John Cleese

Academy and Emmy award winning actor and comedian famous for outraging millions in his Monty Python roles

John Cleese is best known for his involvement in Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, and a Fish Called Wanda.

In addition to his comedic activities, John Cleese was a co-founder with Sir Antony Jay of Video Arts, a management and sales training video company. Over a period of 20 yrs, Video Arts made over 120 training videos, and it was the largest firm of its kind outside the United States.

John Cleese was also a co-author, with the eminent psychiatrist Dr. Robin Skynner of two books Families And How To Survive Them, and Life And How To Survive It. These books, which explored psychology, psychiatry, and their application to the wider world, both became best sellers.

John Cleese wrote his first autobiography So Anyway, which was published in 2014 and has sold 600,000 copies worldwide. In 2020, he also penned Creativity, A short and cheerful guide.

In his twilight years John Cleese passes his time writing film scripts, making speeches to business audiences, doing seminars on creativity, teaching at Cornell and constructing a virtual reality.

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Key Points for John Cleese

John Cleese is one of the most popular and influential comedians, writers, actors and performers in Britain.
John Cleese was a member of Monty Python, the group responsible for Monty Python’s Flying Circus, as well as the feature films And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
John Cleese's sketches, The Dead Parrot and The Ministry of Funny Walks are particularly well known.
John Cleese co-wrote and starred in Fawlty Towers with his first wife, Connie Booth.
John Cleese also performed in A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures, Clockwise, two Harry Potter films and three Shrek films.

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