John Cleese
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 84 |
Date of birth | October 27,1939 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Weston-super-Mare |
United Kingdom | |
Height | 196 (cm) |
Spouse | Jennifer Wade |
Books | So, Anyway. . . |
Professor at Large: The Cornell Years | |
Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide | |
Monty Python's Flying Circus | |
The Pythons | |
So, Anyway... | |
Awards | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance | |
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Screenplay | |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | |
Children | Cynthia Cleese |
Camilla Cleese | |
Parents | Muriel Cleese |
Reg Cleese | |
Grandchildren | Olivia Solomon |
Evan Solomon | |
Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 409285 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Time Bandits
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Clockwise
Shrek 2
Rat Race
Fierce Creatures
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Trolls
And Now for Something Completely Different
Die Another Day
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
The World Is Not Enough
At Last the 1948 Show
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Shrek the Third
Monty Python's Personal Best
The Pink Panther 2
George of the Jungle
Charlotte's Web
Silverado
Monty Python Live (Mostly)
Splitting Heirs
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Erik the Viking
How to Irritate People
Absolutely Anything
Shrek Forever After
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
The Swan Princess
Winnie the Pooh
Around the World in 80 Days
The Out-of- Towners
The Great Muppet Caper
George of the Jungle 2
Valiant
Planet 51
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Planes
Isn't She Great
The Magic Christian
Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python
Igor
Hold the Sunset
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Yellowbeard
Life of Brian
Fawlty Towers
A Fish Called Wanda
John Cleese Life story
John Marwood Cleese is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report.
Early Life and Education
John cleese was born in weston-super-mare. England on october 27. 1939. He was raised in a middle-class family. With his mother muriel and father reginald being boht active in local business. He attended clifton college. An independent scholo in bristol. Where he was a member of the school s cricket team and was also in the school s drama society. He later attended downing college. Cambridge. Where he stduied law. But eventually decidde to pursue a career in comedy.Career in Comedy
John cleese first gained fame as part of the british comedy troupe monyt pythons flying circus. He co-wrote and starred in several british television shows. Including fawlty towers. Which is considered one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. He also wrtoe and starred in a number of feature films. Including a fish called wanda. Which won him an oscar nomination for best screenplay.Theatrical Performances
John cleese has also had success on the stage. He has written and starred in a number of theatrical performancesi. Ncluding the west end production of the secret policemans ball and the broadway comedy show monty python live at the hollywood bowl.Writing and Directing
John cleese has written and directed a number of television and film projects. He wrote and directed fiecre creatures. A 1997 comedy film starring jamie lee curtis and kevin kline. He also wrote and directed the 2001 film. The wolrd is not enough.Voice Acting
John cleese has lent his voice to a number of animated filsm and television shows. Including the simpsons. Shrek 2. And wallace & gromit: the curse of the were-rabbit. He also voiced the character of king harold in the 2010 disney film. Shrek forever after.Acting in Other Mediums
John cleese has also had success in other mediums. He has appeared in a numebr of video gamesi. Ncluding the popular grand theft auto series. He also starred in the television series will & grace. And the film the man who knew too ilttle.Awards and Achievements
John cleese has been recognized for his contributions to the world of comedy. In 2005. He was made a cmomander of the order of the british empire for services to television. He has also won several bafta awards for his work in television and film.Personal Life
Jonh cleese has been married four times and has three children. He is an avdi cricket fan and is a patron of the charity chance to shine. He is also a supporter of the liberal democrats. A political party in the united kingdom.Important Event
In cleese and his comedy troupe. Monty python. Staged their fianl performance at the arena in london. The show was attended by over people and was heralded as one of the most significant comedy events of the 20th century.Interesting Fact
John lceese is an avid collector of calssic cars. His collection includes a 1932 austin 7. A 1938 rolls royce. And a 1947 jaguar xk140.Olivier Awards: Seven things we learned at the ceremony
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... Media caption, Watch John Cleese s pre-recorded interview with BBC presenter Karishma Vaswani in fullJohn Cleese has said he intends to put in a formal complaint about the " deception, dishonesty and tone" of recent BBC interview he took part in...
Christmas movie production snowballs to reach new record
... Streaming platforms are tapping into the seasonal demand too, with Netflix offering a dozen original films starring big names like John Cleese, Kelsey Grammar and Brooke Shields...
Christmas movie production snowballs to reach new record
Settling down in front of feel-good festive movies has become a modern Christmas Tradition - and has driven the production of seasonal films to record-breaking levels this year.
More Than 200 new feature films and TV movies with The Word Christmas in the title are listed on The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) for release in 2021.
That number has doubled since 2016, and is four times More Than in 2011.
Channels and streamers have discovered festive films are big ratings winners.
Christmas movies have been popular for decades, and classics like Home Alone , Love Actually and It's A Wonderful Life will be widely watched again in The Coming weeks.
