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John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. In the mid 1970s, Cleese and his first wife Connie Booth, co-wrote and starred in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. He also starred in Clockwise, and has appeared in many other films, including two James Bond films, two Harry Potter films, and three Shrek films. With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded the production company Video Arts, responsible for making ... Show more...
John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. In the mid 1970s, Cleese and his first wife Connie Booth, co-wrote and starred in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. He also starred in Clockwise, and has appeared in many other films, including two James Bond films, two Harry Potter films, and three Shrek films. With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded the production company Video Arts, responsible for making entertaining training films. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Cleese, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia Show less...
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Assholes: A Theory (2019)
As: Himself
Some people grapple with the moral challenges of treating human beings decently. Others are just… assholes. Inspired by Aaron James’ New York Times bestseller of the same name, this documentary investigates the breeding grounds of contemporary ‘asshole culture’ — and locates signs of civility in an otherwise rude and nasty universe. Venturing into predominantly male domain, this film moves from ...
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: John Walker
Stars: John Cleese | Vladimir Luxuria | Geoffrey Nunberg | Edoardo Albinati | Mary Sarnataro
Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad (2018)
As: (voice)
Swifty the Arctic fox works in the mail room of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service but dreams of one day becoming a Top Dog (the Arctic's star husky couriers). To prove himself worthy of the Top Dog role, Swifty secretly commandeers one of the sleds and delivers a mysterious package to a mysterious location. He stumbles upon a secret fortress where he comes face to face with Doc Walrus, a blubbery ...
Directed by: Dimos Vrysellas | Aaron Woodley
Stars: James Franco | Michael Madsen | Jeremy Renner | Anjelica Huston | Alec Baldwin
Charming (2016)
As: Fairy Godmother / Executioner (voice)
Three fairy tale princesses find themselves engaged to the same guy, Prince Charming.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Ross Venokur
Stars: Wilmer Valderrama | Ashley Tisdale | Avril Lavigne | Demi Lovato | Sia
Trolls (2016)
As: Roi Gristle (voice)
Lovable and friendly, the trolls love to play around. But one day, a mysterious giant shows up to end the party. Poppy, the optimistic leader of the Trolls, and her polar opposite, Branch, must embark on an adventure that takes them far beyond the only world they’ve ever known.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Mike Mitchell | Walt Dohrn
Stars: Anna Kendrick | Justin Timberlake | Russell Brand | Zooey Deschanel | James Corden
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion (2016)
As: General Eeder
A twelve-year-old girl is transported by a magical black stallion to the mystical world of Albion, where she discovers that she alone is the key to saving an entire race of people.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Castille Landon
Stars: Jennifer Morrison | Debra Messing | Johnny Sequoyah | Castille Landon | Avery Arendes
Absolutely Anything (2015)
As: Chief Alien (voice)
Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Terry Jones
Stars: Sanjeev Bhaskar | Simon Pegg | Rob Riggle | Joanna Lumley | Kate Beckinsale
How Not to Exhibit Yourself (2015)
As: John Cleese
The objective of this training video is to teach stand staff how to present themselves and their organisation in a professional and organised manner. John Cleese and Andrew Sachs make all the classic mistakes including that guaranteed conversation killing question - "Can I help you?" Fortunately they eventually learn to present themselves and their organisation professionally.
Stars: John Cleese
Spud 3: Learning to Fly (2014)
As: The Guv
As Spud Milton continues his awkward stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life's most important lessons: When dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. "I'm practically a man in most areas," writes Spud confidently on his sixteenth birthday. The year is 1992 and, in South Africa, radical change is in the air. The country may be on the bumpy road to an uncertain future, but ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: John Barker
Stars: John Cleese | Troye Sivan | Sven Ruygrok | Byron Langley | Casper Lee
Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)
As: Himself, others
Celebrate the last night of the Pythons on the big screen! - With John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.
Runtime: 162 min.
