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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
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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
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
E! True Hollywood Story
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Cheers
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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Over the Garden Wall
LOL: Last One Laughing
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
Trolls
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Around the World in 80 Days
Winnie the Pooh
The World Is Not Enough
Time Bandits
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
The Making of Rat Race
Die Another Day
Planes
Shrek Forever After
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Valiant
Shrek 2
Planet 51
Shrek the Third
George of the Jungle 2
Father Christmas Is Back
The Jungle Book
The Swan Princess
Charlotte's Web
George of the Jungle
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Rat Race
Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Palace
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
The Out-of-Towners
Life of Brian
A Fish Called Wanda
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Fawlty Towers
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
Untitled Fawlty Towers Reboot
Production Credits
The Croods: A New Age
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Fawlty Towers
The Croods
A Fish Called Wanda
Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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