John Cleese
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
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Life of Brian
as Wise Man #1 / Reg / Jewish Official / First Centurion / Deadly Dirk / Arthur
1979
A Fish Called Wanda
as Archie Leach
1988
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Nearly Headless Nick (Sir Nicholas)
2002
Shrek Forever After
as King Harold (voice)
2010
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Professor Barnhardt
2008
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
as Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter
1975
Around the World in 80 Days
as Grizzled Sergeant
2004
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Prof. Waldman
1994
Shrek the Third
as King Harold (voice)
2007
Shrek 2
as King Harold (voice)
2004
George of the Jungle
as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
1997
The Jungle Book
as Dr. Julius Plumford
1994
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
as Various Roles
1983
Scorched
as Charles Merchant
2003
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
as Self
1974
Splitting Heirs
as Raoul P. Shadgrind
1993
Daddy Daughter Trip
as Frank
2022
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
as Narrator (segment 'The Nutcracker') (voice)
2001
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
as James
2002
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
as Sherlock Holmes
1977
TV Appearances
Monty Python's Flying Circus
as Various / Announcer
1969
At Last the 1948 Show
1967
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
Doctor Who
as Art Gallery Visitor
1963
Monty Python's Personal Best
as Self / Various Characters
2006
Entourage
as John Cleese
2004
Fawlty Towers
as Basil Fawlty
1975
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
The Avengers
as Marcus Rugman
1961
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
1976
Richard & Judy
as Self
2001