John Cleese

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: Acting

Born: Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK, 1939-10-27

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Interlude	Television public relations man	58
2	1969	How to Irritate People	Himself - Various	66
3	1969	The Magic Christian	Director in Sotheby's	58
4	1970	The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer	Pumer	60
5	1971	The Statue	Harry	47
6	1971	And Now for Something Completely Different	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	72
7	1972	Who Sold You This, Then?		60
8	1973	Is This a Record?	Various	60
9	1974	Romance with a Double Bass	Smychkov	61
10	1974	Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report	Self	0
11	1975	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter	78
12	1975	How Not to Exhibit Yourself	John Cleese	0
13	1976	Pleasure at Her Majesty's	Self	65
14	1977	The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It	Sherlock Holmes	66
15	1979	The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979	Self	71
16	1979	Life of Brian	Wise Man #1 / Reg / Jewish Official / First Centurion / Deadly Dirk / Arthur	78
17	1979	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Himself - Various Roles	63
18	1980	The Taming of the Shrew	Petruchio	78
19	1981	The Great Muppet Caper	Neville	68
20	1981	Time Bandits	Robin Hood	66
21	1982	The Secret Policeman's Other Ball	Self - Various Roles	60
22	1982	Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl	Various Roles	74
23	1983	Privates on Parade	Major Giles Flack	47
24	1983	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	Various Roles	73
25	1983	Yellowbeard	Harvey 'Blind' Pew	55
26	1985	Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff	Self	0
27	1985	Silverado	Sheriff John T. Langston	70
28	1986	Clockwise	Brian Stimpson	63
29	1987	The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball	Jim Cleese	50
30	1988	A Fish Called Wanda	Archie Leach	72
31	1989	The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball	Self	75
32	1989	Erik the Viking	Halfdan the Black	59
33	1989	Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python	Self / Various Characters	70
34	1989	Quark the Dragon Slayer		0
35	1990	Life of Python	Himself / Various Roles (also archive footage)	75
36	1993	Splitting Heirs	Raoul P. Shadgrind	52
37	1994	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Prof. Waldman	64
38	1994	The Swan Princess	Jean-Bob (voice)	66
39	1994	The Jungle Book	Dr. Julius Plumford	59
40	1996	The Wind in the Willows	Mr. Toad's Lawyer	55
41	1997	Fierce Creatures	Rollo Lee	62
42	1997	George of the Jungle	An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)	56
43	1999	The Out-of-Towners	Mr. Mersault	58
44	1999	Parting Shots	Maurice Walpole	61
45	1999	The World Is Not Enough	R	63
46	2000	Isn't She Great	Henry Marcus	48
47	2000	Quantum Project	Alexander Pentcho	0
48	2000	The Magic Pudding	Albert the Magic Pudding (voice)	54
49	2001	Rat Race	Donald P. Sinclair	63
50	2001	Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse	Narrator (segment 'The Nutcracker')	69
51	2001	Mickey's House of Villains	Narrator (“Mickey's Mechanical House") (uncredited)	73
52	2002	Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe	Self	0
53	2002	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	James	44
54	2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Nearly Headless Nick (Sir Nicholas)	77
55	2002	Die Another Day	Q	60
56	2003	Stupidity	Self	52
57	2003	Scorched	Charles Merchant	55
58	2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Mr. Munday	55
59	2003	George of the Jungle 2	An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)	44
60	2004	Shrek 2	King Harold (voice)	73
61	2004	The Magic Touch of Harry Potter	Self	74
62	2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Grizzled Sergeant	59
63	2004	Wine for the Confused	Self	82
64	2004	Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?	Self	48
65	2005	The Funny Blokes of British Comedy	Himself	60
66	2005	Valiant	Mercury (voice)	55
67	2005	Fawlty Towers Revisited	Himself	0
68	2006	Monty Python's Flying Circus - Graham Chapman's Personal Best	Various Characters	100
69	2006	The Art of Football from A to Z	Self	48
70	2006	Man About Town	Dr. Primkin	52
71	2006	L'Entente cordiale	Lord Conrad	46
72	2006	Charlotte's Web	Samuel the Sheep (voice)	62
73	2007	The Secret Life of Brian	Self	76
74	2007	Hitler: The Comedy Years	Adolf Hitler / Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
75	2007	Shrek the Third	King Harold (voice)	63
76	2008	Life Of Brian Screenplay	Wise Man #1, Reg, Jewish Official, First Centurion	0
77	2008	The Seventh Python	Self	0
78	2008	Igor	Dr. Glickenstein (voice)	59
79	2008	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Professor Barnhardt	56
80	2009	The Pink Panther 2	Dreyfus	57
81	2009	Planet 51	Professor Kipple (voice)	59
82	2010	Shrek Forever After	King Harold (voice)	64
83	2010	Spud	Mr. 'The Guv' Edly	70
