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John Cleese

John Cleese

Birthday: 1939-10-27 | Place of Birth: Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK

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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Father Christmas Is Back

as    John Christmas

2021
Clifford the Big Red Dog

as    Mr. Bridwell

2020
2019
Arctic Dogs

as    Otto von Walrus (voice)

2018
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer

as    Donner (voice)

2018
Charming

as    Fairy Godmother / Executioner (voice)

2018
Hold the Sunset

as    Phil

2016
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion

as    General Eeder

2015
Get Squirrely

as    Mr. Bellwood (voice)

2014
2014
Monty Python Live (Mostly)

as    Self, others

2014
Spud 3: Learning to Fly

as    The Guv

2013
Planes

as    Bulldog (voice)

2013
Spud 2: The Madness Continues

as    The Guv

2012
God Loves Caviar

as    McCormick

2012
Anatomy of a Liar

as    Self

2011
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure

as    Narrator

2011
Winnie the Pooh

as    Narrator (voice)

2010
Shrek Forever After

as    King Harold (voice)

2010
Spud

as    Mr. 'The Guv' Edly

2009
The Pink Panther 2

as    Dreyfus

2009
Planet 51

as    Professor Kipple (voice)

2008
Igor

as    Dr. Glickenstein (voice)

2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still

as    Professor Barnhardt