Directed by: Aubrey Powell | Eric Idle
Stars: Eric Idle | Michael Palin | Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam | John Cleese
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar (2014)
As: Himself
Alan Yentob meets the five surviving members of Monty Python - John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle - as they prepare to reunite on stage.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jack Cocker
Stars: Eric Idle | Michael Palin | Terry Jones | John Cleese | Alan Yentob
Planes (2013)
As: Bulldog (voice)
Dusty is a cropdusting plane who dreams of competing in a famous aerial race. The problem? He is hopelessly afraid of heights. With the support of his mentor Skipper and a host of new friends, Dusty sets off to make his dreams come true.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Klay Hall
Stars: Val Kilmer | Carlos Alazraqui | Brad Garrett | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | Dane Cook
Spud 2: The Madness Continues (2013)
As: The Guv
The year is 1991, and Spud Milton's long walk to manhood is still creeping along at an unnervingly slow pace. Approaching the ripe old age of fifteen and still no signs of the much anticipated ball-drop, Spud is coming to terms with the fact that he may well be a freak of nature. With a mother hell-bent on emigrating, a father making a killing out of selling homemade moonshine, and a demented grandmother ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Donovan Marsh
Stars: John Cleese | Troye Sivan | Sven Ruygrok | Tom Burne | Travis Hornsby
A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)
As: Various (voice)
John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious, 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story. (TIFF)
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Bill Jones | Jeff Simpson | Ben Timlett
Stars: Michael Palin | Terry Gilliam | Carol Cleveland | John Cleese | Graham Chapman
Anatomy of a Liar (2012)
As: Himself
A documentary about A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman.
Runtime: 47 min.
Directed by: Bill Jones | Jeff Simpson | Ben Timlett
Stars: Michael Palin | Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam | John Cleese | Graham Chapman
God Loves Caviar (2012)
As: McCormick
The true-life, stranger-than-fiction tale of eighteenth-century Greek pirate turned merchant Ioannis Varvakis, who rose from humble beginnings to become the head of one of the largest mercantile empires in Europe.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Yannis Smaragdis
Stars: Evgeniy Stychkin | Olga Sutulova | John Cleese | Juan Diego Botto | Sebastian Koch
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
As: Narrator
A Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa's sleigh, crash lands in a small town, and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, recover the bag from greedy crooks, and return the sleigh to Santa in time to save Christmas.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: John Putch
Stars: John Cleese | Tom Arnold | Curtis Armstrong | Kim Rhodes | Kyle Massey
John Cleese - The Alimony Tour Live (2011)
For the first time ever, comedy legend John Cleese brings his unique comedic perspective to DVD in John Cleese: The Alimony Tour. Best known for his part in 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' and as Basil Fawlty in 'Fawlty Towers,' John Cleese draws on his many years in the limelight as well as some of his own personal interests. In Cleese's very own words: "it is an evening of well honed ...
Runtime: 79 min.
Stars: John Cleese
The Undefeated (2011)
As: Himself (archive footage)
A documentary that chronicles Sarah Palin's pre-political life; her tenure as Governor of Alaska, and her time spent as John McCain's running mate.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Stephen K. Bannon
Stars: Pamela Anderson | Roseanne Barr | Joy Behar | Sarah Palin | Mark Ballas
Winnie the Pooh (2011)
As: Narrator
During an ordinary day in Hundred Acre Wood, Winnie the Pooh sets out to find some honey. Misinterpreting a note from Christopher Robin, Pooh convinces Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Eeyore that their young friend has been captured by a creature named "Backson" and they set out to save him.
Runtime: 63 min.
Directed by: Stephen J. Anderson | Don Hall
Stars: Tom Kenny | Bud Luckey | Jim Cummings | Travis Oates | Jack Boulter
Spud (2010)
As: Mr. 'The Guv' Edly
It's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boys only private boarding school. John Milton is a boy from an ordinary background who wins a scholarship to a private school in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Surrounded by boys with nicknames like Gecko, Rambo, Rain Man and Mad Dog, Spud has his hands ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Donovan Marsh
Stars: John Cleese | Troye Sivan | Sven Ruygrok | Tom Burne | Jamie Royal
Shrek Forever After (2010)
As: King (voice)
A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Mike Mitchell
Stars: Mike Myers | Eddie Murphy | Cameron Diaz | Antonio Banderas | Julie Andrews
Planet 51 (2009)
As: Professor Kipple (voice)
When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an empathetic little green being.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Jorge Blanco | Javier Abad | Marcos Martínez
Stars: Gary Oldman | Jessica Biel | Justin Long | Dwayne Johnson | Seann William Scott
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
As: Chief Inspector Dreyfus
When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching the thief and retrieving the stolen artifacts.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Harald Zwart
Stars: Jean Reno | Alfred Molina | Emily Mortimer | Steve Martin | Andy García
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
As: Professor Barnhardt
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Scott Derrickson
Stars: Keanu Reeves | John Cleese | Jaden Smith | Kathy Bates | Jennifer Connelly
Igor (2008)
As: Dr. Glickenstein (voice)
A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Anthony Leondis
Stars: John Cusack | John Cleese | Myleene Klass | Robin Walsh | Matt McKenna
Shrek the Third (2007)
As: King Harold (voice)
The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Chris Miller
Stars: Mike Myers | Eddie Murphy | Cameron Diaz | Antonio Banderas | Julie Andrews
The Art of Football from A to Z (2007)
As: Himself
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Hermann Vaske
Stars: John Cleese | Dennis Hopper | Tom Konkle
The Secret Life of Brian (2007)
As: Himself
A documentary about the making of the controversial Life of Brian and the surrounding accusations of blasphemy.
