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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🎬 Movies
Time Bandits
actor
1981
The Great Muppet Caper
actor
1981
Life of Brian
writer
1979
Life of Brian
actor
1979
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
writer
1977
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
actor
1977
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
actor
1975
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
writer
1975
Romance with a Double Bass
actor
1974
Romance with a Double Bass
writer
1974
The Philosophers' Football Match
actor
1972
And Now for Something Completely Different
actor
1971
And Now for Something Completely Different
writer
1971
The Statue
actor
1971
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
writer
1970
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
actor
1970
The Magic Christian
actor
1969
The Best House in London
actor
1969
Interlude
actor
1968
The Splendid Thing
actor