Cast
John Cleese
Acting
Cast
John Cleese
Known for
Acting
Born
1939-10-27
From
Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
Also known as John Marwood Cleese, Cleesey
Biography
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
★7.9
MOVIE2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as Nearly Headless Nick
★7.7
MOVIE2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
as Nearly Headless Nick (Sir Nicholas)
★7.3
MOVIE2004
Shrek 2
as King Harold (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2010
Shrek Forever After
as King Harold (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE2007
Shrek the Third
as King Harold (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE2016
Trolls
as Roi Gristle (voice)
★5.7
MOVIE1997
George of the Jungle
as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE2013
Planes
as Bulldog (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2002
Die Another Day
as Q
★6.3
MOVIE1999
The World Is Not Enough
as R
★7.8
MOVIE1975
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
as Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter
★5.5
MOVIE2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
as Mr. Munday
★5.9
MOVIE2015
Absolutely Anything
as Chief Alien (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2011
Winnie the Pooh
as Narrator (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE2021
Clifford the Big Red Dog
as Mr. Bridwell
★6.0
MOVIE2019
Arctic Dogs
as Otto von Walrus (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2004
Around the World in 80 Days
as Grizzled Sergeant
★7.8
MOVIE1979
Life of Brian
as Wise Man #1 / Reg / Jewish Official / First Centurion / Deadly Dirk / Arthur
★5.7
MOVIE2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Professor Barnhardt
★6.3
MOVIE2001
Rat Race
as Donald P. Sinclair
★6.2
MOVIE2006
Charlotte's Web
as Samuel the Sheep (voice)
★7.2
MOVIE1988
A Fish Called Wanda
as Archie Leach
★6.4
MOVIE2018
Charming
as Fairy Godmother / Executioner (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1994
The Jungle Book
as Dr. Julius Plumford
★5.9
MOVIE2009
Planet 51
as Professor Kipple (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE1985
Silverado
as Sheriff John T. Langston
★6.6
MOVIE1994
The Swan Princess
as Jean-Bob (voice)
★5.7
MOVIE2005
Valiant
as Mercury (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE1983
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
as Various Roles
★6.3
MOVIE1991
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Cat R. Waul (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE1994
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
as Prof. Waldman
★6.0
MOVIE2011
The Big Year
as Historical Montage Narrator (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2018
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE2009
The Pink Panther 2
as Dreyfus
★6.6
MOVIE1981
Time Bandits
as Robin Hood
★5.9
MOVIE2008
Igor
as Dr. Glickenstein (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE2002
Mickey's House of Villains
as Narrator (“Mickey's Mechanical House") (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE2000
Isn't She Great
as Henry Marcus
★5.7
MOVIE2018
Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer
as Donner (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE1989
Erik the Viking
as Halfdan the Black
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Spud
as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
★4.5
MOVIE2003
George of the Jungle 2
as An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE1981
The Great Muppet Caper
as Neville
★4.4
MOVIE2002
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
as James
★6.4
MOVIE2023
Rally Road Racers
as Archie Vainglorious (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2001
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
as Narrator (segment 'The Nutcracker') (voice)
★4.7
MOVIE2020
The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee
as John
★4.6
MOVIE2021
Father Christmas Is Back
as John Christmas
★5.2
MOVIE2006
Man About Town
as Dr. Primkin
MOVIE1989
Employees From Hell
as Brian
★6.0
MOVIE2011
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
as Narrator
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
as Self, others
★5.5
MOVIE2003
Scorched
as Charles Merchant
★5.8
MOVIE1996
The Wind in the Willows
as Mr. Toad's Lawyer
★7.0
MOVIE1985
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
as Self
MOVIE2025
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
★4.7
MOVIE2015
A.C.O.R.N.S.: Operation Crackdown
as Mr. Bellwood (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE1969
The Magic Christian
as Director in Sotheby's
★6.2
MOVIE1997
Fierce Creatures
as Rollo Lee
★5.7
MOVIE2016
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
as General Eeder
MOVIE1989
Bosses From Hell
as Brian
★6.5
MOVIE2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE1999
Parting Shots
as Maurice Walpole
MOVIE1989
Customers From Hell
as Brian
★6.4
MOVIE2019
An Accidental Studio
as Self (archive footage)
★5.9
MOVIE1989
The Big Picture
as Bartender
★5.6
MOVIE1983
Yellowbeard
as Harvey 'Blind' Pew
★2.7
MOVIE2011
The Undefeated
as Self (archive footage)
★5.4
MOVIE2023
The Palace
as Arthur William Dallas III
★7.6
MOVIE2007
The Secret Life of Brian
as Self
★7.2
MOVIE1971
And Now for Something Completely Different
as 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
★5.4
MOVIE2012
God Loves Caviar
as McCormick
★10.0
MOVIE1971
Euroshow '71: May Day Special
as Self - Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
★9.0
MOVIE1975
More Awkward Customers
as Brian
★5.8
MOVIE1999
The Out-of-Towners
as Mr. Mersault
★6.0
MOVIE2012
Anatomy of a Liar
as Self
MOVIE1989
The Movie Life of George
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE1999
The Nutcracker
as Narrator
★8.4
MOVIE2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self / Basil Fawlty
★8.1
MOVIE2003
Concert for George
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE1993
Splitting Heirs
as Raoul P. Shadgrind
★6.0
MOVIE2014
Spud 3: Learning to Fly
as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
MOVIE2002
Making Rat Race
as Himself
★5.3
MOVIE1990
Bullseye!
as Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese
★4.0
MOVIE1991
Amnesty International's Big 30
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adolf Hitler / Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1990
Life of Python
as Himself / Various Roles (also archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE1969
How to Irritate People
as Himself - Various
MOVIE2025
John Cleese Packs It In
★6.0
MOVIE2012
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
as Various (voice)
★5.1
MOVIE2019
The Naked Wanderer
as Brian King
MOVIETBA
How to Make Her Cheat
as Terry
★7.3
MOVIE2025
Fawlty Towers: The Play
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE1969
The Best House in London
as Jones (uncredited)
MOVIE1989
Sales People from Hell
★6.2
MOVIE1986
Clockwise
as Brian Stimpson
★5.3
MOVIE1977
The Mermaid Frolics
as Self- Various roles
★6.9
MOVIE2022
Daddy Daughter Trip
as Frank
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Monty Python Conquers America
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1983
Group Madness
as Self
MOVIE1989
Interviewers From Hell
★7.5
MOVIE1980
Peter Cook & Co.
as Himself / Various Characters
★5.0
MOVIE2005
Fawlty Towers Revisited
as Himself
★8.0
MOVIE1980
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio
★5.5
MOVIE2014
The Last Impresario
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2000
The Magic Pudding
as Albert the Magic Pudding (voice)
★4.8
MOVIE1971
The Statue
as Harry
MOVIE1989
Communicators From Hell
as Brian
★6.8
MOVIE1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Post Office Clerk
★7.0
MOVIE1976
Pleasure at Her Majesty's
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE2002
Best Ever Bond
as Self / R
★5.4
MOVIE2005
Complete Guide to Guys
as Noted Behavioral Scientist / Noted Doctor / Leading Social Scientist / Leading Orthopedic Surgeon
★6.0
MOVIE1970
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
as Pumer
MOVIE1980
The Queen Special
as Man in Bar
MOVIETBA
The Splendid Thing
MOVIE1999
The Monty Python Story
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE1998
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
as Self
MOVIE2007
What the Pythons Did Next...
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE2014
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
as Self
MOVIE2005
The Roots of Monty Python
as Self (archive footage)
★4.8
MOVIE2006
L'Entente cordiale
as Lord Conrad
★5.7
MOVIE2000
Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn
as Self
MOVIE1989
Teams from Hell
MOVIE2008
Life Of Brian Screenplay
as Wise Man #1, Reg, Jewish Official, First Centurion
★7.0
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
as Various Characters
★6.3
MOVIE1982
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
as Self - Various Roles
★6.9
MOVIE2013
Spud 2: The Madness Continues
as Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
★6.8
MOVIE2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Self
★6.8
MOVIE1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
as Various Roles
MOVIE1989
Colleagues From Hell
★5.9
MOVIE1974
Romance with a Double Bass
as Smychkov
MOVIE1989
Customer Service From Hell
★8.0
MOVIE1979
Golden Gordon
as Passerby
MOVIE1980
The Tom Machine
as Computer (voice)
MOVIE2000
The Life of Python
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE2014
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1979
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Himself - Various Roles
★3.6
MOVIE1973
The Love Ban
as Contraceptives Lecturer
★6.8
MOVIE1990
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
as Self
MOVIE2008
The Seventh Python
as Self
MOVIE2008
Gaybo Laughs Back
as Self
MOVIE2006
Aud go'hjerta
as Self (archive footage)
★5.5
MOVIE1968
Interlude
as Television public relations man
★6.0
MOVIE2021
Why Are We (Not) Creative?
