttackSelf
2004This World
2003Trust Me - I'm a PoliticianSelf
2003The Terry and Gaby Show
2003This WeekSelf - Panelist
2002Great BritonsSelf
2001The Rivals
1998ParkinsonSelf
1993The Big Story
1983Natural World
1980Great Railway JourneysSelf - Presenter
1979Question TimeSelf - Panellist
-200 Years of The RailwaysMichael
Writing
2019Portillo: The Trouble with the ToriesWriter
2009Christianity: A HistoryWriter
1980Great Railway JourneysWriter
Crew
2010Great British Railway JourneysPresenter
2008Portillo on ThatcherPresenter