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
Also known As
존 클리즈
จอห์น คลีส
John Marwood Cleese
Cleesey
约翰·克莱斯
جان کلیز
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
as Wise Man #1 / Reg / Jewish Official / First Centurion / Deadly Dirk / Arthur
1988
as Archie Leach
2002
as Nearly Headless Nick (Sir Nicholas)
2010
as King Harold (voice)
2008
as Professor Barnhardt
1975
as Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter
2004
as Grizzled Sergeant
1994
as Prof. Waldman
2004
as King Harold (voice)
2007
as King Harold (voice)
1997
as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
1994
as Dr. Julius Plumford
1983
as Various Roles
2003
as Charles Merchant
1993
as Raoul P. Shadgrind
2022
as Frank
2001
as Narrator (segment 'The Nutcracker') (voice)
2002
as James
1977
as Sherlock Holmes
2006
as Lord Conrad
1983
as Harvey 'Blind' Pew
1969
as Director in Sotheby's
1994
as Jean-Bob (voice)
2000
as Alexander Pentcho
2001
as Narrator (“Mickey's Mechanical House") (uncredited)
1985
as Sheriff John T. Langston
1986
as Brian Stimpson
1974
as Smychkov
1982
as Various Roles
1997
as Rollo Lee
1999
as Mr. Mersault
2003
as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
2003
as Mr. Munday
1971
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
as Dr. Primkin
2000
as Albert the Magic Pudding (voice)
2008
as Wise Man #1, Reg, Jewish Official, First Centurion
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Samuel the Sheep (voice)
2001
as Donald P. Sinclair
2005
as Mercury (voice)
2004
as Self
2008
as Dr. Glickenstein (voice)
1999
2002
as Q
1981
as Robin Hood
2003
as Self
1981
as Neville
2009
as Dreyfus
2004
2010
as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
2009
as Professor Kipple (voice)
1996
as Mr. Toad's Lawyer
2021
as Interviewee
2006
2007
as Adolf Hitler / Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
1969
as Himself - Various
1985
2011
as Narrator (voice)
1980
as Petruchio
1973
as Various
1983
as Major Giles Flack
2007
as Self
2000
as Henry Marcus
1975
as John Cleese
2011
as Narrator
1976
as Self
1979
as Himself - Various Roles
1982
as Self - Various Roles
1987
as Jim Cleese
1989
1970
1990
as Himself / Various Roles (also archive footage)
1999
as Maurice Walpole
2012
2013
as Bulldog (voice)
1971
as Harry
2013
as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
2023
as Arthur William Dallas III
2021
as Self
2005
as Himself
2004
-
as Terry
2012
as Self
2005
as Himself
1968
as Television public relations man
2008
as Self
2023
as Dr. Auyeung
2015
as Chief Alien (voice)
2020
1989
as Self / Various Characters
2014
as Self, others
2023
as Archie Vainglorious (voice)
1989
as Halfdan the Black
1987
1971
as Self - Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
2012
as McCormick
1991
as Cat R. Waul (voice)
-
as bogeyhead
2014
as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
2009
as Self / Basil Fawlty
1980
as Computer (voice)
2001
as Nearly Headless Nick
1991
1969
as Jones
1973
as Contraceptives Lecturer
2014
1979
as Norman Fearless
2002
as Self / R
2023
2008
as Self - Presenter
2024
as Self
1979
as Art Gallery Visitor
2003
2000
as The Giant Alien (voice)
2008
1989
as Bartender
-
as Nathan
2015
as Mr. Bellwood (voice)
1987
1979
as Nigel Farquhar-Bennett – Narrator (voice)
2016
as Roi Gristle (voice)
2019
as Otto von Walrus (voice)
1979
as Passerby
1990
as Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese
1989
as Self
2005
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1973
as Sherlock Holmes
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Brian
1975
as Brian
2005
as Himself
2016
as Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
as General Eeder
2018
as Donner (voice)
2018
as Fairy Godmother / Executioner (voice)
1980
as Himself / Various Characters
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
2013
as Self
1999
as Self
1999
1999
2011
as Self (archive footage)
2012
2008
2008
2019
as Brian King
2000
as Interviewer in lounge
1983
as Self
1999
as Narrator
2011
as Historical Montage Narrator (voice)
2000
as Self
2019
as Himself
2020
1988
1996
as Himself
2019
as Self (archive footage)
2005
as Noted Behavioral Scientist / Noted Doctor / Leading Social Scientist / Leading Orthopedic Surgeon
1980
as Man in Bar
1970
as Timothy
2015
as Self
2020
1968
as Post Office Clerk
1977
as Self- Various roles
2009
as Self / Basil Fawlty
2021
as John Christmas
2021
as Mr. Bridwell
2002
1998
as Self
2021
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
2003
as Self
1977
as Kevin
2002
as Himself
1991
as Narrator (voice)
1989
as Brian
1989
as Brian
1989
as Brian
1989
as Brian
2008
as Self
2018
as Self
2001
1990
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
2006
as Various Characters
Production
1979
as Screenplay
1988
as Executive Producer
1975
as Writer
1983
as Screenplay
1977
1969
as Additional Writing
1971
as Screenplay
1997
as Screenplay
1997
as Producer
1972
as Script
1979
as Director
1969
as Writer
1978
as Creator
1970
as Writer
2014
as Writer
1988
as Writer
1982
2006
as Executive Producer
1973
as Additional Writing
1979
as Writer
2020
as Thanks
1974
as Adaptation
2008
as Screenplay
1975
as Writer
1975
as Writer
1982
as Producer
1982
as Assistant Director
1979
as Producer
1979
as Stage Director
1971
1977
as Writer
2013
as Story
2020
as Characters
1972
as Writer
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