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 |
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| 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
... Beverley Knight compares herself with John CleeseKnight looked amazing when she arrived in head-to-toe black latex adorned with gold snakes - she even had someone carrying the back of her dress, so it didn t drag on the grassy, sustainable green carpet...
Fawlty Towers: John Cleese to revive series with daughter
... John Cleese, who played Basil Fawlty, will be returning to write and star alongside his daughter Camilla Cleese...
Jacob Rees Mogg to host GB News show
... Other presenters include Nigel Farage, John Cleese and Eamonn Holmes...
BBC 100: 40 interesting facts about its biggest programmes
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Bardney Festival: The UK's answer to Woodstock that almost never was
... " One cannot really underestimate the opposition to this event, " says Sir Michael Palin, who travelled with his Monty Python colleagues John Cleese and Terry Jones to perform...
Barry Cryer obituary: A life dedicated to laughter
... There he found himself working alongside a number of future stars, including John Cleese, Ronnie Barker, Marty Feldman and Graham Chapman...
John Cleese to complain over BBC interview
... 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...
Greta Thunberg: New beetle named after climate activist
N. gretae doesn't bear much resemblance to climate activist Greta Thunberg
A newly discovered Species of beetle has been named after young climate activist Greta Thunberg .
Nelloptodes gretae bears little resemblance to its namesake - it is less than 1mm long, and has no wings or eyes.
The insect does, however, have two long pigtail-like antennae.
Scientist Dr Michael Darby said he chose the name because he was "immensely impressed" by the Swedish teenager's environmental campaigning.
N. gretae was first found in Kenya in the 1960s by William Block, who donated his samples to the Natural History Museum in London in 1978. It has been held in one of The Museum 's collections since.
Dr Darby was studying this collection when he came across the then-nameless Species .
Greta Thunberg has led a global climate protest movement, Fridays For FutureBy naming The Beetle after Ms Thunberg, he said, he "wanted to acknowledge her outstanding contribution in raising awareness of environmental issues".
It has now been formally named in the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine.
Dr Max Barclay, The Museum 's senior curator in charge of beetles, said the name was apt because "it is likely that undiscovered Species are being lost all the time, before scientists have even named them, because of Biodiversity Loss ".
"So it is appropriate to name one of the newest discoveries after someone who has worked so hard to champion the Natural World and protect vulnerable Species ," he added.
Who else has an animal named after them?For scientists, naming a newly discovered Species after themselves is simply not done - which means they need to be a bit more creative.
This is how we now have a parasite named after Bob Marley (Gnathia marleyi), a genus of fish called after Richard Dawkins (Dawkinsia), and a small park's worth of Species - both alive and extinct - named after Sir David Attenborough .
Sometimes animals are named after celebrities The Scientists admire, as with the N. gretae beetle, or a spider called Spintharus leonardodicaprioi.
John Cleese is a Big Fan of Lemurs - although this particular Species isn't named after HimOther times, it's because the celebrity is known to have a particular fondness for that animal - as with the lemur named after John Cleese , Avahi cleesei.
And sometimes The Animals bear some resemblance to the celebrity they're named after.
For example, there is a golden-haired fly named after Beyonce - Scaptia beyonceae. There is also a moth called Neopalpa donaldtrumpi which, biologist Vazrick Nazari said in 2017, is known for
And just last year, Donald Trump had Another Animal named after Him - The Dermophis donaldtrumpi was so named because of the US president's comments about Climate Change .
Unlike when you name a pet, however, scientific names last forever.
There is perhaps no starker warning of the dangers of this than the Anophthalmus hitleri, a blind cave beetle doomed to forever be named after Adolf Hitler by a German admirer in 1933.
environment, insects, climate change, greta thunberg
Source of news: bbc.com
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