John Cleese
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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 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.
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Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
E! True Hollywood Story
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The One Show
Cheers
MADtv
Doctor Who
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Entourage
Wogan
Legends
Parkinson
The Avengers
Last of the Summer Wine
Will & Grace
3rd Rock from the Sun
Disney's House of Mouse
Omnibus
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Over the Garden Wall
Movie Connections
LOL: Last One Laughing
The Muppet Show
Whitney
Misleading Cases
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
Mickey's House of Villains
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Trolls
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Around the World in 80 Days
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Absolutely Anything
Winnie the Pooh
Time Bandits
The World Is Not Enough
Making Rat Race
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Die Another Day
Planes
Shrek Forever After
The Taming of the Shrew
Rally Road Racers
George of the Jungle 2
Planet 51
Golden Gordon
Shrek the Third
Valiant
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Shrek 2
Three Piece Suite
Spike
Father Christmas Is Back
The Jungle Book
The Swan Princess
Isn't She Great
Return of the Goodies
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Charlotte's Web
George of the Jungle
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Rat Race
The Palace
Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Out-of-Towners
A Fish Called Wanda
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Life of Brian
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Hold the Sunset
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
The Frost Report
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
The Human Face
Untitled Fawlty Towers Reboot
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Production Credits
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