Acting
John Cleese
- Titles
- 216movies87TV shows
- Career
Active from 1962 to 2025, busiest in 2006 with 11 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 66top three billing
- Average score
58/100
- Highest rated
Fawlty Towers93/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 108 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Situational Comedy5.9average 2.7
- Physical Comedy5.6average 2.5
- Absurdist Humor4.7average 2.0
- Satire & Parody4.9average 2.3
- Wit & Wordplay6.0average 3.7
- Wholesome4.9average 3.3
- Cringe Humor3.5average 2.2
- Pop Culture3.4average 2.2
Rarely in their work
- Psychological3.5, average 5.6
- Melancholy2.7, average 4.7
- Tension4.1, average 6.1
- Contemporary Realism3.3, average 5.2
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- British Comedy 11
- Cult Classic 9
- Ensemble Cast 9
- Witty Dialogue 9
- British Humor 9
- Family-Friendly Adventure 8
- Satirical 7
- Social Commentary 7
- Slapstick Comedy 6
- Family-Friendly 6
- Character-Driven 5
- Farce 5
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Michael PalinActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, A Fish Called Wanda, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, +24 more
Graham ChapmanActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, At Last the 1948 Show, +22 more
Eric IdleActorShrek the Third, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, +19 more
Terry JonesActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, +18 more
Terry GilliamActorMonty Python's Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, +15 more
Connie BoothActorFawlty Towers, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus, How to Irritate People, +5 more
Carol ClevelandActorLife of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, +3 more
Ian MacNaughtonDirectorMonty Python's Flying Circus, And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python, Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
Tim Brooke-TaylorActorAt Last the 1948 Show, How to Irritate People, The Statue, The Goodies and the Beanstalk
Cameron DiazActorShrek Forever After, Shrek the Third, Shrek 2, A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Mike MyersActorShrek Forever After, Shrek the Third, Shrek 2, Monty Python Live (Mostly)
John Du PrezComposerA Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, The Wind in the Willows, Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Movies and TV shows
341970s
34 titles ¡ average score 69
84
as Wise Man #1 / Reg / Jewish Official / First Centurion / Deadly Dirk / Arthur
as Norman Fearless
as Nigel Farquhar-Bennett â Narrator (voice)
80
as Passerby
66
Producer, Stage Director
as Art Gallery Visitor
Creator
62
as Sherlock Holmes
TV show ¡ as Kevin
as Kevin
77
TV show
88
as Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter
93
TV show ¡ as Basil Fawlty
as Brian
as Brian
as John Cleese
65
as Smychkov
as Sherlock Holmes
as Various
as Narrator / Pie Face 2
38
as Contraceptives Lecturer
as The Genie
77
TV show ¡ as Various Characters
39
Writer
as Archimedes
83
as Announcer / Hungarian Citizen / self - Defence Teacher / Sir George Head / Policeman / Interviewer / Mr. Praline / Second General / Christopher Columbus / Mungo the Cook / Bank Robber / Accountant #2 (falling past the window) / Vocational Guidance Counselor / Vivian Smith Smythe Smith / Mountie / Town Guild Lady
47
as Harry
as Timothy