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John Cleese
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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
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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
Known For
Saturday Night Live
E! True Hollywood Story
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The One Show
Cheers
MADtv
The Graham Norton Show
Doctor Who
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Entourage
Wogan
Legends
Parkinson
The Avengers
Last of the Summer Wine
Will & Grace
3rd Rock from the Sun
Disney's House of Mouse
Omnibus
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Movie Connections
LOL: Last One Laughing
The Muppet Show
Over the Garden Wall
Whitney
Misleading Cases
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
Mickey's House of Villains
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Trolls
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Around the World in 80 Days
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Absolutely Anything
Winnie the Pooh
Time Bandits
Making Rat Race
The World Is Not Enough
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Die Another Day
The Taming of the Shrew
Shrek Forever After
Planes
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Golden Gordon
George of the Jungle 2
Valiant
Planet 51
Shrek 2
Shrek the Third
Spike
Three Piece Suite
The Swan Princess
The Jungle Book
Father Christmas Is Back
Isn't She Great
Charlotte's Web
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
George of the Jungle
Return of the Goodies
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
The Palace
Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Out-of-Towners
Rat Race
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
The Frost Report
Hold the Sunset
A Fish Called Wanda
Life of Brian
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
Untitled Fawlty Towers Reboot
The Human Face
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
Production Credits
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Fawlty Towers
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Two Ronnies
The Croods
The Human Face
Life of Brian
ABC Stage 67
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Croods: A New Age
A Fish Called Wanda
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