John Cleese - Milestones

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• 2005: Will take his one-man show, "Seven Ways to Skin an Ocelot," on tour begining in New Zealand (november)
• 2004: Voiced Fiona's Father, King Harold in the animated feature "Shrek 2"
• 2004: Appeared in a few episodes of "Will and Grace," playing the father of Minnie Driver's character and the love interest of Karen; received an Emmy nomination for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
• 2004: Cast as The Balloon Man in the Disney live action feature "Around the World in 80 Days"
• 2003: Cast as the father of Alex (Lucy Liu) in "Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle"
• 2002: Starred as the owner of a TV network in the ABC comedy "Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)"
• 2002: Returned as Nearly Headless Nick in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."
• 2002: Appeared in the Eddie Murphy sci-fi comedy bomb "The Adventures of Pluto Nash"
• 2002: Promoted to the role of Q in next Bond outing, "Die Another Day"
• 2001: Appered in the large ensemble comedy "Rat Race," a throwback to the star-packed comedies of the 1960s
• 2001: Played Nearly Headless Nick in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
• 1999: Essayed R in James Bond pic "The World Is Not Enough", directed by Michael Apted
• 1999: Performance as obnoxious hotel clerk Mr. Mersault in the remake of "The Out-of-Towners" again recalled Basil Fawlty, this time in his element (although more upscale)
• 1999: Portrayed fictionalized version of Simon & Schuster head Dick Snyder (called Henry Marcus) in "Isn't She Great", starring Bette Midler as pulp novelist
• 1997: Voiced Ape, the mentor and father figure of Brendan Fraser's "George of the Jungle"
• 1995: Brought back the crew from "A Fish Called Wanda" in the less satisfying (but still funny) "Fierce Creatures"; Cleese essentially repeated his "Fawlty Towers" role as the apoplectic director of the Marwood Zoo
• 1994: Portrayed Professor Waldman in "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"
• 1991: Voiced Cat R. Waul for the animated "An American Tail: Feivel Goes West"
• 1988: First feature film as producer, "A Fish Called Wanda", directed by Crichton; Cleese received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay; co-star Kline won Best Supporting Actor Oscar
• 1987: First American TV guest spot, "Cheers"; won an Emmy
• 1986: Starred as a school headmaster obsessed with punctuality in "Clockwise"; his tour de force performance was the saving grace of a very thin script
• 1985: Delivered memorable turn as Sheriff Langston in "Silverado"; first screen collaboration with Kevin Kline
• 1983: Reteamed with his pals for "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life"
• 1981: Starred as Robin Hood in Terry Gilliam's "Time Bandits"
• 1979: Offended all religions equally in irreverent Python pic "The Life of Brian"
• 1979: Stage directed sequences for "The Secret Policeman's Ball", a comedy performance documentary
• 1975: Back with the gang for "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
• 1972: Began making TV commercials
• 1971: With Chapman, wrote the pilot episode of "Doctor in the House", a British sitcom syndicated in the US
• 1971: First Monty Python film, "And Now for Something Completely Different"
• 1971: Formed Video Arts Limited to make industrial training films
• 1970: Feature film screenwriting debut (with Graham Chapman), "The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer"; also acted in film
• 1969: Debut of the BBC's "Monty Python's Flying Circus", aired in the United States on PBS
• 1968: Screen acting debut in "The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom"
• 1968: First screen credit in collaboration with Graham Chapman ("additional material"), "The Magic Christian"
• 1966: Began working on BBC-TV's "The Frost Report"
• 1964: Appeared in New Zealand and New York (on- and off-Broadway, as well as on "The Ed Sullivan Show", CBS) with "Footlights Revue"
• 1963: Joined BBC Radio writing sketches for the "Dick Emery Show"
• 1962: Appeared in "The Footlights Revue", directed by Trevor Nunn; played for five months in the West End
• From 1958 to 1960: Taught at St. Peter's Prep School
• Joined The Footlights, a performing group at Cambridge
• Worked with Crichton on 17 short films
• Co-created, co-wrote (with then-wife Connie Booth) and starred in British TV series "Fawlty Towers"
• Brought former Ealing Studio director Charles Crichton to Video Arts Ltd. to direct training films