John Cleese

O ile a tswa Cambridge Footlights ka bo-1960, a qala ho atleha ho Edinburgh Festival Fringe le e le mongodi wa dipale le moetsi wa The Frost Report. Qetellong ya bo-1960, o ile a theha Monty Python, sehlopha sa metlae se ikarabellang bakeng sa lenaneo la ditšoantšo Monty Python's Flying Circus. Hammoho le di-co-star tsa hae tsa Python Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin le Graham Chapman, Cleese o ile a bapala difiliming tsa Monty Python, tse kenyeletsang Monty Python le Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979), le The Meaning of Life (1983).

Bohareng ba bo-1970, Cleese le mosadi wa hae wa pele Connie Booth ba ile ba ngola hammoho sitcom Fawlty Towers, eo ho atsebahalang a  bapalang jwalo ka mong'a hotele Basil Fawlty, eo a hapileng Moputso oa British Academy Television ka 1980 bakeng sa Ts'ebetso e Ntle ya Boithabiso. Ka 2000, lenaneo lena le ile la fihla hodimo lenaneng la British Film Institute la Mananeo a 100 a maholo ka ho fetisisa di thelevishene tsa Borithane, 'me phuputsong ya 2001 ya Channel 4,mosadi o ile a ba maemong a bobedi lenaneng la hae la Batho ba 100 ba Hlwahlwa ka ho Fetisisa ba thelevisheneng.

Cleese o ile a bapala le Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis le Michael Palin ho A Fish Called Wanda (1988) le Fierce Creatures (1997), tseo ka bobedi a ileng a di ngola. Bakeng sa A Fish Called Wanda, o ile a fuwa dikgetho tsa Moputso wa Academy, Moputso oa BAFTA le Moputso wa Golden Globe. O boetse a bapala difiliming tsa Time Bandits (1981), Clockwise (1986), le Rat Race (2001) mme o ile a bapala ho Q">Silverado (1985), Frankenstein ea Mary Shelley (1994), difilimi tse peli tsa James Bond (jwalo ka R le Q), difilimi tsa Harry Potter tse pedi (jwalo Ka Nick ya Hoo e ka bang ya se nang hlooho), le difilimi tsena tse tharo tsa ho qetela tsa Shrek. O ile a fumana Moputso wa Primetime Emmy bakeng sa Moetsi ya ikgethang eo baeti ho Letoto la Comedy bakeng sa Cheers (1987) mme o ile a kgethwa bakeng sa 3rd Rock from the Sun (1998) le Will & Grace (2004).

Cleese o khethehile ka satire ya dipolotiki le ya  bolumeli, metlae e metsho, metlae ya li-sketch le metlae e sa tlwaelehang. O ile a kgethwa e le sebapadi sa bobedi se setle ka ho fetisisa sa metlae ho tloha ka 2005 Channel 4 phuputsong ya  batshwantshiso mmoho le yena.  O ile a theha Video Arts, khamphani ya tlhahiso e etsang difilimi tse thabisang tsa kwetliso hammoho le dipontsho tsa diphallelo tsa The Secret Policeman's Ball ho bokella chelete bakeng sa mokhatlo wa ditokelo tsa botho Amnesty International. E ne e le motšhehetsi ya matla ya Di-Liberal Democrats, ka 1999, o ile a hana tlhahiso ya mokha ya  ho mo kgetha hore e be moeta-pele wa bophelo bohle. Ka 2023, o ile a qala ho hlahisa lenaneo la dipuisano ho GB News(ditaba).