Runtime: 48 min.
Directed by: Will Yapp
Stars: Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam | John Cleese | Graham Chapman
Charlotte's Web (2006)
As: Samuel the Sheep (voice)
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Gary Winick
Stars: Steve Buscemi | John Cleese | Julia Roberts | Cedric the Entertainer | Oprah Winfrey
L'entente cordiale (2006)
As: Lord Conrad
The upper-class secret agent teaming up accidentally with an easily-corrupted, sly interpreter...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Vincent de Brus
Stars: François Levantal | John Cleese | Christian Clavier | Jennifer Saunders | Daniel Auteuil
Man About Town (2006)
As: Dr. Primkin
A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swiped by a reporter out to bring him down.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Mike Binder
Stars: Gina Gershon | John Cleese | Ben Affleck | Rebecca Romijn | Mike Binder
Return of the Goodies (2005)
As: Himself
The Goodies finally return to television after nearly 25 years with a compilation of classic clips, interviews and new material.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Pati Marr
Stars: John Cleese | Tim Brooke-Taylor | Ronni Ancona | Graeme Garden | Bill Oddie
Fawlty Towers Revisited (2005)
As: Himself
Fawlty Towers Revisited features the 80-minute, 30th anniversary retrospective TV special on one of the world’s funniest and best-loved comedies, as well as an additional 10 minutes of behind-the-scenes stories and recollections from recent interviews with Fawlty Towers’ cast and crew.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Duane Huey
Stars: John Cleese | Andrew Sachs | Prunella Scales | Connie Booth
Valiant (2005)
As: Mercury (voice)
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, he immediately sets out for London. On the way, he meets a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him, mainly to get away from clients he cheated in a game of find-the pebble, and helps him sign up for the war.
Runtime: 76 min.
Directed by: Gary Chapman
Stars: Ewan McGregor | Tim Curry | Jim Broadbent | Hugh Laurie | Ricky Gervais
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
As: Himself
Movie with some of the greatest brittish comedians such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese.
Runtime: 73 min.
Directed by: Duane Huey
Stars: John Cleese | Rowan Atkinson | Richard Briers | Judy Cornwell | Emily Joyce
Wine for the Confused (2004)
As: Himself
Wine is confusing…overwhelming even. So where do you start if you want to learn more about it? Join John Cleese on an entertaining and personal look at the world of winemaking and discover: how to find wines that taste good to you, how to make sure you get the best value and how to keep and serve wine at home.
Directed by: David Kennard
Stars: John Cleese | Alyce Faye Eichelberger
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
As: Grizzled Sergeant
A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Frank Coraci
Stars: Steve Coogan | Jackie Chan | Jim Broadbent | Cécile de France | Robert Fyfe
Shrek 2 (2004)
As: King (voice)
Shrek, Fiona and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father. But not everyone is happy. Shrek and the King find it hard to get along, and there's tension in the marriage. The fairy godmother discovers that Shrek has married Fiona instead of her Son Prince Charming and sets about destroying their marriage.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Andrew Adamson | Conrad Vernon | Kelly Asbury
Stars: Mike Myers | Eddie Murphy | Cameron Diaz | Antonio Banderas | Julie Andrews
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
As: Mr. Munday
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: McG
Stars: Lucy Liu | Cameron Diaz | Robert Patrick | Drew Barrymore | Bernie Mac
$corched (2003)
As: Charles Merchant
Three bank tellers. One goal: knock the place over. The ultimate inside jobs, plotted by three people with nothing to lose.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Gavin Grazer
Stars: John Cleese | Woody Harrelson | Rachael Leigh Cook | David Krumholtz | Alicia Silverstone
Stupidity (2003)
As: himself
An exploration into the nature of stupidity in Western society and its history of our perception of it.
