John Cleese

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-10-27 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK

John Cleese

Biography

John Marwood Cleese 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 M...

Acting

1979

Life of Brian

as Wise Man #1 / Reg / Jewish Official / First Centurion / Deadly Dirk / Arthur

1988

A Fish Called Wanda

as Archie Leach

2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

as Nearly Headless Nick (Sir Nicholas)

2010

Shrek Forever After

as King Harold (voice)

2008

The Day the Earth Stood Still

as Professor Barnhardt

1975

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

2004

Around the World in 80 Days

as Grizzled Sergeant

1994

2004

Shrek 2

as King Harold (voice)

2007

Shrek the Third

as King Harold (voice)

1997

George of the Jungle

as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)

1994

The Jungle Book

as Dr. Julius Plumford

2003

Scorched

as Charles Merchant

1993

Splitting Heirs

as Raoul P. Shadgrind

2001

Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse

as Narrator (segment 'The Nutcracker') (voice)

2006

L'Entente cordiale

as Lord Conrad

1983

Yellowbeard

as Harvey 'Blind' Pew

1969

The Magic Christian

as Director in Sotheby's

1994

The Swan Princess

as Jean-Bob (voice)

2000

Quantum Project

as Alexander Pentcho

2001

Mickey's House of Villains

as Narrator (“Mickey's Mechanical House") (uncredited)

1985

Silverado

as Sheriff John T. Langston

1986

Clockwise

as Brian Stimpson

1997

Fierce Creatures

as Rollo Lee

1999

The Out-of-Towners

as Mr. Mersault

2003

George of the Jungle 2

as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)

1971

And Now for Something Completely Different

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

2006

Man About Town

as Dr. Primkin

2000

The Magic Pudding

as Albert the Magic Pudding (voice)

2008

Life Of Brian Screenplay

as Wise Man #1, Reg, Jewish Official, First Centurion

2006

Charlotte's Web

as Samuel the Sheep (voice)

2001

Rat Race

as Donald P. Sinclair

2005

Valiant

as Mercury (voice)

2008

Igor

as Dr. Glickenstein (voice)

1981

Time Bandits

as Robin Hood

2003

Stupidity

as Self

2009

2010

Spud

as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly

2009

Planet 51

as Professor Kipple (voice)

1996

The Wind in the Willows

as Mr. Toad's Lawyer

2007

Hitler: The Comedy Years

as Adolf Hitler / Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)

1969

How to Irritate People

as Himself - Various

2011

Winnie the Pooh

as Narrator (voice)

1980

1973

1983

Privates on Parade

as Major Giles Flack

2000

Isn't She Great

as Henry Marcus

1975

1979

The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Himself - Various Roles

1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

as Self - Various Roles

1990

Life of Python

as Himself / Various Roles (also archive footage)

1999

Parting Shots

as Maurice Walpole

2013

Planes

as Bulldog (voice)

1971

The Statue

as Harry

2013

Spud 2: The Madness Continues

as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly

2023

The Palace

as Arthur William Dallas III

1968

Interlude

as Television public relations man

2023

The Martini Shot

as Dr. Auyeung

2015

Absolutely Anything

as Chief Alien (voice)

2014

2023

Rally Road Racers

as Archie Vainglorious (voice)

1989

Erik the Viking

as Halfdan the Black

1971

Euroshow '71: May Day Special

as Self - Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)

2012

God Loves Caviar

as McCormick

1991

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Nuclear Bogeyheads

as bogeyhead

2014

Spud 3: Learning to Fly

as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly

2009

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

as Self / Basil Fawlty

1980

The Tom Machine

as Computer (voice)

2001

1973

The Love Ban

as Contraceptives Lecturer

1979

2002

Best Ever Bond

as Self / R

2008

We Are Most Amused

as Self - Presenter

1979

Doctor Who: City of Death

as Art Gallery Visitor

2000

Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big

as The Giant Alien (voice)

1989

The Big Picture

as Bartender

2015

A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown

as Mr. Bellwood (voice)

1979

Away from It All

as Nigel Farquhar-Bennett – Narrator (voice)

2016

Trolls

as Roi Gristle (voice)

2019

Arctic Dogs

as Otto von Walrus (voice)

1979

Golden Gordon

as Passerby

1990

Bullseye!

as Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese

2005

The Roots of Monty Python

as Self (archive footage)

2019

An Accidental Studio

as Self (archive footage)

1973

Elementary, My Dear Watson

as Sherlock Holmes

2007

What the Pythons Did Next...

as Self (archive footage)

1975

2005

2016

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

as Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016

2018

2018

Charming

as Fairy Godmother / Executioner (voice)

1980

Peter Cook & Co.

as Himself / Various Characters

2011

The Undefeated

as Self (archive footage)

2019

The Naked Wanderer

as Brian King

2000

Rockstar

as Interviewer in lounge

1983

1999

The Nutcracker

as Narrator

2011

The Big Year

as Historical Montage Narrator (voice)

2019

1996

Spike

as Himself

2019

2005

Complete Guide to Guys

as Noted Behavioral Scientist / Noted Doctor / Leading Social Scientist / Leading Orthopedic Surgeon

1980

The Queen Special

as Man in Bar

1968

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

as Post Office Clerk

1977

The Mermaid Frolics

as Self- Various roles

2009

2021

Father Christmas Is Back

as John Christmas

2021

2021

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)

1977

2002

Making Rat Race

as Himself

1991

Rabbit Ears - Tom Thumb

as Narrator (voice)

1989

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