John Cleese Highlights

  • 2008: Cast as Professor Barnhardt, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist in the remake of the 1951 sci-fi movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
  • 2008: Lent his voice to the animated comedy "Igor"
  • 2007: Reprised the role of King Harold for "Shrek the Third"
  • 2006: Voiced Samuel the sheep in live-action/computer-animated feature film "Charlotte's Web," based on the book by E.B. White
  • 2005: Toured New Zealand with his one-man show, "Seven Ways to Skin an Ocelot"
  • 2004: Voiced Fiona's Father, King Harold in the animated feature "Shrek 2"
  • 2004: Had a recurring role in the NBC sitcom, "Will and Grace," as the father of Lorraine Finster (Minnie Driver) and Karen's love interest; nominated for an Emmy Award
  • 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: Cast as the owner of a TV network in the short-lived ABC comedy "Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)"
  • 2002: Promoted to the role of Q in his next Bond outing, "Die Another Day"
  • 2002: Returned as Nearly Headless Nick in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
  • 2001: Played Nearly Headless Nick in "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
  • 2001: Appered in the large ensemble comedy "Rat Race," a throwback to the star-packed comedies of the 1960s
  • 1999: Played Mr. Mersault, the hotel manager, in the remake of "The Out-of-Towners"
  • 1999: Appeared in the James Bond film, "The World Is Not Enough" as Q's assistant, referred to by Bond as R
  • 1999: Played a fictionalized version of Simon & Schuster head Dick Snyder in "Isn't She Great"
  • 1997: Voiced Ape, the mentor and father figure of Brendan Fraser's "George of the Jungle"
  • 1995: Re-teamed with the cast from "A Fish Called Wanda" for the less successful, "Fierce Creatures"
  • 1994: Portrayed Professor Waldman, Frankenstein's tutor and colleague, in Kenneth Branagh's "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"
  • 1991: Lent his voice to the animated feature "An American Tail: Feivel Goes West"
  • 1988: First feature film as producer, "A Fish Called Wanda" (also co-starred and scripted); directed by Crichton; nominated for an Academy Award for his script; Kline co-starred in his Oscar winning performance
  • 1987: First American TV guest spot, "Cheers" (NBC)
  • 1986: Played a school headmaster obsessed with punctuality in "Clockwise"
  • 1985: Delivered a memorable turn as Sheriff Langston in "Silverado"; first collaboration with Kevin Kline
  • 1983: Re-teamed for "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life"
  • 1981: Starred as Robin Hood in Terry Gilliam's "Time Bandits"
  • 1979: Starred in "The Secret Policeman's Ball" for Amnesty International (aired as a one-hour TV special, a full-length movie and two record albums)
  • 1979: Offended all religions equally in "Monty Python's Life of Brian"
  • 1975: Re-teamed with the gang for "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
  • 1975: Co-created, co-starred and co-wrote (with then wife Connie Booth) the TV series "Fawlty Towers" (BBC)
  • 1972: Began making TV commercials
  • 1971: First Monty Python film, "And Now for Something Completely Different"
  • 1971: Formed Video Arts Ltd. to make industrial training films
  • 1971: Wrote (with Chapman) several episodes, including the pilot, of the British series, "Doctor in the House"
  • 1970: Feature screenwriting debut (with Chapman), "The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer"; also acted in film
  • 1969: Debuted 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 (with Chapman), "The Magic Christian"
  • 1966: Began writing (with Chapman) for the BBC show, "The Frost Report"
  • 1964: Performed in New York (on and off-Broadway) and on "The Ed Sullivan Show" (CBS) with the Footlights Revue
  • 1963: Joined BBC Radio writing sketches for the "Dick Emery Show"
  • 1963: Cast in the Footlights Revue, "A Clump of Plinths"; later changed name to "Cambridge Circus," and performed in London's West End
  • Worked with Charles Crichton on 17 short films
  • Joined the Cambridge Footlights Revue, where he met his future writing partner Graham Chapman

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