Biography
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and television 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. In the late 1960s, he cofounded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the surreal sketch comedy series 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).
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Awards & recognition
- honorary doctorate · 2016
- Rose d'Or · 2016
- European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award · 2001
- BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Leading Role · 1989
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series · 1987
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- Primetime Emmy Award · 1987
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1989 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Over the Garden Wall
Monty Python's Personal Best
Fawlty Towers
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Concert for George
The Taming of the Shrew
The Muppet Show
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Doctor Who
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Avengers
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Ripping Yarns
Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut
Cheers
3rd Rock from the Sun
At Last the 1948 Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
LOL: Last One Laughing Germany
The Croods: A New Age
Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Entourage
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
The Meaning of Monty Python
Shrek 2
Mickey's House of Villains
Monty Python's the Meaning of Life
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Conan
The Graham Norton Show
A Fish Called Wanda
Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
Mad TV
Spud
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Daddy Daughter Trip
Speechless
The Croods
Spud 2: The Madness Continues
Winnie the Pooh
Canterbury Tales
Will & Grace
Silverado
The Great Muppet Caper
Saturday Night Live