John Marwood Cleese (/ˈkliːz/; 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, The 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 as R/Q, two Harry Potter films and three Shrek films.
With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded Video Arts, a production company making entertaining training films.
John Cleese in conversation with Eric Idle at Live Talks Los Angeles
John Cleese - Monty Python Actor and Comedian (11/17/2014)
COMPLETE INTERVIEW: Jon Stewart Interviewes John Cleese On The daily show (November 5, 2014) 1/2
Late Night w David Letterman - John Cleese
John Cleese Despises Christianity.- Antitheist atheist
John Cleese (Live Alan Carr Chatty Man) HD
Real Time with Bill Maher: John Cleese on Political Incorrectness (HBO)
John Cleese Best Stand Up Compilation 2014 [HD]
John Cleese - How to Irritate People - Airplane Sketch
JOHN CLEESE Insults TAYLOR SWIFT's Cat Olivia Benson - The Graham Norton Show on BBC AMERICA
John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson - Beekeeping
John Cleese at University Book Store - Seattle
An Interview With John Cleese - Fawlty Towers Special Features
John Cleese on Stupidity
Plot
A desperate writer glomming onto a book by PJ O'Rourke on a producer's desk, pitches the idea as a movie. Green lit, the role of PJ O'Rourke takes an interesting turn of events as various actors become attached to the project.
Plot
In 1979 the Monty Python comedy team return from making their film 'Monty Python's Life of Brian' in Tunisia. Premiered in America the film is pilloried by ultra-right religious groups for its depiction of Christ. In England the Popular Peoples' Church of St Sophia (whose members include a Tourette's sufferer who shouts out swear words) find a copy of the script in a dustbin and lobby the British censor for its suppression, leading to many local councils banning its screening. Death threats follow and Michael Palin - "the nicest man in Britain" - has his effigy burned on his front lawn. Finally crazed TV programmer Alan Dick persuades Palin and co-star John Cleese to defend the picture on a late night chat show against the Bishop of Southwark and religious commentator Malcolm Muggeridge. Thanks to Cleese's reasoning the Pythons are seen to triumph, winning over the Popular Peoples' Church. A later encounter with God will show how the film's controversy paved the way for other artistic endeavours which prompted protest. Brilliant characterisations are vitiated by a satirical 'treatment' including animated sequences and irritating attempts at surreal wit when a documentary style treatment would have sufficed. Several of the Pythons were hostile to the film, summed up in the floor manager's comment. "Another fantasy sequence...lame".
Keywords: 1970s, banned-film, blasphemy, censorship, christian-fundamentalism, christian-sect, christianity, england-uk, film-censorship, great-britain
John Cleese in conversation with Eric Idle at Live Talks Los Angeles
John Cleese - Monty Python Actor and Comedian (11/17/2014)
COMPLETE INTERVIEW: Jon Stewart Interviewes John Cleese On The daily show (November 5, 2014) 1/2
Late Night w David Letterman - John Cleese
John Cleese Despises Christianity.- Antitheist atheist
John Cleese (Live Alan Carr Chatty Man) HD
Real Time with Bill Maher: John Cleese on Political Incorrectness (HBO)
John Cleese Best Stand Up Compilation 2014 [HD]
John Cleese - How to Irritate People - Airplane Sketch
JOHN CLEESE Insults TAYLOR SWIFT's Cat Olivia Benson - The Graham Norton Show on BBC AMERICA
John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson - Beekeeping
John Cleese at University Book Store - Seattle
An Interview With John Cleese - Fawlty Towers Special Features
John Cleese on Stupidity
John Cleese Considers Your Futile Comments - Monty Python
John Cleese - How To Irritate People 1968
The Graham Norton Show 2010 S7x03 John Cleese, Martin Clunes, Lee Mack Part 1
John Cleese hos Skavlan
John Cleese's Cat Confessions
At home with John Cleese
John Cleese - To Norway, home of giants
John Cleese, Michael Palin & Richard Burridge "Life of Brian" Debate Reflections (BBC Radio 4)
JOHN CLEESE - LAST TIME TO SEE ME BEFORE I DIE!
King's College London: Interview with John Cleese and Terry Jones
Talks at Google: John Cleese
The Life of Brian defended by Monty Python's John Cleese and Michael Palin.COMPLETE DEBATE
The Muppet Show s02e12 John Cleese (Full episode)
The Graham Norton Show S16E03 Taylor Swift, John Cleese Kevin Pieterson Neil Diamond
The Nerdist Podcast Presents John Cleese
Nerdist With Actor John Cleese and Chris Hardwick 602
10-06-1986 Letterman Eva Gabor, John Cleese Elayne Boosler
John Cleese Versus Malcolm Muggeridge And The Bishop of the Southwark.
Lemurs with John Cleese
Lemurs with John Cleese
John Cleese How To Irritate People Full Show
Die Muppet Show 48 - John Cleese [Staffel 2 Folge 24]
Friday Night, Saturday Morning - Monty Python's Life of Brian
ASL, John Cleese, Guest Speaker,1996.
COMPLETE INTERVIEW: Jon Stewart Interviewes John Cleese On The daily show (November 5, 2014) 2/2
John Cleese interview Part 1
John Cleese interview (1986) Part 1/4
Breakfast 2014 - John Cleese (swearing on live TV)
Life Of Brian- 1979 Debate (1/4)
More Boys Who Do Comedy - John Cleese 1/3
Eddie Izzard interviews John Cleese about his comedy influences and more
John Cleese interview - part one - Parkinson - BBC
John Cleese - How to irritate People - Job Interview [Legendado]
John Cleese interview on Paul O'Grady - part 1 - 6th May 2009
John Cleese on Sarah Palin
John Cleese interview-Dennis Miller Live 1998