John Cleese

Known for ActingBorn 1939-10-27 (age 86)Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK

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 WikipediaRead more

Movies & web series

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best

Quantum Project

Spike

Baby Quark

Quark and the Highway Robber

Euroshow '71: May Day Special

Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs

Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1

Wine for the Confused

Group Madness

Doctor Who: City of Death

Awkward Customers

More Awkward Customers

Over the Garden Wall

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best

...To Norway, Home of Giants!

A Life on Screen

The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker

That Was The Week That Was

E! True Hollywood Story

Concert for George

Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best

Fawlty Towers

The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'

Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)

Monty Python's Flying Circus

John Cleese: The Alimony Tour Live

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

Robins

The Taming of the Shrew

Golden Gordon

The Muppet Show

How Not to Exhibit Yourself

Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus

Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

Why Are We Creative?

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The Secret Life of Brian

Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)

Casper & Mandrilaftalen

The Frost Report

The Croods: A New Age