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John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe.


Aliases
  • John Marwood Cleese
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Shrek Forever After

2010
as King (voice)

Shrek 2

2004
as King

Shrek the Third

2007
as King Harold

Trolls

2016
as Roi Gristle (voice)

George of the Jungle

1997
as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975
as Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Lancelot the Brave / Taunting French

The Swan Princess

1994
as Jean-Bob (voice)

Around the World in 80 Days

2004
as Grizzled Sergeant

Planes

2013
as Bulldog (voice)

Planet 51

2009
as Professor Kipple (voice)

Life of Brian

1979
as Arthur

Charlotte's Web

2006
as Samuel the Sheep (voice)

Clifford the Big Red Dog

2021
as Mr. Bridwell

The Day the Earth Stood Still

2008
as Professor Barnhardt

Fawlty Towers

1975
as Basil Fawlty

Rat Race

2001
as Donald P. Sinclair

Absolutely Anything

2015
as Chief Alien (voice)

The Pink Panther 2

2009
as Chief Inspector Dreyfus

A Fish Called Wanda

1988
as Archie Leach

Valiant

2005
as Mercury (voice)

Father Christmas is Back

2021
as John Christmas

Winnie the Pooh

2011
as Narrator (voice)

Charming

2018
as Fairy Godmother / Executioner (voice)

Spud

2010
as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly

Igor

2008
as Dr. Glickenstein (voice)

Get Squirrely

2015
as Mr. Bellwood (voice)

Man About Town

2006
as Dr. Primkin

Euroshow '71: May Day Special

1971
as Self - Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)

The Love Ban

1973
as Contraceptives Lecturer

Fierce Creatures

1997
as Rollo Lee

The Secret Policeman's Ball

1979
as Himself - Various Roles

Parting Shots

1999
as Maurice Walpole

Silverado

1985
as Sheriff John T. Langston

Stupidity

2003
as himself

Life of Python

1990
as Self / Various Roles

And Now for Something Completely Different

1971
as Announcer / Hungarian Citizen / self - Defence Teacher / Sir George Head / Policeman / Interviewer /

The Out-of-Towners

1999
as Mr. Mersault

The Statue

1971
as Harry

Frankenstein

1994
as Prof. Waldman

Erik the Viking

1989
as Halfdan the Black

Monty Python Live (Mostly)

2014
as Himself, others

Time Bandits

1981
as Robin Hood

Mickey's House of Villains

2002
as Narrator (segment "Mickey's Mechanical House") (voice)

Away from it All

1979
as John Cleese

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

1991
as Cat R. Waul (voice)

The Dinosaur Hour

2023
as Presenter

The Last Impresario

2013
as Self - Interviewee

How to Irritate People

1969
as Himself - Various

Clockwise

1986
as Brian Stimpson

Scorched

2003
as Charles Merchant

Baby Quark

1987
as Narrator (voice)

L'entente cordiale

2006
as Lord Conrad

Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse

2001
as Narrator (segment 'The Nutcracker')

George of the Jungle 2

2003
as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)

The Human Face

2001
as Himself

The Magic Pudding

2000
as Albert, the Magic Pudding (voice)

The Magic Christian

1969
as Director in Sotheby's

An Accidental Studio

2019
as Self - Monty Python (archive footage)

Best Ever Bond

2002
as John Cleese

The Big Picture

1989
as Bartender

In The Wild (1992)

1992
as Guest Narrator

The Big Year

2011
as Narrator (voice)

Yellowbeard

1983
as Harvey 'Blind' Pew

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

1968
as Post Office Clerk

Bullseye!

