John cleese
John Marwood Cleese (Somerset, October 27, 1939) is a British actor and comedian, known for having been one of the six members of the comedy group Monty Python.
Biography
Her father, an insurance salesman, changed the family name from "Cheese" to "Cleese" because of the meaning of the word cheese. studied law at Cambridge University. He has been married several times, one of them with the also actress Connie Booth, who participated in several Monty Python projects.
The tallest of the group, Cleese specialized in portraying staid, serious characters. Among his most popular creations were the argumentative specialist, Sir Lancelot, in The Knights of the Square Table and Their Fools followers, Mr. Teabags in The Ministry of Silly Walks and the slaughterhouse architect who wanted to be a Freemason.
He also became famous as the BBC presenter who would appear sitting at a desk in such strange places as a street, a beach or a truck, saying the phrase "And now for something completely different " ("and now something totally different"), which he made into a Monty Python catchphrase.
Cleese left the group after the third part of the Monty Python's Flying Circus series ended in 1973, although he returned the following year to take part in the film The Knights of the Square Table and their crazy followers. He is probably the member of the Monty Python group who has had the most success in the cinema, where he has worked in numerous films, such as A Fish Called Wanda —Wanda's entanglements in other Spanish-speaking countries—, Fierce Creatures, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, among others. He has also participated in television series, the most famous of which is Fawlty Towers.
Filmography
As an actor
He has participated in a total of 122 films as an actor:
- The fat one's armed. (1971) actor, screenwriter
- The knights of the square table and their mad followers (1975) actor, screenwriter
- Fawlty Towers (1975) actor
- Brian's life (1979) actor, screenwriter
- The Heroes of Time (1980) actor
- The meaning of life (1982) actor
- Silver. (1985) actor
- Always on time (1986) actor
- A fish called Wanda (1988) actor, screenwriter
- Erik, the Viking (1989) actor
- I'm catching an armed skirt (1990) actor
- Fievel goes west voice (1991)
- Newborn and already crowned actor (1993)
- Frankenstein of Mary Shelley (1994) actor
- The Jungle Book: Adventure Continues (1994) actor
- Ferocious creatures (1996) actor
- The wind in the willows (1997)
- George of the jungle Voice (1997)
- She's unique. (1999) actor
- The World Is Not Enough (1999) actor
- Foreigners in New York (1999) actor
- Harry Potter and Philosopher Stone (2001) actor
- Rats to the race (2001) actor
- House of Mouse (2001) voice in off narrated
- Pluto Nash (2002)
- Magic pudding (2002)
- Die Another Day (2002)
- Harry Potter and Secret Camera (2002)
- Charlie's angels: To the limit (2003) actor
- George of the jungle 2 (2003) voice
- This isn't a robbery. (2003) actor
- Round the world in 80 days (2004)
- Shrek 2 (2004)
- Valiant (2005) voice
- Journal of an aggressive executive (2006) actor
- Shrek third (2007) voice
- The web of Carlota (2007) voice
- Ultimatum to Earth (2008) actor
- The Pink Panther 2 (2008) actor (inspector chief Dreyfus)
- Igor (2008) voice
- Planet 51 (2009) voice (Professor Kipple)
- Shrek Forever After (2010)
- Spud (2010) actor (The Guv)
- Winnie the Pooh (2011) voice
- God Loves Caviar (2012)
- Fixed-wing aircraft (2013) voice
- Spud 2 (2013) actor (The Guv)
- Spud 3 (2014) actor (The Guv)
- Arctic Dogs (2019) voice
Honors
Awards
Oscar
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Best original script | A fish called Wanda | Nominee |
Golden Globes
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Best actor - Comedy or musical | A fish called Wanda | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
| Year | Category | Movie | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Best actor | A fish called Wanda | Winner |
Honors and tributes
- A kind of lemur, the Bemarahaly wool lemur (Avahi cleesei) named in his honor. John Cleese mentioned that in television interviews. There is also a mention of honor in "New Scientist" - and John Cleese's answer to honor.
- Asteroid, 9618 Johncleese.
- 1996: declined a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire).
- There's a 45 m high municipal trash named Mt. Cleese in Awapuni landfill just outside Palmerston North after he dubbed the city "suicide capital of New Zealand".
- "The Universal Language" skit from All in the Timing, collection of short works by David Ives, revolves around a fictional language A flood in which the word in English is "johncleese".
- Post-hardcore rock band I Set My Friends on Fire has her theme in her You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter album entitled "Reese's Pieces, I Don't Know Who John Cleese Is?".
- Appears as non-player character (NPC) in Payday 2 video game
- Ja! Mood Festival in 2016, for "a brilliant professional career dedicated to innovative and satirical humor".