Runtime: 61 min.
Directed by: Albert Nerenberg
Stars: John Cleese | Coolio | Noam Chomsky | George W. Bush | Drew Curtis
George of the Jungle 2 (2002)
As: An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
George and Ursula now have a son, George Junior, so Ursula's mother arrives to try and take them back to "civilization".
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: David Grossman
Stars: John Cleese | Thomas Haden Church | Christina Pickles | Julie Benz | Christopher Showerman
Die Another Day (2002)
As: Q
Bond takes on a North Korean leader who undergoes DNA replacement procedures that allow him to assume different identities. American agent, Jinx Johnson assists Bond in his attempt to thwart the villain's plans to exploit a satellite that is powered by solar energy.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Stars: Rosamund Pike | Pierce Brosnan | Rick Yune | Halle Berry | Toby Stephens
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
As: Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.
Runtime: 161 min.
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Stars: Richard Harris | Rupert Grint | Alan Rickman | Daniel Radcliffe | Emma Watson
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
As: James
The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in trouble when he refuses to sell his club to lunar gangster Mogan, who just happens to be helping the mysterious Rex Crater mastermind a plan to take over the entire moon.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Ron Underwood
Stars: Joe Pantoliano | Jay Mohr | Rosario Dawson | Eddie Murphy | Randy Quaid
Mickey's House of Villains (2001)
As: Narrator (segment "Mickey's Mechanical House") (voice)
The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and his friends to overthrow evil and return the House of Mouse to normal--or as close to normal as it get's.
Runtime: 70 min.
Directed by: Jamie Mitchell
Stars: Jeff Bennett | Susanne Blakeslee | Corey Burton | Tony Anselmo | Wayne Allwine
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
As: Nearly Headless Nick
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard -- with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths -- and about the villain who's to ...
Runtime: 152 min.
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Stars: Richard Harris | Tom Felton | Rupert Grint | Daniel Radcliffe | Emma Watson
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)
As: Narrator (segment 'The Nutcracker')
When a huge snowstorm leaves everyone stranded, Mickey and all of his guests at the House of Mouse, including Pooh, Belle, Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel and many more of his old and new friends, break out the cookies and hot chocolate to help Donald mend his tattered Christmas spirit.
Runtime: 65 min.
Directed by: Roberts Gannaway | Tony Craig | Burny Mattinson
Stars: Jeff Bennett | Carlos Alazraqui | Jodi Benson | Tony Anselmo | Wayne Allwine
Rat Race (2001)
As: Donald P. Sinclair
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for $2 million jammed into a locker hundreds of miles away. The tycoon and his wealthy friends monitor each racer's every move to keep track of their favorites. The ...
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Jerry Zucker
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg | Amy Smart | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Seth Green | Breckin Meyer
The Magic Pudding (2000)
As: Albert, the Magic Pudding (voice)
Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight off the bungled attempts of pudding thieves, Possum and Wombat, and try to solve the mystery of Bunyip's parents' disappearance.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Karl Zwicky
Stars: Hugo Weaving | John Cleese | Geoffrey Rush | Sam Neill | Dave Gibson
Isn't She Great (2000)
As: Henry Marcus
An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The Valley Of The Dolls" and other trashy novels. Facing a failing career, Susann meets a successful promoter who becomes her husband. After several failures to place her in commercials and a TV quiz show, he hits upon the idea for her to become a writer. ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Andrew Bergman
Stars: Stockard Channing | John Cleese | David Hyde Pierce | Nathan Lane | Bette Midler
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
As: R
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to a protect beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Michael Apted
Stars: Sophie Marceau | Pierce Brosnan | Robert Carlyle | Denise Richards | Robbie Coltrane
Parting Shots (1999)
As: Maurice Walpole
Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is told that he has only three months to live due to him getting cancer. After thinking things over he decides that since he is dying anyway that he will kill or destroy all the people that has ever crossed or hurt him during his entire life. So Parting Shots becomes literally the shots fired by Harry when he knows he is parting this earth. After all, he will be dead ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Michael Winner
Stars: Bob Hoskins | Ben Kingsley | John Cleese | Felicity Kendal | Chris Rea
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
As: Mr. Mersault