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE1987
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
as Jim Cleese
★6.9
MOVIE2005
Return of the Goodies
as Himself
★7.7
MOVIE2004
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
as Self
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
as Various Characters
★7.7
MOVIE1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE2006
The Art of Football from A to Z
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1977
Three Piece Suite
as Kevin
★9.0
MOVIE1975
Awkward Customers
as Brian
★8.0
MOVIE2003
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life'
as Self
MOVIE1999
Mickey’s Mechanical House
as Narrator (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2002
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1973
Monty Python In The Netherlands
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—John Cleese's Personal Best
as Various Characters
★6.5
MOVIE1972
Who Sold You This, Then?
MOVIE2002
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
as Self
MOVIE2015
Behind Over the Garden Wall
as Self
★8.8
MOVIE2004
Wine for the Confused
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1977
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
as Sherlock Holmes
★7.0
MOVIE1988
John Cleese's First Farewell Performance
as Self
★4.9
MOVIE1983
Privates on Parade
as Major Giles Flack
★7.2
MOVIE2008
We Are Most Amused
as Self - Presenter
★5.7
MOVIE2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Basil Fawlty (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE2021
Alexander Pope: Rediscovering a Genius
as Interviewee
★6.5
MOVIE1976
Meetings, Bloody Meetings
MOVIE2000
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
as The Giant Alien (voice)
★3.7
MOVIE2024
The Roast of John Cleese
as Self
MOVIE1991
Rabbit Ears - Tom Thumb
as Narrator (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1987
Dragonslayer Quark
★10.0
MOVIE1972
The Philosophers' Football Match
as Archimedes
★5.4
MOVIE2003
Stupidity
as Self
★7.4
MOVIE2013
The Meaning of Monty Python
as Self
MOVIE1999
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
as Self
★4.8
MOVIE2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE1973
Is This a Record?
as Various
★8.3
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Terry Jones' Personal Best
as Various Characters
★5.3
MOVIE2000
Rockstar
as Interviewer in lounge
MOVIE1971
The Great Birds Eye Peas Relaunch 1971
★7.0
MOVIE1989
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
as Self / Various Characters
★9.0
MOVIE1979
Doctor Who: City of Death
as Art Gallery Visitor
★7.0
MOVIE1973
Elementary, My Dear Watson
as Sherlock Holmes
★9.0
MOVIE2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
as Self (archive footage)
★10.0
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Graham Chapman's Personal Best
as Various Characters
MOVIE1991
Creativity in Management
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2023
The Martini Shot
as Dr. Auyeung
★10.0
MOVIE1987
Quark and the Highway Robber
★7.7
MOVIE2008
Monty Python: Before the Flying Circus
as Self
MOVIE1973
The Goodies and the Beanstalk
as The Genie
★6.0
MOVIE1970
Monty Python: Who's There?
as Timothy
MOVIE2010
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical Release
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE1979
Away from It All
as Nigel Farquhar-Bennett – Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2021
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
as Self (archive footage)(uncredited)
★8.5
MOVIE1979
...To Norway, Home of Giants!
as Norman Fearless
★10.0
MOVIE2000
Quantum Project
as Alexander Pentcho
★9.0
MOVIE2019
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2009
Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits
as Self / Basil Fawlty
★7.3
MOVIE1979
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979
as Self
★7.8
MOVIE2008
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Michael Palin's Personal Best
as Various Characters
MOVIE1998
In The Wild: Operation Lemur With John Cleese
as Self
MOVIE1999
Monty Python: 30th Anniversary Sketches
as Self
★7.6
MOVIE2011
John Cleese: The Alimony Tour Live
★7.0
MOVIE2022
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
as Self (archive footage)
★9.0
MOVIE2004
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE1993
Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
MOVIE2001
Fawlty Towers: An Interview with John Cleese
as Kendisi
★10.0
MOVIE1996
Spike
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2006
Monty Python's Flying Circus—Eric Idle's Personal Best
as Various Characters
★8.0
MOVIE1975
How Not to Exhibit Yourself
as John Cleese
★9.0
MOVIE2023
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE2019
Assholes: A Theory
as Himself
★9.0
MOVIETBA
Taking The Wheel
as Nathan
★8.0
MOVIE2012
The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker
as Self
MOVIE1989
Quark the Dragon Slayer
★8.0
MOVIE1974
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
as Self
★7.0
MOVIE2018
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
★10.0
MOVIE1987