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John Cleese

John Cleese

Total Box Office:
 $2954.8M
Highest Rated:
96% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
Lowest Rated:
0% Pinocchio (2002)
Birthday:
Oct 27
Birthplace:
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Bio:
An instigator of some of the more groundbreaking developments in twentieth-century comedy, John Cleese is one of Britain's best-known actors, writers, and comedians. Famous primarily for his comic efforts, such as the television series Fawlty Towers and the exploits of the Monty Python troupe, he…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
27% Planes
  • Bulldog
$88.1M 2013
God Loves Caviar
  • Actor
-- 2012
46% A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
  • Actor
-- 2012
Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut
  • Actor
-- 2011
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure
  • Actor
-- 2011
96% Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
  • Actor
$381.0M 2011
90% Winnie the Pooh
  • Narrator
$26.7M 2011
40% The Big Year
  • Historical Montage Narrator
$7.2M 2011
80% Spud
  • Actor
-- 2010
57% Shrek Forever After
  • King
$238.3M 2010
21% Planet 51
  • Professor Kipple
$42.2M 2009
12% Pink Panther 2
  • Dreyfus
$35.9M 2009
The Art Of Football
  • Screenwriter
  • Actor
-- 2009
The Seventh Python
  • Actor
-- 2009
Monty Python Almost the Truth Obligatory Making of Special
  • Actor
-- 2009
21% The Day the Earth Stood Still
  • Professor Barnhardt
$79.1M 2008
Monty Python - Before & After
  • Actor
-- 2008
36% Igor
  • Dr. Glickenstein
$19.4M 2008
Art Of Soccer
  • Actor
-- 2008
Monty Python: The Other British Invasion
  • Actor
-- 2008
40% Shrek the Third
  • King
$320.7M 2007
78% Charlotte's Web
  • Samuel the Sheep
$82.5M 2006
John Cleese's Personal Best
  • Actor
-- 2006
Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys 2
  • Actor
-- 2006
L'Entente cordiale
  • Actor
-- 2006
31% Valiant
  • Mercury
$19.4M 2005
Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys
  • British Expert
-- 2005
38% Man About Town
  • Dr. Primkin
-- 2005
31% Around the World in 80 Days
  • The Balloon Man
$23.9M 2004
89% Shrek 2
  • King Harold
$436.5M 2004
John Cleese's Wine for the Confused
  • Actor
-- 2004
91% Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Nearly Headless Nick
$249.4M 2004
Wine for the Confused
  • Actor
-- 2004
Romance With A Double Bass
  • Actor
-- 2003
67% Stupidity
  • Actor
-- 2003
44% Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle
  • Director
  • Mr. Munday
$100.7M 2003
20% George Of The Jungle 2
  • Ape
-- 2003
17% Scorched
  • Charles Merchant
-- 2002
83% Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  • Nearly Headless Nick
$261.8M 2002
5% The Adventures of Pluto Nash
  • James
$4.4M 2002
0% Pinocchio
  • Actor
$3.6M 2002
57% Die Another Day
  • Q
$160.2M 2002
44% Rat Race
  • Donald Sinclair
$55.8M 2001
Mickey's Magical Christmas - Snowed in at the House of Mouse
  • Narrator
-- 2001
80% Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
  • Nearly Headless Nick
$317.6M 2001
Beauty
  • Actor
-- 2001
The Magic Pudding
  • Albert The Magic Pudding
-- 2000
25% Isn't She Great
  • Henry Marcus
-- 2000
Quantum Project
  • Alexander Pentcho
-- 2000
25% The Out-Of-Towners
  • Mr. Mersault
-- 1999
51% The World Is Not Enough
  • R
-- 1999
In the Wild - Lemurs with John Cleese
  • Actor
-- 1998
Parting Shots
  • Maurice Walpole
-- 1998
Secret Policeman's Ball
  • Actor
-- 1998
56% George of the Jungle
  • Ape
-- 1997
53% Fierce Creatures
  • Screenwriter
  • Rolo Lee
-- 1997
75% The Wind in the Willows (Mr. Toad's Wild Ride)
