Actor
86 years old
John Cleese
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... Read full bio →
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18 roles
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Basil Fawlty
Fawlty Towers
1975
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
2023
Father Christmas Is Back
2021
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
2020
Charming
2018
Trolls
2016
Absolutely Anything
2015
Spud 3: Learning to Fly
2014
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014
The Meaning of Monty Python
2013
Spud 2: The Madness Continues
2013
Planes
2013
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
2012
Winnie the Pooh
2011
The Big Year
2011
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
2011
Spud
2010
Shrek Forever After
2010
The Pink Panther 2
2009
Planet 51
2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
Igor
2008
Shrek the Third
2007
Man About Town
2006
Charlotte's Web
2006
Valiant
2005
Shrek 2
2004
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
Scorched
2003
George of the Jungle 2
2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Die Another Day
2002
Rat Race
2001
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
2001
Mickey's House of Villains
2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
2001
The World Is Not Enough
1999
The Out-of-Towners
1999
George of the Jungle
1997
Fierce Creatures
1997
The Wind in the Willows
1996
The Swan Princess
1994
The Jungle Book
1994
Frankenstein
1994
Splitting Heirs
1993
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
The Big Picture
1989
Erik the Viking
1989
A Fish Called Wanda
1988
Clockwise
1986
Silverado
1985
Yellowbeard
1983
The Meaning of Life
1983
Privates on Parade
1983
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982
Time Bandits
1981
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
Life of Brian
1979
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
1977
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
Fawlty Towers
1975
The Love Ban
1973
And Now for Something Completely Different
1971
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
The Magic Christian
1969
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
How to Irritate People
1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
Interlude
1968
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