1990
as Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese

The Mermaid Frolics

1977
as John Cleese

Fawlty Towers Revisited

2005
as John Cleese

The Jungle Book

1994
as Dr. Julien Plumford

Group Madness

1983
as John Cleese

Splitting Heirs

1993
as Raoul P. Shadgrind

The Palace

2023
as Arthur William Dallas III

We Are Most Amused

2008
as Master of Ceremonies

Whoops Apocalypse

1982
as Lacrobat (The Devil)

Isn't She Great

2000
as Henry Marcus

The Naked Wanderer

2019
as Brian King

The Wind in the Willows

1996
as Mr. Toad's Lawyer

God Loves Caviar

2012
as McCormick

Assholes: A Theory

2019
as John Cleese

The Queen Special

1980
as Man in Bar

Anatomy of a Liar

2012
as Himself

Arctic Dogs

2019
as (voice)

To Norway, Home of Giants

1979
as Norman Fearless

Taking The Wheel

2002
as Nathan Sullivan

Director

Movie Away from it All 1979

Writer

Movie The Croods 2013
Movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975
Movie Life of Brian 1979
Movie Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 1983
Movie A Fish Called Wanda 1988
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Dennis Moore
1973
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The All-England Summarise Proust Competition
1972
Episode Fawlty Towers
Gourmet Night
1975
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Whither Canada?
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Fliegender Zirkus - 1
1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Ant, an Introduction
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
1970
Episode Doctor in the House
Why Do You Want to Be a Doctor?
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Live from the Grill-o-Mat
1970
Movie Fierce Creatures 1997
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 7
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
It's the Arts
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Montreux Special
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
A Book at Bedtime
1973
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Royal Episode 13
1970
Movie And Now for Something Completely Different 1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Parrot Sketch Not Included
1989
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)
1973
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Spanish Inquisition
1970
Episode Fawlty Towers
The Germans
1975
Movie Monty Python Live (Mostly) 2014
Movie Away from it All 1979
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Naked Ant
1970
Movie Monty Python: Parrot Sketch Not Included 1989
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The War Against Pornography
1972
Episode That Was the Week That Was
Show 36
1963
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Sex and Violence
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Python Night
1999
Episode Fawlty Towers
Communication Problems
1979
Movie How to Irritate People 1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Salad Days
1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Whicker's World
1972
Episode Fawlty Towers
The Psychiatrist
1979
Episode Look at the State We're In!
The Status Quo
1995
Episode Wine for the Confused
Wine for the Confused
2004
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
It's a Living
1970
Episode That Was the Week That Was
Show 2
1962
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Oh, You're No Fun Anymore
1969
Episode Fawlty Towers
Waldorf Salad
1979
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Untitled
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular
1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Intermission
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Scott of the Antarctic
1970
Movie Rentadick 1972
Movie We Know Where You Live. Live! 2001
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Déjà Vu
1970
Episode Fawlty Towers
The Kipper and the Corpse
1979
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 8
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Cycling Tour
1972
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Michael Ellis
1974
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Full Frontal Nudity
1969
Episode Six Dates with Barker
1971: Come in and Lie Down
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Attila the Hun Show
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Owl-Stretching Time
1969
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 8
1976
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Money Programme
1972
Movie Comic Relief 1986
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Light Entertainment War
1974
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Nude Organist
1972
Episode Fawlty Towers
A Touch of Class
1975
Episode Fawlty Towers
The Anniversary
1979
Movie Romance with a Double Bass 1974
Movie The Mermaid Frolics 1977
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
How Not to Be Seen
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Buzz Aldrin Show
1970
Episode ABC Stage 67
David Frost's Night Out in London
1967
Episode Fawlty Towers
The Builders
1975
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease
1972
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 5
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror
1972
Movie The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It 1977
Episode Fawlty Towers
Basil the Rat
1979
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom
1969
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Archaeology Today
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
'Face the Press'
1970
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century
1969
Episode At Last the 1948 Show
Episode Four
1967
Movie Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl 1982
Episode Fawlty Towers
The Wedding Party
1975
Movie How Not to Exhibit Yourself 1975
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 6
1971
Episode Die kultigsten Filme aller Zeiten
Monty Python’s Der Sinn des Lebens
2023
Episode At Last the 1948 Show
Episode Six
1967
Episode Fawlty Towers
The Hotel Inspectors
1975
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Spam
1970
Movie The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer 1970

