John Cleese
Birthday: 1939-10-27 | Place of Birth: Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UKJohn 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
Role
as John Christmas
as Mr. Bridwell
as John
as Otto von Walrus (voice)
as Donner (voice)
as Fairy Godmother / Executioner (voice)
as Phil
as General Eeder
as Mr. Bellwood (voice)
as Self, others
as The Guv
as Bulldog (voice)
as The Guv
as McCormick
as Self
as Various (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as King Harold (voice)
as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
as Dreyfus
as Professor Kipple (voice)
as Dr. Glickenstein (voice)
as Professor Barnhardt
