John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese (gebore op 27 Oktober 1939) is ’n Britse akteur, komediant, skrywer en rolprentvervaardiger. Hy het bekendheid verwerf as een van die hoofkarakters in Monty Python’s Flying Circus en later as die hotelbaas Basil Fawlty in die TV-komedie Fawlty Towers. Sy flieks sluit in A Fish Called Wanda (1988). Hy speel die rol van Q in die James Bond-fliek Die Another Day (2002) en die rol van mnr. Edly, The Guv, in die twee Spud-flieks.

Loopbaan 

Cleese het op die Edinburgfees bekend geraak as ’n draaiboekskrywer van randproduksies en akteur in The Frost Report. In die laat 1960's was hy die medestigter van Monty Python, die komediegeselskap wat verantwoordelik was vir die sketsprogram Monty Python's Flying Circus en die vier Monty Python-rolprente: And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian en The Meaning of Life.

In die middel 1970's het Cleese en sy eerste vrou, Connie Booth, die Britse TV-sitkom Fawlty Towers geskryf en daarin gespeel. Die reeks het drie Baftas gewen. Later het hy saam met Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis en Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda en Fierce Creatures gespeel, wat hy albei ook geskryf het. Hy was ook in baie ander prente te sien, soos Clockwise, twee James Bond-flieks as Q (die kwartiermeester), twee Harry Potter-prente en die laaste drie Shrek-flieks.

Saam met die skrywer van Yes Minister, Antony Jay, was hy die stigter van Video Arts, ’n vervaardigingsmaatskappy wat vermaakopleidingsprente maak. In 1976 was hy ook medestigter van The Secret Policeman's Ball-welsynprogramme om geld in te samel vir die menseregte-organisasie Amnestie Internasionaal.

Filmografie 

 Spud 3: Learning to Fly (2014) – The Guv
 Spud 2: The Madness Continues (2013) – The Guv
 Planes (2013) – Bulldog (stem)
 The Big Year (2011) – Historical Montage Verteller (stem)
 Winnie the Pooh (2011) – Verteller (stem)
 Legend of the Guardian: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) – Geest (stem)
 Spud (2010) – The Guv
 Shrek Forever After (2010) – King Harold (stem)
 Planet 51 (2009) – Professor Kipple (stem)
 Entourage (2009) – Zichzelf (seisoen 7, aflewering: Love Yourself)
 The Pink Panther 2 (2009) – Inspekteur Dreyfus
 The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) – Dr. Barnhardt
 Igor (2008) – Dr. Glickenstein (stem)
 Shrek the Third (2007) – King Harold (stem)
 Charlotte's Web (2006) – Samuel the Sheep (stem)
 L'entente cordiale (2006) – Lord Conrad
 Man About Town (2006) – Dr. Primkin
 Complete Guide to Guys (2006) – British Expert
 Valiant (2005) – Mercury (stem)
 Around the World in 80 Days (2004) – Grizzled Sergeant
 Shrek 2 (2004) – King (stem)
 Education Tips No. 41: Choosing a Really Expensive School (Video, 2003) – Prof. Dik Bonkers/Dr. Ken Enron Chaney
 George of the Jungle 2 (2003) – Ape (stem)
 Charlie's Angles: Full Throttle (2003) – Mr. Munday
 Scorched (2003) – Charles Merchant
 Die Another Day (2002) – Q
 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) – Nearly Headless Nick
 Pinocchio (2002) – The Talking Crickett (stem)
 The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) – James
 Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (TV-reeks) – Red Lansing (2002)
 Mickey's House of Villains (2002) – Verteller
 Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (Video, 2001) – Verteller
 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) – Nearly Headless Nick
 Rat Race (film) (2001) – Donald P. Sinclair
 H.M.O. (TV-film, 2001) – Dr. Larry King
 The Magic Pudding (2000) – Albert, the Magic Pudding (stem)
 Quantum Project (2000) – Alexander Pentcho
 Isn't She Great (2000) – Henry Marcus
 The World Is Not Enough (1999) – R
 The Out-of-Towners (1999) – Mr. Mersault
 Parting Shots (1999) – Maurice Walpole
 George of the Jungle (1997) – An Ape Named 'Ape' (stem)
 Fierce Creatures (1997) – Rollo Lee
 The Wind in the Willows (1996) – Mr. Toad's Lawyer
 Look at the State We're In! (minireeks, 1995) – Minister
 The Jungle Book (1994) – Dr. Julien Plumford
 The Swan Princess (1994) – Jean-Bob (stem)
 Frankenstein (1994) – Professor Waldman
 Splitting Heirs (1993) – Raoul P. Shadgrind
 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) – Cat R. Waul (stem)
 Bullseye! (1990) – Man on the Beach in Barbados Who Looks Like John Cleese
 Grime Goes Green: Your Business and the Environment (1990) – Mr. Grime
 Erik the Viking (1989) – Halfdan the Black
 The Big Picture (1989) – Bartender Frankie
 A Fish Called Wanda (1988) – Archie Leach
 Baby Quark (1987) – Verteller
 Quark and the Highway Robber (1987) – Verteller
 Clockwise (1986) – Brian Stimpson
 Silverado (1985) – Sheriff John T. Langston
 Yellowbeard (1983) – Harvey 'Blind' Pew
 The Meaning of Life (1983) – Verskillende rolle
 Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) – Verskillende rolle
 Privates on Parade (1982) – Major Giles ck
 Time Bandits (1981) – Robin Hood
 The Great Muppet Caper (1981) – Neville
 The Taming of the Shrew (TV-film, 1980) – Petruchio
 Peter Cook & Co. (1980) – Verskillende rolle
 Fawlty Towers (TV-reeks) – Basil Fawlty (12 afl., 1975, 1979)
 Life of Brian (1979) – Verskillende rolle
 I'd Like a Word with You (1979) – Ethelred the Unready/Ivan the Terrible/William the Silent
 To Norway, Home of Giants (TV-film, 1979) – Norman Fearless
 The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977) – Arthur Sherlock Holmes
 The Mermaid Frolics (TV-film, 1977) – Verskillende rolle
 Pleasure at Her Majesty's (TV-film, 1976) – Verskillende rolle
 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) – Verskillende rolle
 Romance with a Double Bass (1974) – Musician Smychkov
 The Goodies and the Beanstalk (TV-film, 1973) – The Genie
 Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV-reeks) – Verskillende rolle (41 afl., 1969–1974)
 The Love Ban (1973) – Contraceptives Lecturer
 Sez Les (TV-reeks, 1971–1974) – Verskillende rolle
 And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) – Verskillende rolle
 The Statue (1971) – Harry
 The Rise and Rise and Michael Rimmer (1970) – Pumer
 The Magic Christian (1969) – Mr. Dougdale (director in Sotheby's)
 Light Entertainment Killers (TV-film, 1969) – Rol onbekend
 How to Irritate People (TV-film, 1968) – Verskillende rolle
 At Last the 1948 Show (TV-reeks) – Verskillende rolle (1967)
 The Frost Report (TV-reeks) – Verskillende rolle (1966–1967)

Verwysings

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 John Cleese  by die Museum of Broadcast Communications
 
 
  Hierdie artikel is vertaal uit die Engelse Wikipedia

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