
John Cleese
1 FOLLOWER • 72 CREDITS • OCT 27, 1939 • 85
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

Cheers

The Graham Norton Show

MADtv

Doctor Who

Real Time with Bill Maher

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Entourage

Last of the Summer Wine

Will & Grace

3rd Rock from the Sun

Disney's House of Mouse

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

LOL: Last One Laughing

Over the Garden Wall

The Muppet Show

Whitney

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

Around the World in 80 Days

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Winnie the Pooh

Time Bandits

The World Is Not Enough

Making Rat Race

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Shrek Forever After

Die Another Day

Planes

Planet 51

Valiant

George of the Jungle 2

Shrek 2

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Shrek the Third

Father Christmas Is Back

The Swan Princess

The Jungle Book

George of the Jungle

Charlotte's Web

Clifford the Big Red Dog

The Palace

The Out-of-Towners

Rat Race

Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Life of Brian

A Fish Called Wanda

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Fawlty Towers

Beethoven's Christmas Adventure

Untitled Fawlty Towers Reboot
Production Credits
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