John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese (/ˈkliːz/; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, voice actor, screenwriter, producer, and comedian. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded 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, Monty Python and 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, with Cleese receiving the 1980 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures, both of which he also wrote. He also starred in Clockwise and has appeared in many other films, including two James Bond films as R and Q, two Harry Potter films, and the last three Shrek films.
With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay, he co-founded Video Arts, a production company making entertaining training films. In 1976, Cleese co-founded The Secret Policeman's Ball benefit shows to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International.
==Character Roles==
Cat R. Waul.jpg|Cat R. Waul in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West.
King Harold.jpg|King Harold in Shrek series.
Bulldog.jpg|Bulldog in Planes.
Albert the Magic Pudding.jpg|Albert in The Magic Pudding.
==Filmography==
*An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) - TBA
*The Swan Princess
*George of the Jungle
*The Magic Pudding (2000) - Albert the Magic Pudding
*George of the Jungle 2 (2003) - TBA
*Charlotte's Web (2006) - TBA
*Shrek 2 (2004) - King Harold
*Shrek the Third (2007) - King Harold
*Shrek Forever After (2010) - King Harold
*Winnie the Pooh (2011) - Narrator
*Planes (2013) - Bulldog
*Trolls (2016) -
*Absolutely Anything
*Planet 51
*Valiant
*Igor
Category:1939 births
Category:Actors
Category:Voice actors
Category:1930s births
Category:English actors
Category:The Muppet Show guest stars