John Cleese
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John Cleese

1939-10-27

actor / director
Director:
Michael Apted

Casting:
Pierce Brosnan,
Sophie Marceau,
Robert Carlyle,

UK, USA, 1999

The World Is Not Enough
Action , Adventure , Crime
Director:
Mike Mitchell

Casting:
Mike Myers,
Eddie Murphy,
Cameron Diaz,

USA, 2010

Shrek Forever After
Animation , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Harald Zwart

Casting:
Steve Martin,
Jean Reno,
Emily Mortimer,

USA, 2009

The Pink Panther 2
Adventure , Comedy , Crime
Director:
Bill Jones Jeff Simpson Ben Timlett

Casting:
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,
Terry Jones,

UK, 2012

A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Animation , Comedy
Director:
Sam Weisman

Casting:
Brendan Fraser,
Leslie Mann,
Thomas Haden Church,

USA, 1997

George of the Jungle
Action , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Andrew Adamson Kelly Asbury Conrad Vernon

Casting:
Mike Myers,
Eddie Murphy,
Cameron Diaz,

USA, 2004

Shrek 2
Animation , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Fred Schepisi Robert Young

Casting:
John Cleese,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Kevin Kline,

UK, USA, 1997

Fierce Creatures
Comedy
Director:
Lee Tamahori

Casting:
Pierce Brosnan,
Halle Berry,
Toby Stephens,

UK, USA, 2002

Die Another Day
Action , Adventure , Crime
Director:
Gary Winick

Casting:
Julia Roberts,
Steve Buscemi,
John Cleese,

USA, Germany, 2006

Charlotte's Web
Comedy , Family , Fantasy
Director:
Kenneth Branagh

Casting:
Robert De Niro,
Kenneth Branagh,
Tom Hulce,

USA, Japan, 1994

Frankenstein
Drama , Horror , Romance
Director:
Chris Miller Raman Hui

Casting:
Mike Myers,
Eddie Murphy,
Cameron Diaz,

USA, 2007

Shrek the Third
Animation , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Stephen J. Anderson Don Hall

Casting:
John Cleese,
Jim Cummings,
Bud Luckey,

USA, 2011

Winnie the Pooh
Animation , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Anthony Leondis

Casting:
John Cusack,
Myleene Klass,
Robin Walsh,

USA, France, 2008

Igor
Animation , Comedy , Family
Director:
David Frankel

Casting:
John Cleese,
Jack Black,
Zahf Paroo,

USA, 2011

The Big Year
Comedy
Director:
James Moll

Casting:
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Michael Bay,
Halle Berry,

USA, 2002

2002 ABC World Stunt Awards
Director:
Klay Hall

Casting:
Dane Cook,
Stacy Keach,
Brad Garrett,

USA, 2013

Planes
Animation , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Scott Derrickson

Casting:
Keanu Reeves,
Jennifer Connelly,
Kathy Bates,

USA, Canada, 2008

The Day the Earth Stood Still
Drama , Sci-Fi , Thriller
Director:
Terry Jones Terry Gilliam

Casting:
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,
Terry Gilliam,

UK, 1983

The Meaning of Life
Comedy , Musical
Director:
McG

Casting:
Cameron Diaz,
Drew Barrymore,
Lucy Liu,

USA, 2003

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Action , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Jorge Blanco Javier Abad Marcos Martínez

Casting:
Jessica Biel,
John Cleese,
Gary Oldman,

Spain, UK, USA, 2009

Planet 51
Animation , Adventure , Comedy
Director:


Casting:

2016

Trolls
Director:
Stephen K. Bannon

Casting:
Pamela Anderson,
Mark Ballas,
Roseanne Barr,

USA, 2011

The Undefeated
Documentary , Biography
Director:
Roger Graef Julien Temple

Casting:
Rowan Atkinson,
Jeff Beck,
Alan Bennett,

UK, 1982

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
Comedy , Documentary , Music
Director:
Terry Jones

Casting:
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,
Terry Gilliam,

UK, 1979

Life of Brian
Comedy
Director:
Michael Winner

Casting:
Chris Rea,
Felicity Kendal,
John Cleese,

UK, 1998

Parting Shots
Comedy , Crime , Romance
Director:
Ken O'Neill

Casting:
Joan Armatrading,
Chet Atkins,
Jackson Browne,

UK, 1987

The Secret Policeman's Third Ball
Comedy , Documentary , Music
Director:


Casting:
Stephen Fry,
Clive Anderson,
Rowan Atkinson,

UK, 1989

Hysteria 2!
Director:
Terry Gilliam

Casting:
John Cleese,
Sean Connery,
Shelley Duvall,

UK, 1981

Time Bandits
Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy
Director:
Tom Atkinson Iain McLean Ian McLean

