Eric Idle

Eric Idle is an English actor, comedian, singer-songwriter, and musician. He is best known for being a member of the British surreal comedy troupe , as well as a member of the rock band . He is also well-known for portraying Commander Clement in , the Bike Rider in , Paul "Dibs" Plutzker in the 1995 Universal Pictures live-action film , and Ratty in the 1996 British film remake of . Additionally, he voiced Declan Desmond in Fox's , Devon in ' , Slyly the Arctic fox in 1998's , and Merlin in ' .
For Disney, he voiced Mr. Parentheses in the Hercules TV series, Galileo in Recess, Guzelian in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Pluto's Angel in Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse, and Waddlesworth in 102 Dalmatians. He also portrayed the titular character of An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, Coffin Ed in The Scream Team, and the rhyming narrator in the 2004 Miramax film (although not technically a Disney film). Additionally, he played Nigel Channing at Epcot's Honey, I Shrunk the Audience and Journey Into Imagination With Figment, and composed music for The Wild.
Idle was born in Harton Hospital in South Shields and attended St. George's Primary School. His mother had difficulty coping with a full-time job and bringing up a child, so when Idle was seven, she enrolled him in the Royal Wolverhampton School as a boarder, where he dealt with abuse and bullying. He later attended Pembroke College in Cambridge, where he studied English. There, he met and John Cleese, where they and , , and began the stages for Monty Python. The comedy troupe became popular with the show and the films: , , and . Idle also contributed songs for the movies, such as "" and the "", as well as wrote the book for the musical , which is based off of The Holy Grail and other works of theirs.
==Roles==
Dr. Nigel Channing.jpg|Nigel Channing(Honey, I Shrunk the Audience and Journey Into Imagination With Figment)
Mr. Parentheses.png|Mr. Parentheses(Hercules TV series)
Recess galileo.jpg|Galileo(Recess)
Char 67593.jpg|Pluto's Angel(Mickey Mouse Works and House of Mouse)
102-dalmatians-disneyscreencaps com-4091.jpg|Waddlesworth(102 Dalmatians)
Guzelian buzz lightyear of star command.png|Guzelian(Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
Coffin Ed the scream team.png|Coffin Ed(The Scream Team)
==Gallery==
Eric Idle.png|Eric Idle attending the 2011 New York Film Fest.
Eric Idle Tribeca15.jpg|Eric Idle attending the 2015 Tribeca Film Fest. 
== Trivia ==
* He was considered for the role of Zazu in The Lion King before Rowan Atkinson was cast for the role.
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