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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🎬 Movies
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
writer
1983
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
writer
1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
actor
1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
actor
1982
Privates on Parade
actor
1982
Time Bandits
actor
1981
The Great Muppet Caper
actor
1981
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
actor
1980
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
writer
1980
The Taming of the Shrew
actor
1980
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
writer
1977
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
actor
1977
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
actor
1976
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
writer
1976
Meetings, Bloody Meetings
writer
1976
Rentadick
writer
1972
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
actor
1970
The Best House in London
actor
1969
The Magic Christian
writer
1969
The Magic Christian
actor
1969
How to Irritate People
writer
1968
How to Irritate People
actor
1968
Interlude
actor
1968