Host

Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
The Prince's Trust: We Are Most Amused
2008
Series Cancel Me

Producer

Movie A Fish Called Wanda 1988
Movie Fierce Creatures 1997
Movie The Secret Policeman's Other Ball 1982
Movie How Not to Exhibit Yourself 1975

Crew

Movie The Secret Policeman's Other Ball 1982

Guest Star

Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 6
1971
Episode Hysteria
Hysteria 2: The Second Coming
1989
Episode Brush With Fame
John Cleese
1970
Episode 3rd Rock from the Sun
Mary Loves Scoochie (2)
2001
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 3
2014
Episode Monty Python: (Almost) The Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
The Not-So-Interesting Beginnings
2009
Episode 3rd Rock from the Sun
Dick and the Other Guy
1998
Episode Alan Carr: Chatty Man
John Cleese, Mary Portas, Ellie Goulding, Richard Ayoade
2014
Episode BBC Documentaries
Marty Feldman - Six Degrees of Separation
2008
Episode Omnibus (1967)
Life of Python
1990
Episode Pastewka
Der letzte Trip - die große Pastewka Dokumentation
2020
Episode The Last Leg
Episode 6
2015
Episode Whitney
Space Invaders
2013
Episode The Last Leg
Episode 11
2017
Episode Entourage
Lose Yourself
2010
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
November 21, 2014
2014
Episode The Muppet Show
John Cleese
1977
Episode Cheers
Simon Says
1987
Episode John Bishop: In Conversation With...
John Cleese
2017
Episode Doctor Who
City of Death (4)
1979
Episode The Project (2009)
Thursday 18 Feb
2016
Episode Wine for the Confused
Wine for the Confused
2004
Episode Speechless
L-O-N-- LONDON (1)
2018
Episode The Daily Show
John Cleese
2014
Episode Will & Grace
The Accidental Tsuris
2004
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Pee Wee Herman, John Cleese, Malcolm Forbes
1988
Episode In The Wild (1992)
Operation Lemur with John Cleese
2002
Episode The Project (2009)
Thursday 11 Aug
2016
Episode Ronnie Corbett's Comedy Britain
Comic Partnerships
2011
Episode Les Dawson at ITV The Specials
Les Dawson’s Christmas Box 1974
1974
Episode Speechless
L-O-N-- LONDON (2)
2018
Episode BBC Documentaries
Monty Python: Almost The Truth - The BBC Lawyer's Cut
2009
Episode The Two Ronnies
Episode 8
1971
Episode Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python: The Meaning Of Live
2014
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 3
2010
Episode Paul O'Grady Live
Amanda Holden, John Cleese, Rupert Everett
2011
Episode Whitney
Mind Games
2012
Episode The Unpleasant World of Penn and Teller
John Cleese
1994
Episode Casper & Mandrilaftalen
9/3/1999
1999
Episode Wogan: The Best Of
Funny: Part 2
2015
Episode Will & Grace
Flip-Flop (1)
2004
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Chris Evans, Monty Python, LunchMoney Lewis
2015
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Mark Ruffalo, John Cleese, Michael Flatley
2015
Episode Slapstick Festival
John Cleese, Rory Bremner & friends hosted by Tim Vine
2020
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
Episode 365
2015
Episode Real Time with Bill Maher
Overtime Overseas - September 25, 2015
2015
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Demi Lovato, John Cleese
2017
Episode Will & Grace
Flip-Flop (2)
2004
Episode Comedy Connections
Monty Python's Flying Circus
2005
Episode Chelsea Lately
John Cleese
2009
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Eric Holder, John Cleese, Arctic Monkeys
2018
Episode 3rd Rock from the Sun
Mary Loves Scoochie (1)
2001
Episode Will & Grace
Heart Like a Wheelchair
2003
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
John Cleese
1995
Episode Comedy Playhouse
Elementary My Dear Watson
1973
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
John Cleese
1979
Episode Funny Business
Visual Comedy
1992
Episode 3rd Rock from the Sun
Just Your Average Dick
1998