John Cleese
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.
Movies starring John Cleese (203)
Dr. Auyeung
Basil Fawlty (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)
Wise Man #1, Reg, Jewish Official, First Centurion
Lord Conrad
Various Characters
Various Characters
Noted Behavioral Scientist / Noted Doctor / Leading Social Scientist / Leading Orthopedic Surgeon
Self / R
Himself
Narrator (Segment 'The Nutcracker') (Voice)
The Giant Alien (Voice)
Self
Narrator (Voice)
Computer (Voice)
Passerby
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Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot The Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim The Enchanter
Sherlock Holmes
Announcer / Hungarian Citizen / Self - Defence Teacher / Sir George Head / Policeman / Interviewer / Mr. Praline / Second General / Christopher Columbus / Mungo The Cook / Bank Robber / Accountant #2 (Falling Past The Window) / Vocational Guidance Counselor / Vivian Smith Smythe Smith / Mountie / Town Guild Lady
Self - Various (As Montypython Flyingcircus)
Movies Made by John Cleese (29)
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