John Cleese
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John Cleese is an English comedian and actor born in 1939 who became famous for his work in comedy and entertainment. He is notable for his contributions to the comedy and acting fields throughout his career.
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- Born
- 1939
- Works
- 60
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- Pythons' Autobiography by the Pythons
- Fierce Creatures
- Life, and how to survive it
- Monty Python's Tunisian Holiday
- The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus
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- 3,363
- Total plays
- 19,632
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John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English award-winning actor, comedian, writer, film producer and singer. Cleese is probably best known for his various roles in the British comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus, his role as Basil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers and his various roles in the British comedy The Frost Report. He is also known for his award-winning role as Archie Leach in the American / British comedy film A Fish Called Wanda. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Cleese">R
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John Marwood Cleese (/ˈkliːz/ KLEEZ; born 27 October 1939) 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. 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).
Cleese and his first wife Connie Booth cowrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975—79), in which he starred as hotel owner Basil Fawlty, which earned him the 1980 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance. In 2000, the show topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, and in a 2001 Channel 4 poll, Basil was ranked second on its list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters.
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1939 births20th-century English comedians20th-century English male actors20th-century English screenwriters21st-century English comedians21st-century English male actors21st-century English memoirists21st-century English writersActors from Weston-super-MareAlumni of Downing College, CambridgeBest Actor BAFTA Award winnersBest Entertainment Performance BAFTA Award (television) winners