John Cleese
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
Known For
Actor
as Terry
as bogeyhead
as Nathan
as Self - Host / Presenter
as Basil Fawlty
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 John
as Actor
as Himself
as Otto von Walrus (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Brian King
as Self (archive footage)
as Donner (voice)
as Fairy Godmother / Executioner (voice)
as Phil
as Roi Gristle (voice)
as Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
as General Eeder
as Martin
as Self
as Chief Alien (voice)
as Mr. Bellwood (voice)
as The Guv
as Self, others
as Himself
as Self (archive footage)
as Adelaide (voice)
as Quincy Endicott (voice)
as Himself
as Self
as Bulldog (voice)
as The Guv
as Self
as Self
as Various (voice)
as McCormick
as Narrator
as Historical Montage Narrator (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Narrator (voice)
as Dr. Grant
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 Dreyfus
as Self - Guest
as Professor Barnhardt
as Self - Presenter
as Dr. Glickenstein (voice)
as Self
as Wise Man #1, Reg, Jewish Official, First Centurion
as Self
as Self
as King Harold (voice)
as Adolf Hitler / Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Samuel the Sheep (voice)
as Lord Conrad
as Dr. Primkin
as Self
as Various Characters
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Guest
as Self / Various Characters
as Himself
as Himself
as Self (archive footage)
as Mercury (voice)
as Himself
as Noted Behavioral Scientist / Noted Doctor / Leading Social Scientist / Leading Orthopedic Surgeon
as Self
as Grizzled Sergeant
as Self
as King Harold (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as John Cleese
as Self
as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
as Mr. Munday
as Charles Merchant
as Self
as Self
as Self / R
as Q
as Nearly Headless Nick (Sir Nicholas)
as James
as Himself
as Self
as Red Lansing
as Nearly Headless Nick
as Narrator (“Mickey's Mechanical House") (uncredited)
as Narrator (segment 'The Nutcracker')
as Donald P. Sinclair
as Self
as Presenter
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 Self
as Maurice Walpole
as Mr. Mersault
as Narrator (voice)
as Fake Bosse Bo Johansson
as Self
as Lyle Finster (uncredited)
as Self
as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
as Rollo Lee
as Mr. Toad's Lawyer
as Himself
as Self
as Dr. Liam Neesam
as Self
as Minister
as Dr. Julius Plumford
as Jean-Bob (voice)
as Prof. Waldman
as Raoul P. Shadgrind
as Self
as Cat R. Waul (voice)
as Narrator (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 Archie Leach
as Self
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 Various Roles
as Self - Various Roles
as Dr. Simon Finch-Royce
as Self
as Man in Bar
as Robin Hood
as Neville
as Self
as Computer (voice)
as Himself / Various Characters
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)
as Self
as Sherlock Holmes
as Self- Various roles
as Kevin
as Self
as Self - Special Guest Star
as Self
as John Cleese
as Brian
as Brian
as Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Basil Fawlty
as Self
as Smychkov
as Various
as Sherlock Holmes
as Contraceptives Lecturer
as Neighbour
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 Pumer
as Timothy
as Director in Sotheby's
as Himself - Various
as Jones
as Various / Announcer
as self
as Post Office Clerk
as Television public relations man
as Self
as Mr. Partridge
as Art Gallery Visitor
as Sherlock Holmes
as Marcus Rugman
Writer
as Characters
as Writer
as Story
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Adaptation
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
as Creator
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Crew
as Thanks
as Creator
as Additional Writing
as Script
as Additional Writing
Director
as Assistant Director
as Director
as Stage Director