- BIRTH 27/10/1939
- Country United Kingdom
- SHOWS 25
- MOVIES 74
- SCRIPT 13
- PRODUCTION 2
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.
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Shows (25)
Monty Python: Almost The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
Movies (74)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
And Now for Something Completely Different
Mickey's House of Villains
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Script (13)
The Croods
A Fish Called Wanda
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
And Now for Something Completely Different
Fierce Creatures
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Production (2)
A Fish Called Wanda
Fierce Creatures
