John Cleese



First NameJohn
Middle NameMarwood
Last NameCleese
Full Name at BirthJohn Marwood Cleese
Age72
Date of BirthOctober 27, 1939
BirthplaceWeston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England
Height6' 5" (196 cm)
BuildSlim
Eye ColorHazel
Hair ColorBrown - Light
Star SignScorpio
EthnicityWhite
NationalityEnglish
High SchoolClifton College, Bristol
UniversityMA, Cambridge University (1963)
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameMonty Python, Fawlty Towers

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.


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Filmography

Selected John Cleese film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2011
Historical Montage Narrator

2011
Narrator

2011
A Liar's Autobiography - The True Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Various

2010
King Harold

2010
Mr. 'The Guv' Edly

2009
Charles Dreyfus

2009
Professor Kipple

2008
Dr. Glickenstein

2008
Professor Barnhardt

2007
King

2006
Samuel the Sheep

2006
Lord Conrad

2006
Dr. Primkin

2005
Noted Behavioral Scientist/Noted Doctor/Leading Social Scientist/Leading Orthopedic Surgeon

2005
Mercury

2004
Grizzled Sergeant

2004
King

2003
Charles Merchant

2002
Nearly Headless Nick

2002
The Talking Crickett

2002
My Adventures in Television
Red Lansing

2001
Nearly Headless Nick

2001
Donald P. Sinclair

2001
Narrator , Narrator , Narrator , Narrator

2001
H.M.O.
Dr. Larry King

2000
Henry Marcus

2000
Albert, The Magic Pudding

2000
Quantum Project
Alexander Pentcho

2000
Rockstar
Interviewer in lounge

1999
Parting Shots
Maurice Walpole

1999
Mr. Mersault

1999
Casper & Mandrilaftalen
Gun rack Technician

1998
Lyle Finster

1997
Rollo Lee

1997
An Ape Named 'Ape'

1996
Mr. Toad's Lawyer

1996
Dr. Liam Neesam

1995
Look at the State We're In!
Minister

1994
Professor Waldman

1994
Dr. Julien Plumford

1994
Jean-Bob

1993
Raoul P. Shadgrind

1990
Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese

1989
Halfdan the Black

1989
Bartender

1989
Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois...
Actor on TV

1988
Archie Leach

1987
Baby Quark
Narrator

1987
Quark and the Highway Robber
Narrator

1986
Brian Stimpson

1985
Sheriff Langston

1983
Fish #2, Dr. Spencer, Humphrey Williams, Humphrey Williams

1983
Harvey 'Blind' Pew

1982
Privates on Parade
Major Giles Flack

1982
Dr. Simon Finch-Royce

1982
Whoops Apocalypse
Lacrobat

1981
Neville

1981
Giroblauw met John Cleese
Interviewer

1980
Petruchio

1979
Wise Man #1, Reg, Jewish Official, Jewish Official

1979
To Norway, Home of Giants
Norman Fearless

1977
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
Arthur Sherlock Holmes

1977
Three Piece Suite
Kevin

1976
Ripping Yarns
a Passer-by

1975
Second Swallow-Savvy Guard, The Black Knight, Peasant 3, Peasant 3

1975
Basil Fawlty

1975
Who Sold You This, Then?
Charlie Jenkins

1974
Romance with a Double Bass
Musician Smychkov

1973
Neighbour

1973
The Love Ban
Contraceptives Lecturer

1973
Golf Etiquette
A Golfer

1971
Announcer, Hungarian Man, Self-Defence Teacher, Self-Defence Teacher

1971
Harry

1970
The genie

1969
Director in Sotheby's

1969
Announcer, Various, The Announcer, The Announcer

1968
TV Publicist

1968
Post Office clerk

1967
Misleading Cases
Mr. Partridge

1966
The Frost Report
Various Roles, Varous Roles

1963
Art Gallery Visitor

1961
Marcus Rugman

1961
Sherlock Holmes

Producer Credits

1995
Look at the State We're In!
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1984
Fairly Secret Army
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1984
More Bloody Meetings
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1983
Perishing Solicitors
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1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
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1981
The Secret Policeman's Ball
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1980
Free to Choose
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1976
Meetings, Bloody Meetings
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1975
Who Sold You This, Then?
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1975
It's Alright, It's Only a Customer
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Writer Credits

2009
Just for Laughs
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2006
The Art of Football from A to Z
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2004
Wine for the Confused
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2002
Eric Idle: Exploits Monty Python
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2001
The Human Face
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2001
We Know Where You Live
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1995
Look at the State We're In!
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1989
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
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1986
Comic Relief
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1981
Giroblauw met John Cleese
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1979
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1977
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
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1977
The Mermaid Frolics
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1976
Meetings, Bloody Meetings
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1975
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1975
Who Sold You This, Then?
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1975
It's Alright, It's Only a Customer
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1974
Romance with a Double Bass
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1973
BBC Show of the Week
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1972
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1971
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
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1971
Doctor at Large
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1971
Six Dates with Barker
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1971
The Ronnie Barker Yearbook
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1968
Marty
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1968
Broaden Your Mind
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1966
The Frost Report
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1962
That Was the Week That Was
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