Casting:
Michael Parkinson,
Eric Sykes,
John Cleese,

UK, 1995

Heroes of Comedy
Documentary , Comedy
Director:
Mark Redhead

Casting:
Dan Aykroyd,
Dudley Moore,
Steve Martin,

UK, 1990

Life of Python
Documentary , Biography , Comedy
Director:
Karl Zwicky

Casting:
Sam Neill,
Hugo Weaving,
John Cleese,

Australia, 2000

The Magic Pudding
Animation , Family
Director:
Joseph McGrath

Casting:
Shirley MacLaine,
Richard Attenborough,
James Booth,

UK, 1968

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Comedy
Director:
Phil Nibbelink Simon Wells

Casting:
Phillip Glasser,
James Stewart,
Erica Yohn,

USA, 1991

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Animation , Adventure , Family
Director:
Gavin Grazer

Casting:
Alicia Silverstone,
Rachael Leigh Cook,
Woody Harrelson,

USA, 2003

Scorched
Comedy , Crime
Director:
Rod Amateau

Casting:
David Niven,
Virna Lisi,
Robert Vaughn,

UK, USA, 1971

The Statue
Comedy
Director:
Terry Jones

Casting:
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,
Terry Gilliam,

UK, 1972

Monty Python: International Philosophy
Short , Comedy , Sport
Director:
Lawrence Kasdan

Casting:
Kevin Kline,
Scott Glenn,
Kevin Costner,

USA, 1985

Silverado
Action , Crime , Drama
Director:
Ralph Thomas

Casting:
Hywel Bennett,
Nanette Newman,
Milo O'Shea,

UK, 1973

Anyone for Sex?
Director:
Harry K. Garvin

Casting:
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,
Michael Palin,

USA, 2006

Monty Python's Personal Best
Comedy
Director:
Andy Ackerman Linda Mendoza David Trainer

Casting:
Whitney Cummings,
Chris D'Elia,
Rhea Seehorn,

USA, 2011

Whitney
Comedy
Director:
Peter Bennett

Casting:
Brigitte Nielsen,
John Cleese,
Joan Collins,

Denmark, 1997

Brigitte & Friends
Talk-Show
Director:


Casting:
Chris Tarrant,
Kate Thornton,
Richard Attenborough,

UK, 2005

Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV
Director:
John Banovich

Casting:
William Shatner,
Harvey Keitel,
Jason Lewis,

USA, Canada, 2015

Neutron Zombies
Comedy , Horror
Director:
Terry Gilliam Terry Jones

Casting:
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,
Eric Idle,

UK, 1975

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy
Director:
Geoff Posner Bob Spiers Bill Wilson

Casting:
Rowan Atkinson,
Pamela Stephenson,
Mel Smith,

UK, 1979

Not the Nine O'Clock News
Comedy
Director:
John Birkin

Casting:
Victoria Wood,
Duncan Preston,
Julie Walters,

UK, 2001

The Sketch Show Story
Comedy , Documentary
Director:
Mike Binder

Casting:
Ben Affleck,
Rebecca Romijn,
John Cleese,

USA, 2006

Man About Town
Comedy , Drama
Director:
Terry Jones

Casting:
Tim Robbins,
Mickey Rooney,
Eartha Kitt,

UK, Sweden, 1989

Erik the Viking
Comedy , Adventure , Fantasy
Director:
Terry Jones

Casting:
Steve Coogan,
Eric Idle,
Terry Jones,

UK, 1996

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Adventure , Comedy , Family
Director:


Casting:
Jack Boulter,
John Cleese,
Jim Cummings,

USA, 2011

Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Animation
Director:


Casting:
Lenny Henry,
Davina McCall,
Zoë Ball,

UK, 1999

Comic Relief: The Record Breaker
Comedy
Director:
David Hinton

Casting:
Hugh Armstrong,
John Cleese,
Oliver Hardy,

UK, New Zealand, USA, 1992

Funny Business
Comedy , Documentary
Director:
Ian MacNaughton

Casting:
Steve Martin,
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,

UK, 1989

Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
Comedy
Director:
Joanna Hanley

Casting:
Dawn French,
Bill Bailey,
Russell Brand,

UK, 2007

More Boys Who Do Comedy
Documentary
Director:
Albert Nerenberg

Casting:
George W. Bush,
Noam Chomsky,
John Cleese,

Canada, 2003

Stupidity
Documentary , History
Director:
David Ackerman

Casting:
David Brainard,
John Cleese,
Patience Cleveland,

USA, 2002

Taking the Wheel
Comedy , Short
Director:
Stephen Sommers

Casting:
Jason Scott Lee,
Cary Elwes,
Lena Headey,

USA, 1994

The Jungle Book
Adventure , Romance
Director:
Gracie Otto

Casting:
Michael White,
Gracie Otto,
Naomi Watts,

Australia, UK, USA, 2013

The Last Impresario
Documentary , Biography
Director:


