John Cleese
Acting
- Born:
- 1939-10-27
- Place of birth:
- Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Cleese, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Filmography
Joe & David's Magical Sitcom Tour
Soccer's American Dream
John Cleese Packs It In
Fawlty Towers: The Play
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
The Roast of John Cleese
The Dinosaur Hour Extra
The Dinosaur Hour
The Palace
The Martini Shot
Rally Road Racers
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
Daddy Daughter Trip
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Father Christmas Is Back
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
The Croods: Family Tree
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
LOL: Last One Laughing Germany
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
The Croods: A New Age
Why there is no hope
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Assholes: A Theory
Arctic Dogs
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
The Naked Wanderer
An Accidental Studio
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer
Why Are We Creative?
Charming
Hold the Sunset
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
Trolls
Speechless
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Behind Over the Garden Wall
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
Absolutely Anything
A Life on Screen
Spud 3: Learning to Fly
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
Over the Garden Wall
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
The Last Impresario
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Meaning of Monty Python
Planes
Spud 2: The Madness Continues