Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1939-10-27 (Age: 87)
Place of Birth
Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
John Cleese
Biography
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
Filmography (218)
John Cleese Packs It In
2025
Fawlty Towers: The Play
2025
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2025
The Roast of John Cleese
2024
The Palace
2023
The Martini Shot
2023
Rally Road Racers
2023
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
2023
Daddy Daughter Trip
2022
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2021
Father Christmas Is Back
2021
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
2021
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021
