John Cleese
Acting
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
Born: October 27, 1939
Place of Birth: Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Arthur William Dallas III
as Dr. Auyeung
as Archie Vainglorious (voice)
as Frank
as Mr. Bridwell
as John Christmas
as Self
as Interviewee
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
as Self
as Actor
as Himself
as Otto von Walrus (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Brian King
as Self (archive footage)
as Donner (voice)
as Self
as Fairy Godmother / Executioner (voice)
as Phil
as Roi Gristle (voice)
as Martin
as Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
as General Eeder
as Self
as Mr. Bellwood (voice)
as Chief Alien (voice)
as Self
as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
as Adelaide (voice)
as Quincy Endicott (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self, others
as Self
as Bulldog (voice)
as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
as Self
as Self
as McCormick
as Narrator
as Historical Montage Narrator (voice)
as Dr. Grant
as Narrator (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice)
as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
as King Harold (voice)
as Professor Kipple (voice)
as Self / Basil Fawlty
as Self / Basil Fawlty
as Self - Contestant
as Dreyfus
as Self - Guest
as Professor Barnhardt
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Dr. Glickenstein (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Wise Man #1, Reg, Jewish Official, First Centurion
as Self
as King Harold (voice)
as Adolf Hitler / Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself (archive footage)
as Samuel the Sheep (voice)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Lord Conrad
as Dr. Primkin
as Various Characters
as Various Characters
as Various Characters
as Various Characters
as Various Characters
as Various Characters
as Self / Various Characters
as Various Characters
as Himself
as Himself
as Self (archive footage)
as Mercury (voice)
as Noted Behavioral Scientist / Noted Doctor / Leading Social Scientist / Leading Orthopedic Surgeon
as Self
as John Cleese
as Grizzled Sergeant
as King Harold (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
as Mr. Munday
as Charles Merchant
as Self
as Self
as Q
as Nearly Headless Nick (Sir Nicholas)
as James
as Red Lansing
as Himself
as Self
as Nearly Headless Nick
as Narrator (“Mickey's Mechanical House") (uncredited)
as Narrator (segment 'The Nutcracker') (voice)
as Donald P. Sinclair
as Presenter
as Narrator (voice)
as Albert the Magic Pudding (voice)
as The Giant Alien (voice)
as Self
as Alexander Pentcho
as Henry Marcus
as Interviewer in lounge
as Narrator
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Maurice Walpole
as Narrator (voice)
as Mr. Mersault
as Fake Bosse Bo Johansson
as Lyle Finster (uncredited)
as Self
as Self
as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
as Rollo Lee
as Mr. Toad's Lawyer
as Self
as Dr. Liam Neesam
as Self
as Dr. Julius Plumford
as Jean-Bob (voice)
as Prof. Waldman
as Raoul P. Shadgrind
as Cat R. Waul (voice)
as Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese
as Himself / Various Roles (also archive footage)
as Self / Various Characters
as Bartender
as Halfdan the Black
as Self
as Brian
as Brian
as Brian
as Brian
as Self
as Archie Leach
as Jim Cleese
as Brian Stimpson
as Sheriff John T. Langston
as Harvey 'Blind' Pew
as Self
as Various Roles
as Major Giles Flack
as Dr. Simon Finch-Royce
as Various Roles
as Self
as Lacrobat
as Self - Various Roles
as Robin Hood
as Neville
as Self
as Himself / Various Characters
as Man in Bar
as Petruchio
as Himself - Various Roles
as Art Gallery Visitor
as Passerby
as Wise Man #1 / Reg / Jewish Official / First Centurion / Deadly Dirk / Arthur
as Norman Fearless
as Nigel Farquhar-Bennett – Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Sherlock Holmes
as Self- Various roles
as Kevin
as Self
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Self
as Brian
as Brian
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Basil Fawlty
as Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter
as Self
as Smychkov
as Various
as Sherlock Holmes
as Contraceptives Lecturer
as Various Characters
as 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
as Self - Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
as Harry
as Timothy
as Director in Sotheby's
as Various / Announcer
as Jones (uncredited)
as self
as Himself - Various
as Post Office Clerk
as Television public relations man
as Self
as Art Gallery Visitor
as Marcus Rugman
as Terry