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
298 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 298
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Conan
2010
Cheers
1982
Doctor Who
1963
Will & Grace
1998
Entourage
2004
The One Show
2006
The Avengers
1961
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Wogan
1982
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Markus Lanz
2008
The Last Leg
2013
Omnibus
1967
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Richard & Judy
2001
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
An Audience with...
1978
Speechless
2016
Shrek 2
2004
Shrek the Third
2007
Shrek Forever After
2010
Skavlan
2009
Disney's House of Mouse
2001
Parkinson
1998
Over the Garden Wall
2014
The Muppet Show
1976
Mickey Mouse Works
1999
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Die Another Day
2002
Whitney
2011
Fawlty Towers
1975
Trolls
2016
Legends
2006
LOL: Last One Laughing
2021
Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
1967
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003
The World Is Not Enough
1999
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
Planes
2013
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
2009
Robins
2006
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
George of the Jungle
1997
Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
2011
Charlotte's Web
2006
Winnie the Pooh
2011
Around the World in 80 Days
2004
Silverado
1985
Planet 51
2009
Rat Race
2001
Life of Brian
1979
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
The Pink Panther 2
2009
Clifford the Big Red Dog
2021
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979
Casper & Mandrilaftalen
1999
The Swan Princess
1994
Valiant
2005
A Fish Called Wanda
1988
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
Sez Les
1969
Canterbury Tales
2003
Time Bandits
1981
NDR Kultur – Das Journal
2002
The Jungle Book
1994
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
Absolutely Anything
2015
Ripping Yarns
1976
Hold the Sunset
2018
Arctic Dogs
2019
Mickey's House of Villains
2002
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)
2014
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983
Look at the State We're In!
1995
Charming
2018
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut)
2009
The Big Year
2011
A Life on Screen
2014
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
MADtv
1995
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
2001
Movie Connections
2007
This Morning
1988
Rally Road Racers
2023
And Now for Something Completely Different
1971
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979
Igor
2008
Whoops Apocalypse
1982
Yellowbeard
1983
George of the Jungle 2
2003
Erik the Viking
1989
Bullseye!
1990
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer
2018
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
The Frost Report
1966
Man About Town
2006
At Last the 1948 Show
1967
The Palace
2023
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)
2002
The Big Picture
1989
Fierce Creatures
1997
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
1982
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
2020
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
Scorched
2003
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
2015
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
Concert for George
2003
Parting Shots
1999
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
2016
Misleading Cases
1967
Spud
2010
Funny Business
1992
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
1977
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990
Father Christmas Is Back
2021
The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
2012
The Out-of-Towners
1999
God Loves Caviar
2012
Why Are We Creative?
2018
The Wind in the Willows
1996
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
2011
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002
The Magic Christian
1969
Monty Python's Personal Best
2006
Clockwise
1986
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
1972
The Dinosaur Hour
2023
The Human Face
2001
The Undefeated
2011
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
2002
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
1974
Best Ever Bond
2002
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
2010
Isn't She Great
2000
Daddy Daughter Trip
2022
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
More Dawn French's Boys Who Do: Comedy
2007
Splitting Heirs
1993
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
2014
How to Irritate People
1969
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
2004
The Movie Life of George
1989
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
1982
The Dinosaur Hour Extra
2023
John Cleese Packs It In
2025
Spud 2: The Madness Continues
2013
Privates on Parade
1983
The Magic Pudding
2000
Spud 3: Learning to Fly
2014
The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
1994
Monty Python Conquers America
2008
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
2004
We Are Most Amused
2008
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
2014
Why there is no hope
2020
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
L'Entente cordiale
2006
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
1988
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
An Accidental Studio
2019
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
1989
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
2008
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
2021
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
Spike
1996
The Best House in London
1969
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998
The Art of Football from A to Z
2006
Making Rat Race
2002
Three Piece Suite
1977
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
2004
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
2000
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
1979
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
2000
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
1976
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
2003
Cancel Me
—
Communicators From Hell
1989
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
The Martini Shot
2023
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
1985
Life Of Brian Screenplay
2008
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
Doctor Who: City of Death
1979
The Last Impresario
2014
Group Madness
1983
Mickey’s Mechanical House
1999
The Statue
1971
Monty Python In The Netherlands
1973
The Secret Life of Brian
2007
The Naked Wanderer
2019
The Love Ban
1973
Interlude
1968
The Roots of Monty Python
2005
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
1971
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
2019
Three Piece Suite
1977
Peter Cook & Co.
1980
The Roast of John Cleese
2024
Quantum Project
2000
Employees From Hell
1989
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
1999
The Queen Special
1980
The Goodies and the Beanstalk
1973
Dragonslayer Quark
1987
Fawlty Towers Revisited
2005
Life of Python
1990
Behind Over the Garden Wall
2015
The Meaning of Monty Python
2013
Complete Guide to Guys
2005
Gaybo Laughs Back
2008
Romance with a Double Bass
1974
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
2021
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
1971
How to Make Her Cheat
—
Colleagues From Hell
1989
Golden Gordon
1979
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best
2006
The Tom Machine
1980
Customer Service From Hell
1989
Stupidity
2003
Fawlty Towers: The Play
2025
The Monty Python Story
1999
...To Norway, Home of Giants!
1979
The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker
2012
Rockstar
2000
Return of the Goodies
2005
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
1999
Bosses From Hell
1989
Aud go'hjerta
2006
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
2018
Who Sold You This, Then?
1972
Teams from Hell
1989
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
Wine for the Confused
2004
Assholes: A Theory
2019
In The Wild: Operation Lemur With John Cleese
1998
Quark and the Highway Robber
1987
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
1993
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
2023
Baby Quark
1987
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best
2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
2006
Monty Python: Who's There?
1970
The Nutcracker
1999
The Mermaid Frolics
1977
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
2006
Awkward Customers
1975
Sales People from Hell
1989
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
2009
Meetings, Bloody Meetings
1976
The Seventh Python
2008
More Awkward Customers
1975
How Not to Exhibit Yourself
1975
Fawlty Towers: An Interview with John Cleese
2001
Creativity in Management
1991
Away from It All
1979
Rabbit Ears - Tom Thumb
1991
Quark the Dragon Slayer
1989
The Life of Python
2000
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2025
Is This a Record?
1973
John Cleese: The Alimony Tour Live
2011
The Splendid Thing
—
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
2006
Elementary, My Dear Watson
1973
Taking The Wheel
—
Anatomy of a Liar
2012
Interviewers From Hell
1989
The Philosophers' Football Match
—
Customers From Hell
1989