
John Cleese
1 FOLLOWER • 98 CREDITS • OCT 27, 1939 • 85
Biography
John Marwood Cleese 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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article John Cleese, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For

Saturday Night Live

E! True Hollywood Story

The Daily Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The One Show

Cheers

The Graham Norton Show

MADtv

Doctor Who

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Entourage

Wogan

Legends

Parkinson

The Avengers

Last of the Summer Wine

Will & Grace

3rd Rock from the Sun

Disney's House of Mouse

Omnibus

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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

Trolls

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Around the World in 80 Days

The Grand Knockout Tournament

Winnie the Pooh

Absolutely Anything

Time Bandits

Making Rat Race

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

The World Is Not Enough

Rally Road Racers

Planes

Die Another Day

Shrek Forever After

The Taming of the Shrew

Planet 51

Shrek 2

Golden Gordon

Spike

Three Piece Suite

The Day the Earth Stood Still

George of the Jungle 2

Valiant

Shrek the Third

The Jungle Book

Return of the Goodies

Father Christmas Is Back

Isn't She Great

The Swan Princess

Charlotte's Web

George of the Jungle

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

The Out-of-Towners

Rat Race

The Palace

Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

The Frost Report

Monty Python's Flying Circus

A Fish Called Wanda

Hold the Sunset

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

Life of Brian

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

Untitled Fawlty Towers Reboot

Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs

Fawlty Towers

The Human Face

Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
Production Credits
Movies+ Discover & Track Movies
Never miss a movie again with Movies+, the simple tracker that keeps you updated on where to watch, stream, rent, or buy, while also alerting you to any production changes and new release dates of your favorite films!
Get
