Actor
Graham Chapman
Born 1941 · Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Graham Arthur Chapman (January 8, 1941 – October 4, 1989) was an English comedian, physician, writer, and actor and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. He was also the lead actor in their two narrative films, playing King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Brian in Monty Python's Life of Brian. He co-authored and starred in the film Yellowbeard. Chapman was born in Leicester but was raised in nearby Melton Mowbray. After graduating from Emmanuel College, Cambridge and St Bartholomew's Medical College, he turned down a career as a doctor to be a comedian.
Acting
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
King Arthur / Voice of God / Middle Head / Hiccoughing Guard · 1975
Life of Brian
Wise Man #2 / Brian Cohen / Biggus Dickus · 1979
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Various Roles · 1983
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Various · 1969
And Now for Something Completely Different
Brother / Policeman / Defence attorney / British pedestrian / Mr. Harrison (Apricot) / The Colonel / 'Hell's Grannies' policeman / Jimmy Blankensop / Sir Edward Ross / Restaurant patron #1 / Letter Writer / Oliver St. John Mollusk / Mountie / Town Guild Lady · 1971
Saturday Night Live
The Colonel / Self (uncredited) · 1975
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Various Roles · 1982
The Crimson Permanent Assurance
Chairman (uncredited) · 1983
The Secret Life of Brian
Self / Brian (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2007
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
Self (archive footage) · 2009
Yellowbeard
Captain Yellowbeard · 1983
How to Irritate People
Various · 1969
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Self (voice) · 2012
Iron Maiden: Visions of the Beast
Madman - in video 'Can I Play With Madness' (uncredited) · 2003
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
Various Characters · 2006
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus) · 1971
The Philosophers' Football Match
Hegel
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Self / Various Characters · 1989
Cilla
Self · 1968
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
Various Characters · 1972
The Magic Christian
Oxford Crew · 1969
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Self / Various (archive footage) · 1998
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
Self · 1979
Still Crazy Like a Fox
Detective Inspector Palmer · 1987
Writing
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Writer · 1975
Life of Brian
Screenplay · 1979
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Screenplay · 1983
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Writer · 1969
And Now for Something Completely Different
Screenplay · 1971
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Writer · 1982
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Writer · 2014
Yellowbeard
Writer · 1983
How to Irritate People
Writer · 1969
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Writer · 2012
At Last the 1948 Show
Writer · 1967
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Writer · 1989