List of John Cleese performances

John Cleese is an English actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter and writer. He is known for his work on screen and stage. He was a member of the comedy sketch group Monty Python. This is a filmography of his work which consists of about 180 various roles.

John Cleese in 2008

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Interlude	TV Publicist
	The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom	Post Office Clerk
1969	The Magic Christian	Mr. Dougdale, Director In Sotheby's
	The Best House in London	Jones	Uncredited
1970	The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer	Pummer	Also writer
1971	And Now for Something Completely Different	Various Roles
	The Statue	Harry
1973	The Love Ban	Sex Therapist
1974	Romance with a Double Bass	Musician Smychkov	Also writer
1975	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	Various Roles
1976	Meetings, Bloody Meetings	Manager / Various Roles
1977	The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It	Arthur Sherlock Holmes
1979	Monty Python's Life of Brian	Various Roles
1981	The Great Muppet Caper	Neville	Cameo
	Time Bandits	Gormless Robin Hood
1982	Privates on Parade	Major Giles Flack
	Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl	Various Roles	Concert film; also writer
1983	Yellowbeard	Harvey "Blind" Pew
	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	Various Roles	Also writer
1985	Silverado	Langston
1986	Clockwise	Mr. Stimpson
1988	A Fish Called Wanda	Barrister Archie Leach	Also writer and executive producer
1989	Erik the Viking	Halfdan The Black
	The Big Picture	The Bartender	Cameo
1990	Bullseye!	Man On The Beach Who Looks Like John Cleese
1991	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	Cat R. Waul	Voice
1993	Splitting Heirs	Raoul P. Shadgrind
1994	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Professor Waldman
	The Jungle Book	Dr. Julius Plumford
	The Swan Princess	Jean-Bob	Voice
1996	The Wind in the Willows	Mr. Toad's Lawyer	Cameo
1997	Fierce Creatures	Rollo Lee	Also writer and producer
	George of the Jungle	Ape	Voice
1998	In the Wild: Operation Lemur with John Cleese	The Narrator	Documentary
1999	The Out-of-Towners	Mr. Mersault
	The World Is Not Enough	R
2000	Isn't She Great	Henry Marcus
	The Magic Pudding	Albert The Magic Pudding	Voice
2001	Quantum Project	Alexander Pentcho
	Here's Looking at You: The Evolution of the Human Face	The Narrator	Documentary
	Rat Race	Donald P. Sinclair
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Nearly Headless Nick
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
	Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio	The Talking Cricket	Voice; English dub
	Die Another Day	Q
	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	James
2003	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	Mr. Munday
	Scorched	Charles Merchant
	George of the Jungle 2	Ape	Voice
2004	Shrek 2	King Harold
	Around the World in 80 Days	Grizzled Sergeant
2005	Valiant	Mercury	Voice
2006	Charlotte's Web	Samuel the Sheep
	Man About Town	Dr. Primkin
	L'Entente Cordiale	Lord Conrad	French film
2007	Shrek the Third	King Harold	Voice
2008	Igor	Dr. Glickenstein
	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Dr. Barnhardt
2009	The Pink Panther 2	Chief-Inspector Charles Dreyfus
	Planet 51	Professor Kipple	Voice
2010	Spud	"The Guv" Edly
	Shrek Forever After	King Harold	Voice
2011	Beethoven's Christmas Adventure	The Narrator
	The Big Year	Historical Montage Narrator
	Winnie the Pooh	The Narrator
2012	God Loves Caviar	McCormick
	A Liar's Autobiography	David Frost / Various Roles	Voices
2013	The Last Impresario	Himself	Documentary
	The Croods		Story credit
	Spud 2: The Madness Continues	"The Guv" Edly
	Planes	Bulldog	Voice
2014	Spud 3: Learning to Fly	"The Guv" Edly
2015	Absolutely Anything	Chief Alien	Voice
2016	Get Squirrely	Mr. Bellwood
	Albion: The Enchanted Stallion	General Eeder
	Trolls	King Gristle Sr.	Voice
2018	Charming	The Fairy Godmother
	Elliot the Littlest Reindeer	Donner
2019	The Naked Wanderer	Brian King
	Arctic Dogs	Doc Walrus	Voice
2020	The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee	John
2021	Father Christmas Is Back	John Christmas[1]
	Clifford the Big Red Dog	Mr. Bridwell
2022	Daddy Daughter Trip	Frank
2023	Rally Road Racers	Archie Vainglorious	Voice
	The Palace	Arthur William Dallas III
	The Martini Shot	Dr. Auyeung

