Born
27 October 1939 (86)
Place of Birth
Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
Also known as
John Marwood Cleese, Cleesey
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...
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
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
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Assholes: A Theory
2019
Arctic Dogs
2019
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
2019
The Naked Wanderer
2019
An Accidental Studio
2019
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer
2018
Why Are We Creative?
2018
Charming
2018
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
2018
Trolls
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
2016
Behind Over the Garden Wall
2015
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
2015
Absolutely Anything
2015
Spud 3: Learning to Fly
2014
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
2014
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014
The Last Impresario
2014
The Meaning of Monty Python
2013
Planes
2013
Spud 2: The Madness Continues
2013