84	2011	Winnie the Pooh	Narrator (voice)	69
85	2011	John Cleese: The Alimony Tour Live		78
86	2011	Beethoven's Christmas Adventure	Narrator	60
87	2012	A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman	Various (voice)	61
88	2012	Anatomy of a Liar	Self	60
89	2013	Spud 2: The Madness Continues	The Guv	69
90	2013	Planes	Bulldog (voice)	59
91	2014	Monty Python Live (Mostly)	Self, others	70
92	2015	Absolutely Anything	Chief Alien (voice)	59
93	2020	Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness	Self	68
94	2021	Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius	Interviewee	0
95	2021	Why Are We (Not) Creative?	Self	60
96	2022	Daddy Daughter Trip	Frank	77
97	2023	Rally Road Racers	Archie Vainglorious (voice)	67
98	2023	The Martini Shot	Dr. Auyeung	80
99	2023	The Palace	Arthur William Dallas III	54
100		How to Make Her Cheat	Terry	0
101	1969	The Best House in London	Jones	36
102	1971	Euroshow '71: May Day Special	Self - Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)	0
103	1973	The Love Ban	Contraceptives Lecturer	35
104	1973	Elementary, My Dear Watson	Sherlock Holmes	0
105	1973	Monty Python In The Netherlands		0
106	1975	Awkward Customers	Brian	0
107	1975	More Awkward Customers	Brian	0
108	1976	Meetings, Bloody Meetings		60
109	1979	Away from It All	Nigel Farquhar-Bennett – Narrator (voice)	63
110	1979	...To Norway, Home of Giants!	Norman Fearless	70
111	1979	Golden Gordon	Passerby	0
112	1979	Doctor Who: City of Death	Art Gallery Visitor	88
113	1980	The Tom Machine	Computer (voice)	0
114	1986	The South Bank Show: John Cleese		0
115	1987	The Grand Knockout Tournament	Self	60
116	1987	Baby Quark		0
117	1987	Dragonslayer Quark		0
118	1987	Quark and the Highway Robber		0
119	1989	The Movie Life of George	Self	0
120	1989	The Big Picture	Bartender	59
121	1990	Bullseye!	Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese	49
122	1991	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	Cat R. Waul (voice)	63
123	1991	Amnesty International's Big 30	Self	40
124	1993	Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?		0
125	1998	In The Wild: Operation Lemur With John Cleese	Self	0
126	2006	The South Bank Show: Spamalot		0
127	2008	Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation	Self	78
128	2012	God Loves Caviar	McCormick	54
129		Nuclear Bogeyheads	bogeyhead	0
130	2000	Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big	The Giant Alien (voice)	0
131	2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Nearly Headless Nick	79
132	2002	Best Ever Bond	Self / R	50
133	2003	The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'	Self	80
134	2005	The Roots of Monty Python	Self (archive footage)	0
135	2005	Return of the Goodies	Himself	69
136	2007	What the Pythons Did Next...	Self (archive footage)	0
137	2008	We Are Most Amused	Self - Presenter	72
138	2009	Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened	Self / Basil Fawlty	80
139	2014	Monty Python: The Meaning of Live	Self	75
140	2014	Spud 3: Learning to Fly	The Guv	61
141	2015	Get Squirrely	Mr. Bellwood (voice)	52
142	2016	Albion: The Enchanted Stallion	General Eeder	58
143	2016	British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves	Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)	57
144	2016	Trolls	Roi Gristle (voice)	66
145	2018	Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer	Donner (voice)	59
146	2019	An Accidental Studio	Self (archive footage)	64
147	2019	Arctic Dogs	Otto von Walrus (voice)	61
148	2023	Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs	Self	90
149	2024	The Roast of John Cleese	Self	60
150		Taking The Wheel	Nathan	0
151	1968	The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom	Post Office Clerk	67
152	1970	Monty Python: Who's There?	Timothy	60
153	1971	The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971		0
154	1977	Three Piece Suite	Kevin	0
155	1977	The Mermaid Frolics	Self- Various roles	53
156	1980	Peter Cook & Co.	Himself / Various Characters	67
157	1981	The Queen Special	Man in Bar	0
158	1983	Group Madness	Self	0
159	1988	John Cleese's First Farewell Performance	Self	70
160	1989	Bosses From Hell	Brian	0
161	1989	Customers From Hell	Brian	0
162	1989	Communicators From Hell	Brian	0
163	1989	Employees From Hell	Brian	0
164	1991	Rabbit Ears - Tom Thumb	Narrator (voice)	0
165	1996	Spike	Himself	0
166	1998	Monty Python: Live at Aspen	Self	69
167	1999	The Monty Python Story	Self	0
168	1999	Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm	Self	0
169	1999	Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches	Self	0
170	1999	The Nutcracker	Narrator	62
171	2000	Rockstar	Interviewer in lounge	30
172	2000	Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn	Self	57
173	2000	The Life of Python	Self	0
174	2002	Making Rat Race	Himself	0
175	2002	Die Another Day: From Script to Screen	Self	65
176	2003	Concert for George	Self	81
177	2004	The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3	Self (archive footage)	0
