John Cleese
Acting
Born: Oct 27, 1939
From: Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daddy Daughter Trip | Frank | 2022 | 6.985 |
| Shrek Forever After | King Harold (voice) | 2010 | 6.394 |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Professor Barnhardt | 2008 | 5.658 |
| Shrek the Third | King Harold (voice) | 2007 | 6.306 |
| L'Entente cordiale | Lord Conrad | 2006 | 4.806 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Grizzled Sergeant | 2004 | 5.949 |
| Shrek 2 | King Harold (voice) | 2004 | 7.311 |
| Scorched | Charles Merchant | 2003 | 5.53 |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Nearly Headless Nick (Sir Nicholas) | 2002 | 7.702 |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash | James | 2002 | 4.394 |
| Mickey's House of Villains | Narrator (“Mickey's Mechanical House") (uncredited) | 2002 | 7.274 |
| Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse | Narrator (segment 'The Nutcracker') (voice) | 2001 | 6.957 |
| Quantum Project | Alexander Pentcho | 2000 | 10.0 |
| George of the Jungle | An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice) | 1997 | 5.658 |
| Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Prof. Waldman | 1994 | 6.446 |
| The Jungle Book | Dr. Julius Plumford | 1994 | 5.965 |
| The Swan Princess | Jean-Bob (voice) | 1994 | 6.588 |
| Splitting Heirs | Raoul P. Shadgrind | 1993 | 5.226 |
| A Fish Called Wanda | Archie Leach | 1988 | 7.204 |
| Clockwise | Brian Stimpson | 1986 | 6.233 |
| Silverado | Sheriff John T. Langston | 1985 | 6.941 |
| Monty Python's The Meaning of Life | Various Roles | 1983 | 7.3 |
| Yellowbeard | Harvey 'Blind' Pew | 1983 | 5.625 |
| Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | Various Roles | 1982 | 7.364 |
| Life of Brian | Wise Man #1 / Reg … | 1979 | 7.76 |
| The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It | Sherlock Holmes | 1977 | 6.281 |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail | Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The … | 1975 | 7.804 |
| Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report | Self | 1974 | 8.0 |
| Romance with a Double Bass | Smychkov | 1974 | 5.917 |
| The Magic Christian | Director in Sotheby's | 1969 | 5.691 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1939 |
| From | Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, … |