John Cleese

John Cleese

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 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

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At Last the 1948 Show, The One Show, Monty Python's Personal Best, E! True Hollywood Story, The Secret Policeman's Ball, MADtv, Robins, The Frost Report, Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central), Movie Connections, More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy, The Human Face, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Casper & Mandrilaftalen, Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut), Whitney, Misleading Cases, Sez Les, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, Not the Nine O'Clock News, Ripping Yarns, Funny Business, Hold the Sunset, Wogan, The Dinosaur Hour, The Dinosaur Hour Extra, A Life on Screen, Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Cancel Me, John Bishop: In Conversation with..., Legends, NDR Kultur – Das Journal, Why there is no hope, Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly), This Morning, Whoops Apocalypse, Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation, Look at the State We're In!, The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller, Friday Night, Saturday Morning, Three Piece Suite, Canterbury Tales, Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time