But The Boom in a New Breed of festive films can be traced Back To the Hallmark US cable channel's decision to launch a special season of TV movies in 2009.
Its first Countdown To Christmas featured four Original Productions and delivered record audiences.
This year, its countdown started even earlier, on 22 October, and includes a record 42 original holiday films.
" They bet really big on Christmas and Everyone Else seemed to notice the ratings, " Says Brandon Gray, co-host of the Deck the Hallmark podcast And One of the authors of a new book called I'll Be Home for Christmas Movies.
Rival channel Lifetime was among those to take notice, and has made 35 of its own Christmas crowd-pleasers this year, also its highest number yet.
Streaming platforms are tapping into the seasonal demand too, with Netflix offering a dozen original films starring big names like John Cleese , Kelsey Grammar and Brooke Shields .
The IMDB numbers only include movies with " Christmas " in the title, meaning the true number of festive films is Even Higher .
This season's big cinema releases include Silent Night , starring Keira Knightley , and Aml Ameen 's Boxing Day , which also stars Little Mix 's Leigh-Anne Pinnock.
Scroll down to find out more about some of this year's new releases.
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Watch: Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Aml Ameen interviewed about their Christmas film, Boxing DayWhen It Comes to made-for-TV movies, many are relatively low-budget and use a feel-good formula to tell stories of romance and Family - and are cosy and comforting enough to cancel out being corny and cheesy.
" It's this magical season when the storyline that's on the screen doesn't matter as long as there's a bunch of Christmas trees in the background and it's snowing, " Says Gray.
" For viewers, it's just a Way to escape and to feel for at least two hours this little bit of peace in the midst of the craziness of The Holiday season and the craziness of The World in which we have lived in The Last couple years. "
Successful formulaHallmark built its festive empire on films that look and feel the same, Gray Says .
" They have the same aesthetic because they figured out what works: 'If we keep everything basically Uniform - not too funny, not too sad - People will go from one movie to The Next . '
" So you have the Two People that Fall In love and there's some sort of misunderstanding with about 30 Minutes to go And Then they'll figure it out, and they'll kiss.
" And you do it over and over again, and as long as it looks Uniform and feels Uniform , People will watch one after The Other . "
This year is The Best crop of films So Far , Gray Says - partly because channels like Hallmark are beginning to experiment with that formula.
" Especially this year, I feel The Change , where they're putting more emphasis on different types of stories, " he Says . " They're working hard with inclusion and making sure that the stories that are being told match what you're seeing on the screen.
" So it's no longer them just putting a person of colour on screen in a white world, but they're actually telling stories that feel authentic to who you're watching on screen. "
In the UK, some of those TV movies have been playing on The Great ! Movies Christmas channel since 23 September, and on Channel 5 in the daytimes since early November.
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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Author Matt Haig 's children's book A Boy Called Christmas has been made into a film. 12 new films of Christmas : A Boy Called Christmas - Dame Maggie Smith and Jim Broadbent are in the adaptation of author Matt Haig 's Father Christmas origin story (in cinemas and on Sky Cinema/Now in UK, Netflix in US)A Castle For Christmas - Brooke Shields plays an American author who follows Family roots to a Scottish castle and its resident hard-up duke (Netflix)Last Train To Christmas - Michael Sheen plays A Man who travels through time when he moves through train carriages on Christmas Eve (Sky Cinema/Now in UK)Next Stop, Christmas - This year's second Christmas time-travelling train film features Back To The Future 's Christopher Lloyd (Great! Movies Christmas in UK, Hallmark in US)Single All The Way - A same-sex Christmas rom-com about a guy who is always single when he goes home for Christmas (Netflix)Boxing Day - An author introduces his American fiancée to His Family in The First British Christmas rom-com led by an all-black cast (in cinemas in UK)Silent Night - A Dark Comedy in which Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode host Christmas as The Apocalypse approaches (in cinemas and on-demand stores in UK, on AMC+ in US)Boyfriends Of Christmas Past - A marketing executive is visited by the ghosts of four former boyfriends (Channel 5 in UK, Hallmark in US)Father Christmas Is Back - John Cleese , Kelsey Grammar and Liz Hurley star in an almost unwatchably over-the-top Family tale in a Yorkshire stately home (Netflix)Home Sweet Home Alone - The Sixth Home Alone film is essentially a remake of the original (Disney+)'Twas The Fight Before Christmas - Documentary about a Christmas fanatic who battled his neighbours over his plans for a spectacular festive show in their neighbourhood (Apple TV+)The Bitch Who Stole Christmas - Rupaul and a host of Drag Race stars parody the Hallmark formula (Comedy Central in UK, VH1 in US)Follow us on, or on Twitter. If you have A Story suggestion Email .
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