The remake of the 1970 Neil Simon comedy follows the adventures of a couple, Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for a job interview.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Sam Weisman
Stars: John Cleese | Steve Martin | Goldie Hawn | Mark McKinney | Jessica Cauffiel
George of the Jungle (1997)
As: An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of human relationships, while Ursula's lover Lyle is looking for her and the one who took her. After they are found, Ursula takes George to the USA.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Sam Weisman
Stars: Richard Roundtree | John Cleese | Leslie Mann | Thomas Haden Church | Brendan Fraser
Fierce Creatures (1997)
As: Rollo Lee
Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Fred Schepisi | Robert Young
Stars: Michael Palin | John Cleese | Kevin Kline | Jamie Lee Curtis | Robert Lindsay
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
As: Mr. Toad's Lawyer
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself. This fantastic roller-coaster ride of hilarious adventures was both written and directed by Terry Jones, who also plays the central role of Mr. Toad. Alongside three ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Terry Jones
Stars: Steve Coogan | Eric Idle | Terry Jones | John Cleese | Nicol Williamson
The Jungle Book (1994)
As: Dr. Julien Plumford
Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a place only Mowgli can find.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Stephen Sommers
Stars: Lena Headey | Cary Elwes | John Cleese | Sam Neill | Jason Scott Lee
The Swan Princess (1994)
As: Jean-Bob (voice)
The beautiful princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell. Held captive at an enchanted lake, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffin the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, these good-natured creatures can do nothing about the sorcerer's spell, which can only be broken by a vow of everlasting love.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Richard Rich
Stars: John Cleese | Jack Palance | Steven Wright | Howard McGillin | Michelle Nicastro
Frankenstein (1994)
As: Prof. Waldman
Based on Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein" tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Stars: Helena Bonham Carter | Robert De Niro | Aidan Quinn | Kenneth Branagh | Tom Hulce
Splitting Heirs (1993)
As: Raoul P. Shadgrind
A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Robert Young
Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones | Eric Idle | John Cleese | Barbara Hershey | Rick Moranis
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)
As: Cat R. Waul (voice)
Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan.
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Phil Nibbelink | Simon Wells
Stars: Erica Yohn | Phillip Glasser | James Stewart | Nehemiah Persoff | Cathy Cavadini
Bullseye! (1990)
As: Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese
Michael Caine, Roger Moore and Sally Kirkland star as three of the most unlikely rogues to ever score a heist. Hidden away in a vault is a fortune in diamonds, payment for a secret formula two government scientists have unscrupulously sold to the highest bidder. These three know the whereabouts of this treasure and pull off a daring scheme to steal it. But now they've trapped themselves into either helping ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Michael Winner
Stars: Michael Caine | Sally Kirkland | Roger Moore | Lee Patterson | Deborah Moore
The Big Picture (1989)
As: Bartender
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Christopher Guest
Stars: Michael McKean | Kevin Bacon | Jennifer Jason Leigh | Emily Longstreth | J.T. Walsh
Erik the Viking (1989)
As: Halfdan the Black
Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Terry Jones
Stars: Tim Robbins | Terry Jones | Mickey Rooney | Eartha Kitt | Imogen Stubbs
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball (1989)
As: Himself
After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend concert in 1988, Amnesty returned to the original formula that had been so successful in the 1976-1981 era with a primary focus on comedy. Pat Duffy was dropped from organising any further benefit events for Amnesty and for the 1989 show, Amnesty hired ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Stars: John Cleese | Kathy Burke | Robbie Coltrane | John Bird | Rory Bremner
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
As: Archie Leach
A diamond advocate is attempting to steal a collection of diamonds, yet troubles arise when he realizes that he is not the only one after the diamonds.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Charles Crichton
Stars: Michael Palin | John Cleese | Kevin Kline | Jamie Lee Curtis | Maria Aitken
Quark and the Highway Robber (1987)
Quark the troll meets a highway robber.
Runtime: 6 min.
Directed by: Stefan Fjeldmark | Hans Perk
Stars: John Cleese
Dragonslayer Quark (1987)
Cartoon short about Quark the troll, this time as a dragonslayer by chance.
Runtime: 6 min.
Directed by: Søren Tomas
Stars: John Cleese
Baby Quark (1987)
Tells the beginning of the story of Quark: His birth and how he is thrown out by his parents due to his malicious behaviour.