Casting:
Henrik Schyffert,
John Cleese,
Eddie Izzard,

Sweden, 2005

Dokument: Humor
Documentary , Comedy
Director:


Casting:
David Frost,
Ronnie Barker,
Ronnie Corbett,

UK, 1966

The Frost Report
Comedy
Director:
Charlie Stuart Sean Doherty Graeme Hart

Casting:
Sally Phillips,
Matthew Sweet,
James King,

UK, 2010

The Many Faces of...
Documentary
Director:
David Díaz Juan Pérez Iñaki Reyna

Casting:
David Díaz,
Luis Rodrigo,
Gabriel Fernández-Gil,

Spain, 2010

Edición Especial Coleccionista
Comedy , History
Director:
Rick Schneider-Calabash Tony Craig Roberts Gannaway

Casting:
Wayne Allwine,
Tony Anselmo,
Bill Farmer,

USA, 1999

Mickey Mouse Works
Animation , Family
Director:


Casting:
Casper Christensen,
Lasse Rimmer,
Frank Hvam,

Denmark, 1999

Casper & Mandrilaftalen
Comedy
Director:
Ron Underwood

Casting:
Eddie Murphy,
Randy Quaid,
Rosario Dawson,

USA, Australia, 2002

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Comedy , Action , Sci-Fi
Director:


Casting:
Melinda McGraw,
Ivan Sergei,
Ed Begley Jr.,

USA, 2002

My Adventures in Television
Comedy
Director:
Charles Crichton John Cleese

Casting:
John Cleese,
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Kevin Kline,

USA, UK, 1988

A Fish Called Wanda
Comedy , Crime
Director:
Matt O'Casey Ellen Evans Shirley Hunt Benson

Casting:
Alan Whicker,
Steve Coogan,
John Cleese,

UK, 2007

The Comedy Map of Britain
Documentary
Director:
John Howard Davies Bob Spiers

Casting:
John Cleese,
Prunella Scales,
Andrew Sachs,

UK, 1975

Fawlty Towers
Comedy
Director:
Berkeley Breathed

Casting:
Justin Brinsfield,
John Cleese,
Catherine O'Hara,

USA, 2000

Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
Short , Animation , Comedy
Director:
Robert Young

Casting:
John Cleese,
Connie Booth,
Graham Crowden,

UK, 1974

Romance with a Double Bass
Comedy , Short , Romance
Director:
Robert Young

Casting:
Eric Idle,
Rick Moranis,
Barbara Hershey,

UK, 1993

Splitting Heirs
Comedy
Director:
Richard Rich

Casting:
Jack Palance,
Howard McGillin,
Michelle Nicastro,

USA, 1994

The Swan Princess
Animation , Comedy , Family
Director:
Jim Henson

Casting:
Jim Henson,
Frank Oz,
Dave Goelz,

UK, 1981

The Great Muppet Caper
Comedy , Crime , Family
Director:
Christopher Morahan

Casting:
John Cleese,
Penny Leatherbarrow,
Howard Lloyd-Lewis,

UK, 1986

Clockwise
Comedy
Director:
Michael Mills

Casting:
Diana Rigg,
Gawn Grainger,
George Baker,

UK, 1977

Three Piece Suite
Comedy
Director:
David Mallet Bill Hitchcock Vernon Lawrence

Casting:
Les Dawson,
John Cleese,
Roy Barraclough,

UK, 1969

Sez Les
Comedy
Director:
Burt Kearns

Casting:
John Cleese,
Eric Idle,
Terry Jones,

USA, 2008

The Seventh Python
Documentary , Animation , Biography
Director:
Digby Turpin

Casting:
Connie Booth,
John Cleese,
Liza Goddard,

UK, 1973

Is This a Record?
Short , Comedy
Director:
Mel Damski

Casting:
Graham Chapman,
Peter Boyle,
Cheech Marin,

UK, 1983

Yellowbeard
Action , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Michael Mileham Phillip Schuman

Casting:
Peter Cook,
David Bowie,
Peter Boyle,

UK, 1983

Group Madness
Documentary
Director:
Mat Brunet

Casting:
Mat Brunet,
Roy Atwell,
Adriana Caselotti,

USA, 2009

Animation Lookback
Documentary , Animation , Talk-Show
Director:
Rita Gillespie Shaun O'Riordan

Casting:
Peter Cook,
Dudley Moore,
Rodney Bewes,

UK, 1968

Goodbye Again
Comedy
Director:


