John Cleese is known for the BBC TV sketch comedy show "Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-1974)" and the movies "Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)", "Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)", *"Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)"** and "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)".

He played Sheriff Langston in the movie "Silverado (1985)", Brian Stimpson in "Clockwise (1986)", Archie Leach in "A Fish Called Wanda (1988)", Dr. Julius Plumford in "The Jungle Book (1994)", Mr Toad's Lawyer in "The Wind in the Willows (a.k.a. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride) (1996)", Rollo Lee in "Fierce Creatures (1997)", R in "The World Is Not Enough (1999)" and "Die Another Day (2002)", Nearly Headless Nick in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (a.k.a. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) (2001)" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)", Mr. Munday in "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)", Professor Barnhardt in "The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)", and Chief-Inspector Charles Dreyfus in "The Pink Panther 2 (2009)".

Some other movies he appeared in are "Interlude (1968)", "The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)", "The Best House in London (1969)", "The Magic Christian (1969)", "The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970)", "The Statue (1971)", "Anyone for Sex? (1973)", "", "G olf Etiquette (1973)", "The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)", "Good King Memorex (1979)", "The Taming of the Shrew (1980)", "The Great Muppet Caper (1981)", "Time Bandits (1981)", "Privates on Parade (1983)", "Yellowbeard (1983)", "The Big Picture (1989)", "Erik the Viking (1989)", "Bullseye! (1990)", "Grime Goes Green: Your Business and the Environment (1990)", "Um Passo, Outro Passo e Depois... (1991)", "Splitting Heirs (1993)", "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)", "Parting Shots (1998)", "The Out-of-Towners (1999)", "Isn't She Great (2000)", "H.M.O. (2001)", "Rat Race (2001)", "The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)", "Scorched (2003)", "Around the World in 80 Days (2004)", "Man About Town (2006)", "L'entente cordiale (2006)", "Spud (2010)", "God Loves Caviar (2012)", "Spud 2: The Madness Continues (2013)", "Spud 3: Learning to Fly (2014)" and "Albion: The Enchanted Stallion (2016)".

He played Basil Fawlty on the BBC TV sitcom "Fawlty Towers (1975,1979)".

Some other TV shows he appeared on are "At Last the 1948 Show", "The Frost Report", "The Avengers", "Three Piece Suits", "Ripping Yarns", "Doctor Who", "Whoops Apocalypse", "So You Want to Be a Success at Selling?", "Cheers", "Last of the Summer Wine", "Look at the State We're In!", "3rd Rock from the Sun", "My Adventures in Television", "Will & Grace", "Entourage", "Whitney" and "Hold the Sunset".

He was the voice of King Harold in the animated "Shrek" movies and of An Ape Named 'Ape' in the "George of the Jungle" movies.

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