Runtime: 7 min.
Directed by: Karsten Kiilerich
Stars: John Cleese
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball (1987)
As: Jim Cleese
When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the growing number of rock musicians supporting Amnesty. Instead of the live show being primarily a comedy show with a few musical cameos, the event made a point of giving equal emphasis to the comedy and the music.
Runtime: 96 min.
Stars: John Cleese | Robbie Coltrane | Jackson Browne | Chet Atkins | Ben Elton
Clockwise (1986)
As: Brian Stimpson
An uncompromising British school headmaster finds himself beset by one thing going wrong after another.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Christopher Morahan
Stars: John Cleese | Penelope Wilton | Alison Steadman | Penny Leatherbarrow | Sharon Maiden
Silverado (1985)
As: Sheriff John T. Langston
Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Stars: Brian Dennehy | Danny Glover | Scott Glenn | Kevin Kline | Kevin Costner
Privates on Parade (1984)
As: Major Giles Flack
It is 1947, the year of the communist rebellion in Malaya and the British army's SADUSEA (Song And Dance Unit South East Asia) are called to the Malayan Jungle to entertain the troops. The eccentric, bible-bashing Major Giles Flack (John Cleese) is in command of the unit. Flack is accompanied by an ageing, theatrical drama queen, Terri Dennis (Denis Quilley) who hopes to entertain the troops with his ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Michael Blakemore
Stars: John Cleese | Patrick Pearson | Denis Quilley | Michael Elphick | Nicola Pagett
Yellowbeard (1983)
As: Harvey 'Blind' Pew
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Mel Damski
Stars: Eric Idle | Peter Cook | Martin Hewitt | Michael Hordern | Graham Chapman
The Meaning of Life (1983)
As: Diverse Rollen
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam
Stars: Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam | John Cleese | Graham Chapman
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)
As: Himself - Various Roles
Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese, Lewis and Walker planned the next show to be a more spectacular event. Cleese focused on broadening the comedic talent to be presented at the show. In addition to the Amnesty show stalwarts drawn from the Oxbridge/Monty Python/Beyond The Fringe orbit, ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Julien Temple | Roger Graef
Stars: Rowan Atkinson | Alan Bennett | Eric Clapton | Graham Chapman | Jeff Beck
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
As: Various Roles
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a 1982 concert film in which the Monty Python team perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several pre-Python ones.
Runtime: 77 min.
Directed by: Terry Hughes | Ian MacNaughton
Stars: Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam | John Cleese | Graham Chapman
Time Bandits (1981)
As: Robin Hood
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up ...
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Stars: Kenny Baker | David Rappaport | Malcolm Dixon | Mike Edmonds | Craig Warnock
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
As: Neville
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Jim Henson
Stars: Frank Oz | Dave Goelz | Jerry Nelson | Jim Henson | Richard Hunt
The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
As: Petruchio
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the suitors begin busily hunting out a madman who's willing to do it, and they find Petruchio: a man who's come to wive it wealthily in ...
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Miller
Stars: Simon Chandler | Frank Thornton | John Franklyn-Robbins | Sarah Badel | Anthony Pedley
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)
As: Himself - Various Roles
Amnesty decided not to present a benefit show in 1978 in order to consider how to make better use of the performing talent so favourably disposed to assist it in raising funds. Peter Luff left Amnesty in 1978 and the organisation's new fund-raising officer, Peter Walker, was deputed to work with Lewis on reconfiguring the show to raise more money and greater awareness of Amnesty. Lewis proposed to Cleese ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Roger Graef
Stars: Michael Palin | John Cleese | Rowan Atkinson | Peter Cook | Billy Connolly
Life of Brian (1979)
As: Arthur
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Terry Jones
Stars: Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam | John Cleese | Graham Chapman
The Pythons: Somewhere in Tunisia, Circa A.D. 1979 (1979)
As: Himself
Ten years ago exactly, more or less, give or take a day or two, six young men sat down, or maybe stood, or perhaps some of them just lounged, and wrote the first episode of a new series called Owl Stretching Time. They were called Graham Chapman , John Cleese, Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle,Terry Jones and Michael Palin and later both they and the series became known as Monty Python 's Flying Circus . ...
Runtime: 50 min.
