John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese (born October 27, 1939) is a British comedian and actor best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for playing Basil Fawlty in the sitcom Fawlty Towers.

Filmography

• The Magic Christian (1969)
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) (writer and actor: Sir Lancelot, Tim the Enchanter, swallow obsessed guard #2, Peasant #1, the Black Knight)
• The Life of Brian (1979) (writer and actor: various roles including Reg)
• The Secret Policeman's Ball (1980)
• The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
• Time Bandits (1981) (as a gormless Robin Hood)
• Privates on Parade (1982) (Major Giles Flack)
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) (writer and actor) (various roles)
• Silverado (1985) (plays Langston an English sheriff in a town in the western USA. His first line, as he walks in to a bar to break up a brawl, is, "What's all this, then?")
• Clockwise (1986) (as Mr. Stimpson, a school headmaster)
• A Fish Called Wanda (1988) (writer and actor) (as lawyer Archie Leach (Cary Grant's real name))
• Bullseye! (1990) (as Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese)
• ' (1991) (Cat R. Waul)
• Splitting Heirs (1993) (Raoul P. Shadgrind)
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
• Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994) (Dr. Julien Plumford)
• Fierce Creatures (1996) (as Rollo Lee, owner of an English zoo; the novelization suggests that he is actually the twin brother of Archie Leach from A Fish Called Wanda, with a slight change of surname)
• The Out-of-Towners (1999)
• The World Is Not Enough (1999) (a James Bond film) (as Q's assistant, nicknamed R by Bond)
• Quantum Project (2001) (as father of Steven Dorf's chracter)
• Rat Race (2001) (as eccentric millionaire Donald P. Sinclair)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) (as the ghost "Nearly Headless Nick")
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) (ditto)
• Die Another Day (2002) (second appearance in a James Bond film; replaces Desmond Llewelyn as Q in the series)
• Shrek 2 (2004) (voice of Princess Fiona's father, King Harold)
• Around the World in 80 Days (2004) (Grizzled Sergeant)
• Valiant (2005) (Mercury)