  • Mr. Toad's Lawyer
-- 1996
92% Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book
  • Dr. Plumford
-- 1994
44% The Swan Princess
  • Jean-Bob
-- 1994
44% Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
  • Professor Waldman
-- 1994
8% Splitting Heirs
  • Raoul P. Shadgrind
-- 1993
40% An American Tail - Fievel Goes West
  • Cat R. Waul
  • Director
-- 1991
Quark the Dragon Slayer
  • Actor
-- 1990
Life of Python
  • Actor
-- 1990
Bullseye
  • Man on Beach in Barbados
-- 1990
40% Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
  • Actor
-- 1989
94% The Big Picture
  • Actor
-- 1989
The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball
  • Actor
-- 1989
Monty Python's Parrot Sketch Not Included
  • Actor
-- 1989
47% Erik The Viking
  • Halfdan the Black
-- 1989
93% A Fish Called Wanda
  • Archie Leach
  • Director
  • Screenwriter
-- 1988
The Secret Policeman's Third Ball
  • Actor
-- 1987
Clockwise
  • Brian Stimpson
-- 1986
76% Silverado
  • Sheriff Langston
-- 1985
The Secret Policeman's Private Parts
  • Actor
-- 1984
22% Yellowbeard
  • Harvey "Blind" Pew
-- 1983
89% Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
  • Second Fish Grim
-- 1983
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball
  • Actor
-- 1982
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
  • Various roles
-- 1982
Privates on Parade
  • Maj. Giles Flack
-- 1982
The Secret Policeman's Ball
  • Actor
-- 1981
95% Time Bandits
  • Robin Hood
-- 1981
79% The Great Muppet Caper
  • Neville
-- 1981
Secret Policeman's Private Parts
  • Actor
-- 1981
Whoops Apocalypse
  • Actor
-- 1981
The Taming of the Shrew
  • Petruchio
-- 1980
96% Monty Python's Life of Brian
  • Centurion
  • Screenwriter
$0.4M 1979
Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
  • Arthur Sherlock Holmes
-- 1977
The Mermaid Frolics
  • Actor
-- 1977
Pleasure at Her Majesty's (Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe)
  • Actor
-- 1976
Romance With a Double Bass
  • Musician Smychkov
-- 1974
95% Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • Screenwriter
  • Black Knight
-- 1974
Dr. Seuss - Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
  • Narrator
-- 1973
Statue
  • Harry
-- 1971
90% Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different
  • Actor
-- 1971
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
  • Screenwriter
  • Plumer
-- 1970
56% The Magic Christian
  • Director In Sotheby's
-- 1969
Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
  • Actor
-- 1968
John Cleese on How to Irritate People
  • Actor
-- 1968
At Last the 1948 Show
  • Actor
-- 1967
Interlude
  • 'rV Publicist
-- 1957

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
43% Entourage
  • Himself
2004-2011
Whitney
  • Dr. Grant
2011-2013

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    1. Bulldog: I don't cry, I'm British.
    From Planes. Submitted by Brandon C (34 days ago)
    1. Donald Sinclair: Currently you have been racing for about 15 seconds and right now Mr Shafer is winning because he is closest to the door.
    From Rat Race. Submitted by Kenneth V (3 months ago)

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John Cleese Preps Fish Called Wanda Musical Opens in new window
January 19, 2009

Box Office Guru Preview: Sam and Dane Face Off With New Pics Opens in new window
September 18, 2008

A Fish Called Wanda: The Musical? Opens in new window
June 17, 2008

Pink Panther 2 Adds Four to Cast Opens in new window
August 9, 2007

Box Office Guru Preview: Mighty "Shrek" Returns To Claim Crown Opens in new window
May 17, 2007

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