Casting:
Bambi Bogert,
Martin Brozius,
John Cleese,

Netherlands, 2004

I Love '70s
Documentary
Director:
Bill Jones Jeff Simpson Ben Timlett

Casting:
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,
Terry Gilliam,

UK, 2012

Anatomy of a Liar
Documentary
Director:
Sebastian Robinson

Casting:
Joanna Lumley,
Robert Carrier,
Maud Adams,

UK, 1979

Food, Wine & Friends
Director:


Casting:
Stephen Fry,
Rowan Atkinson,
John Cleese,

UK, 2001

Comic Relief Short Pants
Short
Director:
Martin Hughes Geoffrey C.D. Wilson

Casting:
Stuart Hall,
Duke of Abercorn,
Jenny Agutter,

UK, 1987

The Grand Knockout Tournament
Comedy , Family , Game-Show
Director:
Miguel Gonçalves Mendes

Casting:
Hayao Miyazaki,
John Cleese,
Julian Assange,

Brazil, Portugal, Iceland, 2016

O Sentido da Vida
Documentary
Director:


Casting:
Jud Strunk,
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,

USA, 1974

The Dean Martin Comedy World
Comedy
Director:
Peter Orton

Casting:
John Cleese,
Dawn French,
Stephen Fry,

UK, 1994

The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller
Comedy
Director:
Terry Jones

Casting:
Simon Pegg,
Robin Williams,
Terry Gilliam,

UK, 2000

Absolutely Anything
Comedy , Sci-Fi
Director:
Ian MacNaughton

Casting:
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,
Terry Gilliam,

UK, 1971

And Now for Something Completely Different
Comedy
Director:
Paul Miller

Casting:
Robert Klein,
John Cleese,
Terry Gilliam,

USA, 1998

Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen
Comedy
Director:


Casting:
Kyle Aletter,
Anne Archer,
Bea Arthur,

USA, 1989

The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards
Director:
Andy Devonshire Becky Martin

Casting:
Bob Spiers,
Ronnie Barker,
Owen Brenman,

UK, 2004

Britain's Best Sitcom
Comedy
Director:
Ian MacNaughton John Howard Davies

Casting:
Graham Chapman,
Eric Idle,
Terry Jones,

UK, 1969

Monty Python's Flying Circus
Comedy , Music
Director:
Andrew Bergman

Casting:
Bette Midler,
Nathan Lane,
Stockard Channing,

USA, UK, Germany, 2000

Isn't She Great
Biography , Comedy , Romance
Director:
Tim Van Someren

Casting:
Michael Grade,
Victoria Coren,
Alan Yentob,

UK, 2013

Goodbye Television Centre
Documentary
Director:
Sam Weisman

Casting:
Steve Martin,
Goldie Hawn,
John Cleese,

USA, 1999

The Out-of-Towners
Comedy
Director:
Joseph McGrath

Casting:
John Cleese,
Arthur Lowe,
Ron Moody,

UK, 1977

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
Comedy , Crime , Mystery
Director:
Ian Fordyce

Casting:
John Cleese,
Graham Chapman,
Tim Brooke-Taylor,

UK, 1967

At Last the 1948 Show
Comedy
Director:
Mary Ramsay Claire Storey

Casting:
Phill Jupitus,
John Cleese,
Rob Rouse,

UK, 2008

Batteries Not Included
Documentary
Director:
Donovan Marsh

Casting:
John Cleese,
Troye Sivan,
Jamie Royal,

South Africa, 2010

Spud
Comedy
Director:
Donovan Marsh

Casting:
Troye Sivan,
John Cleese,
Genna Blair,

South Africa, 2013

Spud 2: The Madness Continues
Comedy
Director:
Roger Graef Julien Temple

Casting:
Connie Booth,
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,

UK, 1984

The Secret Policeman's Private Parts
Documentary , Comedy , Music
Director:
Eugenio Zanetti

Casting:
Stephen Dorff,
Fay Masterson,
John Cleese,

USA, 2000

Quantum Project
Short , Adventure , Drama
Director:
Gary Chapman

Casting:
Ewan McGregor,
Ricky Gervais,
Tim Curry,

UK, USA, 2005

Valiant
Animation , Adventure , Comedy
Director:
Vincent De Brus

Casting:
Christian Clavier,
Daniel Auteuil,
Jennifer Saunders,

France, 2006

L'entente cordiale
Comedy
Director:
Terry Hughes Ian MacNaughton

Casting:
Graham Chapman,
John Cleese,
Terry Gilliam,

UK, 1982

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Documentary , Comedy
Director:
Yannis Smaragdis

Casting:
Sebastian Koch,
Evgeniy Stychkin,
Juan Diego Botto,

Greece, Russia, 2012

God Loves Caviar
Adventure , Biography , History
Director:
John Holdsworth Peter Jamieson Richard Marson

Casting:
Eddie Mair,
Jo Brand,
Jo Caulfield,

UK, 2013

Funny Business
Documentary