John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he cofounded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Along with his Python costars Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, Cleese starred in Monty Python films, which include Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979), and The Meaning of Life (1983).
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The Palace
actor
2024
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
actor
2022
Clifford the Big Red Dog
actor
2021
The Big Year
actor
2012
God Loves Caviar
actor
2012
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
actor
2011
Spud
actor
2010
The Pink Panther 2
actor
2009
The Day the Earth Stood Still
actor
2008
Charlotte's Web
actor
2007
Man About Town
actor
2006
L'entente cordiale
actor
2006
Around the World in 80 Days
actor
2004
Scorched
actor
2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
actor
2003
Pinocchio
actor
2003
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
actor
2003
George of the Jungle 2
actor
2003
Die Another Day
actor
2002
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
actor
2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
actor
2001
Rat Race
actor
2001
Isn't She Great
actor
2000
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
actor
2000
The Out-of-Towners
actor
1999
Parting Shots
actor
1999
The World Is Not Enough
actor
1999
George of the Jungle
actor
1998
Fierce Creatures
writer
1997
Fierce Creatures
actor
1997
The Wind in the Willows
actor
1996
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book
actor
1995
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
actor
1995
Splitting Heirs
actor
1993
And Now for Something Completely Different
writer
1990
And Now for Something Completely Different
actor
1990
Bullseye!
actor
1990
Life of Python
actor
1990
Erik the Viking
actor
1989
A Fish Called Wanda
writer
1989
A Fish Called Wanda
actor
1989
A Fish Called Wanda
director
1989
The Big Picture
actor
1989
Clockwise
actor
1988
True Stories: Peace in Our Time?
actor
1988
Silverado
actor
1986
Yellowbeard
actor
1983
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
writer
1983
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
actor
1983
Privates on Parade
actor
1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
writer
1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
actor
1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
actor
1982
Time Bandits
actor
1981
The Great Muppet Caper
actor
1981
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
writer
1980
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
actor
1980
The Taming of the Shrew
actor
1980
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
actor
1977
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
writer
1977
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
writer
1976
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
actor
1976
Meetings, Bloody Meetings
writer
1976
Rentadick
writer
1972
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
actor
1970
The Best House in London
actor
1969
The Magic Christian
writer
1969
The Magic Christian
actor
1969
How to Irritate People
actor
1968
Interlude
actor
1968
How to Irritate People
writer
1968
