John Cleese
English comedian and actor · United Kingdom · On the map · Comedians · Born 1939 · age 87
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report.
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Terry Gilliam Also in Monty Python's Flying Circus
Michael Palin Also in Monty Python's Flying Circus
Eric Idle Also in Monty Python's Flying Circus
Terry Jones Directed Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Ian MacNaughton Directed And Now for Something Completely Different (1984)
Carol Cleveland Also in Monty Python's Flying Circus- Jordan Kerner Produced Charlotte's Web (2007)
Graham Chapman Also in Monty Python's Flying Circus
Mike Myers Also in Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third
Kevin Kline John directed A Fish Called Wanda (1989)
Neil Innes Also in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)- Terence Bayler Also in Time Bandits and Life of Brian
Charles McKeown Also in Time Bandits and Life of Brian
George Harrison John produced Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Cameron Diaz Also in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Kathy Bates Also in Around the World in 80 Days and Rat Race
Jamie Lee Curtis John directed A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Chris Columbus Directed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Jim Broadbent Also in Time Bandits and Erik the Viking
Michael Winner Produced Bullseye! (1990)
Barbara Broccoli Produced The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Maria Aitken John directed A Fish Called Wanda (1989)
Joseph McGrath Directed The Magic Christian (1969)
Michael Shamberg Produced A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
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"Argument Clinic" sketch with Palin (standing) at Monty Python Live (Mostly), in 2014
Cleese appearing at the 61st Academy Awards in March 1989
Cleese in 2008
Cleese (right) with the rest of Monty Python on stage at the O2 Arena, London, in July 2014
Graffiti of Cleese in "The Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch in Monty Python - Leicester, 2007Awards
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In the late 1960s, he cofounded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Along with his Python costars Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, Cleese starred in the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979), and The Meaning of Life (1983).
