
John Cleese
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Biography
John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. In the mid 1970s, Cleese and his first wife Connie Booth, co-wrote and starred in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. He also starred in Clockwise, and has appeared in many other films, including two James Bond films, two Harry Potter films, and three Shrek films. With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded the production company Video Arts, responsible for making entertaining training films.
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Known For

Saturday Night Live

E! True Hollywood Story

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The One Show

Cheers

MADtv

The Graham Norton Show

Doctor Who

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Entourage

Wogan

Legends

Parkinson

Last of the Summer Wine

Will & Grace

3rd Rock from the Sun

Disney's House of Mouse

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Omnibus

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Over the Garden Wall

Movie Connections

LOL: Last One Laughing

The Muppet Show

Whitney

More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy

Misleading Cases

Mickey's House of Villains

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Absolutely Anything

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

Trolls

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Around the World in 80 Days

The Grand Knockout Tournament

Winnie the Pooh

Time Bandits

The World Is Not Enough

Making Rat Race

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Shrek Forever After

The Taming of the Shrew

Planes

Die Another Day

Three Piece Suite

George of the Jungle 2

Shrek 2

Golden Gordon

Valiant

Spike

Planet 51

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Shrek the Third

The Swan Princess

Father Christmas Is Back

The Jungle Book

Isn't She Great

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

Charlotte's Web

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Return of the Goodies

George of the Jungle

The Out-of-Towners

Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Rat Race

The Palace

Monty Python's Flying Circus

The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979

A Fish Called Wanda

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Hold the Sunset

Life of Brian

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

The Frost Report

The Human Face

Untitled Fawlty Towers Reboot

Beethoven's Christmas Adventure

Fawlty Towers

Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
Production Credits
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