Stars: Eric Idle | Terry Gilliam | Carol Cleveland | John Cleese | Graham Chapman
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
As: Sherlock Holmes
The grandchild of Professor James Moriarty had promised the world that it has only five days left to live. Moriarty is a master of disguise, a crack shot, and is very patient. Several government figures are shot to death, and it seems that it truly is the end of civilization as we know it - until the President learns that the grandson of Sherlock Holmes is living at 221B Baker Street, and sends the ...
Runtime: 56 min.
Directed by: Joseph McGrath
Stars: John Cleese | Joss Ackland | Arthur Lowe | Holly Palance | Val Pringle
Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976)
As: Himself
The first of the Amnesty International comedy benefit galas. The title is a play on the phrase at Her Majesty's pleasure (the show was performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, London). This show came to be considered part of the Secret Policeman's Ball series of shows that it inspired, although it pre-dated the first show in the series by three years. The event was organized by a team of three: Monty Python ...
Runtime: 74 min.
Stars: Terry Gilliam | John Cleese | Peter Cook | Alan Bennett | Graham Chapman
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
As: Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Lancelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Terry Gilliam | Terry Jones
Stars: Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam | John Cleese | Graham Chapman
Romance with a Double Bass (1974)
As: Smychkov
A bassist shows up early for the betrothal ball of a beautiful princess, and whiles away the time having a dip in the river. The princess is doing the same, unbeknownst to the bass player, but when someone steals their clothes, the bass player helps the princess to preserve her dignity by transporting her back to the castle in his bass case, and along the way they discover they have feelings for each ...
Runtime: 40 min.
Directed by: Robert Young
Stars: John Cleese | Freddie Jones | Graham Crowden | Connie Booth | Jonathan Lynn
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
As: Announcer / Hungarian Citizen / self - Defence Teacher / Sir George Head / Policeman / Interviewer / Mr. Praline / Second General / Christopher Columbus / Mungo the Cook / Bank Robber / Accountant #2 (falling past the window) / Vocational Guidance Counselor / Vivian Smith Smythe Smith / Mountie / Town Guild Lady
And Now for Something Completely Different is a film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring favourite sketches from the first two seasons.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Ian MacNaughton
Stars: Eric Idle | Terry Jones | Terry Gilliam | John Cleese | Graham Chapman
Euroshow 71 (1971)
As: Himself - Various (as Montypython Flyingcircus)
German made-for-TV musical extravaganza starring Monty Python.
Runtime: 75 min.
Directed by: Hans-Bernhard Theopold
Stars: Eric Idle | Terry Gilliam | John Cleese | Graham Chapman | Wallace Collection
The Statue (1971)
As: Harry
Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to commission a statue for a London square to honor Bolt's achievement. Bolt's Italian wife, a renowned artist, sculpts an 18-foot nude of Bolt. In a pique, because he's neglected her for years to ...
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Rod Amateau
Stars: John Cleese | Virna Lisi | Robert Vaughn | David Niven | Ann Bell
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1971)
As: Various Roles
It is essentially the same concept as an English Monty Python's episode, but in German. The paintings by Albrecht Dürer, fall victim to silly animations. Little Red Riding Hood shows up too. A number of familiar sketches, including the Lumberjack song, all in German.
Runtime: 87 min.
Stars: Eric Idle | Michael Palin | Terry Jones | John Cleese | Graham Chapman
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)
As: Pumer
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Kevin Billington
Stars: John Cleese | Peter Cook | Denholm Elliott | Arthur Lowe | Vanessa Howard
The Magic Christian (1969)
As: Director in Sotheby's
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless boy, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought with money.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Joseph McGrath
Stars: Peter Sellers | Ringo Starr | Wilfrid Hyde-White | Isabel Jeans | Caroline Blakiston
How to Irritate People (1969)
As: Himself - Various
A pre-Monty Python mockumentary, written by and presented by John Cleese, that provides tips on learning how to really bug people.
Runtime: 68 min.
Directed by: Ian Fordyce
Stars: Michael Palin | John Cleese | Gillian Lind | Graham Chapman | Tim Brooke-Taylor
The Best House in London (1969)
As: Jones
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Philip Saville
Stars: David Hemmings | Joanna Pettet | Dany Robin | George Sanders | Warren Mitchell
Interlude (1968)
As: Television public relations man
A young female journalist in London falls in love with a married orchestra conductor.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Kevin Billington
Stars: Donald Sutherland | Nora Swinburne | Oskar Werner | Barbara Ferris | Virginia Maskell