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
Cast Credits
Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways
Character: Self - Presenter
TV • 2025
Portugal with Michael Portillo
Character: Himself
TV • 2025
Prague with Michael Portillo
Character: Presenter
TV • 2024
Michael Portillo's Long Weekends
Character: Presenter
TV • 2024
Portillo's Andalucia
Character: Presenter
TV • 2023
Taking Sides: Britain and the Civil War
Character: Presenter
MOVIE • 2023
The Pyrenees with Michael Portillo
Character: Self
TV • 2022
Great Coastal Railway Journeys
Character: Presenter
TV • 2022
Coastal Devon & Cornwall with Michael Portillo
Character: Self - Host
TV • 2021
Partition, 1921
Character: Presenter
MOVIE • 2021
Hawks and Doves: The Crown and Ireland's War of Independence
Character: Self
TV • 2020
Portillo's Empire Journey
Character:
TV • 2020
Great Asian Railway Journeys
Character: Self - Presenter
TV • 2020
Great Australian Railway Journeys
Character: Self - Presenter
TV • 2019
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
Character: Presenter
TV • 2019
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
Character: Narrator
TV • 2019
Great Canadian Railway Journeys
Character: Self - Presenter
TV • 2019
Great Alaskan Railroad Journeys
Character: Self - Presenter
TV • 2019
Portillo's Hidden History of Britain
Character: Self - Host
TV • 2018
Great Indian Railway Journeys
Character: Self - Presenter
TV • 2018
Crew
Crew Credits
Portillo: The Trouble with the Tories
Role: Writer
TV • 2019
Avenge the Crows
Role: Leadman
MOVIE • 2017
Avenge the Crows
Role: Art Direction
MOVIE • 2017
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Role: Creator
TV • 2012
Great British Railway Journeys
Role: Presenter
TV • 2010
Christianity: A History
Role: Writer
TV • 2009
Portillo on Thatcher
Role: Presenter
MOVIE • 2008
Great Railway Journeys
Role: Writer
TV • 1980