John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he cofounded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Along with his Python costars Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, Cleese starred in Monty Python films, which include Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979), and The Meaning of Life (1983).
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Erik the Viking
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1989
A Fish Called Wanda
actor
1989
A Fish Called Wanda
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1989
A Fish Called Wanda
writer
1989
The Big Picture
actor
1989
Clockwise
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1988
True Stories: Peace in Our Time?
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1988
Silverado
actor
1986
Yellowbeard
actor
1983
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
writer
1983
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
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1983
Privates on Parade
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1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
writer
1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
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1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
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1982
Time Bandits
actor
1981
The Great Muppet Caper
actor
1981
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
writer
1980
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
actor
1980
The Taming of the Shrew
actor
1980