178	2004	The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1	Self (archive footage)	90
179	2004	The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2	Self (archive footage)	90
180	2005	Complete Guide to Guys	Noted Behavioral Scientist / Noted Doctor / Leading Social Scientist / Leading Orthopedic Surgeon	48
181	2008	Monty Python Conquers America	Self	65
182	2008	Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus	Self	80
183	2009	Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits	Self / Basil Fawlty	0
184	2010	Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release	Self	0
185	2011	The Undefeated	Self (archive footage)	21
186	2011	The Big Year	Historical Montage Narrator (voice)	60
187	2012	The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker	Self	80
188	2013	The Meaning of Monty Python	Self	75
189	2014	Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar	Self	60
190	2015	Behind Over the Garden Wall	Self	0
191	2018	Michael Palin: A Life on Screen		70
192	2018	Charming	Fairy Godmother / Executioner (voice)	64
193	2019	The Naked Wanderer	Brian King	50
194	2019	Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails	Self (archive footage)	90
195	2019	Assholes: A Theory	Himself	40
196	2020	Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp	Self	68
197	2020	The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee	John	51
198	2021	Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated	Self (archive footage)(uncredited)	0
199	2021	Father Christmas Is Back	John Christmas	47
200	2021	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Mr. Bridwell	72

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Avengers	Marcus Rugman	77
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
3	1963	Doctor Who	Art Gallery Visitor	79
4	1966	The Frost Report		0
5	1967	At Last the 1948 Show		74
6	1967	Misleading Cases	Mr. Partridge	0
7	1967	Omnibus	Self	75
8	1969	Sez Les		45
9	1969	Sez Les	self	45
10	1969	Monty Python's Flying Circus	Various / Announcer	82
11	1970	The Goodies		75
12	1972	Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus	Various Characters	64
13	1973	Last of the Summer Wine	Neighbour	71
14	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
15	1975	Fawlty Towers	Basil Fawlty	82
16	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
17	1976	Ripping Yarns		74
18	1976	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Self	50
19	1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	80
20	1978	An Audience with...	Self	53
21	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare		52
22	1979	Not the Nine O'Clock News		71
23	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	55
24	1982	Whoops Apocalypse		72
25	1982	Wogan	Self	45
26	1982	Cheers	Dr. Simon Finch-Royce	76
27	1988	This Morning	Self	55
28	1992	Funny Business		80
29	1995	Look at the State We're In!	Minister	0
30	1995	MADtv	Self	69
31	1996	3rd Rock from the Sun	Dr. Liam Neesam	75
32	1996	The Daily Show	Self	63
33	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
34	1998	Parkinson	Self	0
35	1998	Will & Grace	Lyle Finster (uncredited)	68
36	1999	Casper & Mandrilaftalen	Fake Bosse Bo Johansson	78
37	1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self	42
38	1999	Mickey Mouse Works	Narrator (voice)	67
39	2001	Disney's House of Mouse		74
40	2001	Disney's House of Mouse	Narrator (voice)	74
41	2001	The Human Face	Presenter	68
42	2001	Richard & Judy	Self	29
43	2002	Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)	Red Lansing	0
44	2002	NDR Kultur – Das Journal	Self	0
45	2003	Real Time with Bill Maher	Self	60
46	2004	Entourage	John Cleese	73
47	2006	Monty Python's Personal Best	Self / Various Characters	50
48	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	46
49	2006	Robins	Self - Guest	78
50	2006	Legends	Self	50
51	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self - Guest	72
52	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
53	2007	Movie Connections	Self	0
54	2007	More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy		50
55	2008	Markus Lanz	Self	50
56	2009	Skavlan	Self - Guest	50
57	2009	Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)	Self	75
58	2011	Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	Narrator (voice)	92
59	2011	Whitney	Dr. Grant	49
60	2013	The Last Leg	Self	53
61	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Himself	58
62	2014	Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)	Self (archive footage)	0
63	2014	Over the Garden Wall	Quincy Endicott (voice)	86
64	2014	Over the Garden Wall	Adelaide (voice)	86
65	2014	A Life on Screen	Himself	80
66	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65
67	2016	John Bishop: In Conversation with...	Self	70
68	2016	Speechless	Martin	71
69	2018	Hold the Sunset	Phil	63
70	2020	Why there is no hope	Actor	0
71	2021	LOL: Last One Laughing	Self	75
72	2023	The Dinosaur Hour		0
73	2023	The Dinosaur Hour Extra		0
74		Cancel Me	Self - Host / Presenter	0
75		Untitled Fawlty Towers Reboot	Basil Fawlty	0