John Cleese
Acting
🎂 1939-10-27
John Marwood Cleese 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 Wikipedia
Cast credits(283)
Self
1996
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2007
Self
2007
Self
1962
Nearly Headless Nick
2001
Self
2003
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Self
2015
Self - Guest
2006
Nearly Headless Nick (Sir Nicholas)
2002
Dr. Simon Finch-Royce
1982
Art Gallery Visitor
1963
Marcus Rugman
1961
John Cleese
2004
Self
1982
Lyle Finster (uncredited)
1998
Dr. Liam Neesam
1996
King Harold (voice)
2004
Self
2013
Self
1967
Self
1981
Self
1975
King Harold (voice)
2010
King Harold (voice)
2007
Self
1978
Self
2008
Quincy Endicott (voice)
2014
Adelaide (voice)
2014
Self
1998
Q
2002
2001
Narrator (voice)
2001
Martin
2016
Roi Gristle (voice)
2016
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter
1975
Various / Announcer
1969
R
1999
Self
2006
Prof. Waldman
1994
Post Office Clerk
1968
Mr. Munday
2003
Self
2001
Self - Guest
2009
Self
1999
Professor Barnhardt
2008
Self
2003
Wise Man #1 / Reg / Jewish Official / First Centurion / Deadly Dirk / Arthur
1979
Self
2000
Mr. Bridwell
2021
Basil Fawlty
1975
Archie Leach
1988
Donald P. Sinclair
2001
Samuel the Sheep (voice)
2006
Narrator (voice)
1999
An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
1997
Sheriff John T. Langston
1985
Jean-Bob (voice)
1994
Grizzled Sergeant
2004
Self
2003
Professor Kipple (voice)
2009
Self (archive footage)
2011
Self
2008
Bulldog (voice)
2013
Brian
1989
Dr. Grant
2011
Dreyfus
2009
Narrator (voice)
2011
Narrator (segment 'The Nutcracker') (voice)
2001
An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
2003
Self
2008
Narrator
2011
Robin Hood
1981
Cat R. Waul (voice)
1991
Chief Alien (voice)
2015
Self
2021
Historical Montage Narrator (voice)
2011
Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese
1990
Archie Vainglorious (voice)
2023
Self
2018
Mercury (voice)
2005
Halfdan the Black
1989
Narrator (voice)
2011
1969
self
1969
Dr. Glickenstein (voice)
2008
Various Roles
1983
Narrator (“Mickey's Mechanical House") (uncredited)
2001
Donner (voice)
2018
Fairy Godmother / Executioner (voice)
2018
Self
2002
Fake Bosse Bo Johansson
1999
McCormick
2012
Self
2015
Arthur William Dallas III
2023
Mr. Mersault
1999
Bartender
1989
Rollo Lee
1997
Self - Guest
2006
Dr. Julius Plumford
1994
Self
2021
Otto von Walrus (voice)
2019
Dr. Primkin
2006
Director in Sotheby's
1969
Lord Conrad
2006
James
2002
Brian
1989
Brian Stimpson
1986
Frank
2022
Harvey 'Blind' Pew
1983
Dr. Auyeung
2023
Mr. Toad's Lawyer
1996
1979
Self (archive footage)
2014
Passerby
1979
Self
1991
General Eeder
2016
2018
Himself
2014
Self
2004
Alexander Pentcho
2000
Self (archive footage)
2019
Self
1976
Self
2016
Brian
1975
Self
2007
Self / Basil Fawlty
2009
John Christmas
2021
Self - Presenter
2008
Self
2002
Art Gallery Visitor
1979
Charles Merchant
2003
Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Self
2008
Brian
1975
Self / R
2002
Neville
1981
1976
Self
1987
Harry
1971
Self
2024
Contraceptives Lecturer
1973
Adolf Hitler / Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
2007
John
2020
Various Roles
1982
Various (voice)
2012
1967
Pumer
1970
Self
1995
Sherlock Holmes
1973
Raoul P. Shadgrind
1993
Himself
2002
Narrator
1999
Mr. Bellwood (voice)
2015
Jim Cleese
1987
Self
2010
Jones
1969
Maurice Walpole
1999
Self (archive footage)
2007
Minister
1995
Self, others
2014
Self
2020
Self
2009
Announcer / Hungarian Citizen / self - Defence Teacher / Sir George Head / Policeman / Interviewer / Mr. Praline / Second General / Christopher Columbus / Mungo the Cook / Bank Robber / Accountant #2 (falling past the window) / Vocational Guidance Counselor / Vivian Smith Smythe Smith / Mountie / Town Guild Lady
1971
Self
2012
Computer (voice)
1980
Self
1983
Brian King
2019
The Giant Alien (voice)
2000
Self
2020
2023
Sherlock Holmes
1977
Brian
1989
1992
Self
1989
Red Lansing
2002
Major Giles Flack
1983
Terry
Himself
2005
Self
1988
Phil
2018
Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
2010
Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
2014
Albert the Magic Pudding (voice)
2000
Himself
2005
Self / Various Characters
2006
Self - Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
1971
Presenter
2001
1996
Television public relations man
1968
Petruchio
1980
Various Characters
1972
Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
2013
2007
Self
1990
1966
Mr. Partridge
1967
Self
2004
Self - Various Roles
1982
Self
2006
1982
Henry Marcus
2000
Self
1989
Himself
2019
2023
Kevin
1977
Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
2021
Self
2013
1993
Himself / Various Roles (also archive footage)
1990
Noted Behavioral Scientist / Noted Doctor / Leading Social Scientist / Leading Orthopedic Surgeon
2005
Self
1998
Self
2008
Various
1973
Smychkov
1974
Himself - Various
1969
Self
2014
1972
Self (archive footage)
2005
Actor
2020
Self
2002
Basil Fawlty
Self
2008
Self - Host / Presenter
2025
Self
2007
Various Characters
2006
2025
Self
1985
Himself - Various Roles
1979
Interviewee
2021
Various Characters
2006
Self
2004
Self
1979
Man in Bar
1980
Self
2003
Self / Basil Fawlty
2009
Self- Various roles
1977
Self
1999
Self
1988
Self
1974
Himself
2005
1989
Norman Fearless
1979
Self
1976
Various Characters
2006
Self
2012
Various Characters
2006
Self
2014
Self / Various Characters
1989
Narrator (voice)
1991
Various Characters
2006
2011
Self
2023
Various Characters
2006
Self (archive footage)
2004
1971
Self (archive footage)
2004
2006
Self
2000
1973
Self (archive footage)
2019
1987
Various Characters
2006
Self
1999
Himself / Various Characters
1980
Wise Man #1, Reg, Jewish Official, First Centurion
2008
Brian
1989
Self (archive footage)
2004
Nathan
Timothy
1970
Nigel Farquhar-Bennett – Narrator (voice)
1979
Self
1999
1986
1987
Himself
1996
Kendisi
2001
Interviewer in lounge
2000
1976
John Cleese
1975
Self
1998
1987
Crew (5)
Writing (33)
Characters
2020
Story
2013
Writer
1975
Writer
1969
Screenplay
1979
Writer
1975
Story
1988
Screenplay
1988
Writer
1966
Screenplay
1983
Screenplay
1997
Writer
1971
Writer
1972
Writer
1975
Writer
1962
Writer
1975
Writer
1982
Writer
1967
Writer
1970
Writer
1995
Writer
2014
Screenplay
1971
Screenplay
1977
Writer
1971
Writer
2001
Adaptation
1974
Writer
1969
Writer
2025
Writer
1977
Writer
1989
Writer
1971
Screenplay
2008
Writer
1979