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962–1963	That Was the Week That Was		Writer
1966–1967	The Frost Report	Various Roles	28 episodes; also writer
1967	At Last the 1948 Show		2 seasons; also writer
1968	How to Irritate People		Television film; also writer
	The Avengers	Marcus Rugman	1 episode
1969–1974	Monty Python's Flying Circus	Various Roles	40 episodes; also co-creator and writer
1971, 1974	Sez Les		18 episodes
1972	Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus		2 episodes; also co-creator and writer
1973	The Goodies	The Genie	Episode: "The Goodies and the Beanstalk"
	Comedy Playhouse	Sherlock Holmes	Episode: "Elementary, My Dear Watson"
1975–1979	Fawlty Towers	Basil Fawlty	12 episodes; also co-creator and writer
1977	The Muppet Show	Himself	Episode: "John Cleese"
1979	Ripping Yarns	Passer-By	Episode: "Golden Gordon"
	To Norway, Home of Giants	Norman Fearless	Television film
	Doctor Who	Art Gallery Visitor	Cameo; City of Death Part 4
1980	The Taming of the Shrew	Petruchio	Television film
	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Himself (Host)	Television special
1982	Whoops Apocalypse	Lacrobat	3 episodes
1987	Cheers	Dr. Simon Finch-Royce	Episode: "Simon Says"
	The Grand Knockout Tournament	Himself	Television special
1988	True Stories: Peace in our Time?	Neville Chamberlain	Television film
1993	Last of the Summer Wine	Neighbour	Episode: "Welcome to Earth"
	Dr. Seuss Video Classics	The Narrator (voice)	Episode: "Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?"
1998	Monty Python Live at Aspen	Himself	Television special
1998, 2001	3rd Rock from the Sun	Dr. Liam Neesam	4 episodes
1999	Casper & Mandrilaftalen	Various Roles	Episode #2.2
2001	The Human Face	Himself (Host)	4 episodes; also writer
2002	Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)	"Red" Lansing	12 episodes
	Disney's House of Mouse	The Narrator (voice)	4 episodes
2003–2004	Will & Grace	Lyle Finster	6 episodes
2004	Wine for the Confused	Himself (Host)	Documentary; also writer
2008	Batteries Not Included		6 episodes
	We Are Most Amused		Television special
2010	Entourage	Himself	Episode: "Lose Yourself"
2012–2013	Whitney	Dr. Grant	2 episodes
2014	Over the Garden Wall	Quincy Endicott / Adelaide (voices)
2018–2019	Hold the Sunset[note 1][3]	Phil	13 episodes
2018	Speechless	Martin	2 episodes
2023	The Dinosaur Hour[4]	Himself (host)	8 episodes
	LOL: Last One Laughing [de]	Himself	1 episode
2024	The Roast of John Cleese	Himself	Seven Network special

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	Half a Sixpence	Young Walsingham	Broadway production
2005	Spamalot	God (voice)
2014	Monty Python Live (Mostly)	Various Roles	Also writer
2017	Bang Bang!	N/A	Writer, adapting Georges Feydeau's Monsieur Chasse!

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
1994	Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time	Performer	Video
1996	Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail
1997	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1998	Starship Titanic	The Bomb	Credited as Kim Bread
2000	007 Racing	R
	007: The World Is Not Enough (Nintendo 64)
	007: The World Is Not Enough (PlayStation)
2004	James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing	Q
	Time Troopers	Special Agent Wormold
	Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged	History
2005	Jade Empire	Sir Roderick
2007	Shrek the Third	King Harold
2010	Fable III	Jasper
2012	Smart As	The Narrator[5]
2014	The Elder Scrolls Online	Sir Cadwell
2015	The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
2016	The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Edition
	Payday 2	The Butler (Aldstone)[6]
2017	Raid: World War II	Control
2018	The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset	Sir Cadwell
2019	The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr
2020	The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor
2021	The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood

Radio credits

Year	Title
1964–1973	I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
1972	I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue

Audiobooks

(list only includes audiobooks in which Cleese is sole reader, not those in which he is part of a cast)

Year	Title
1997	The Inferno of Dante
1999	The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
2006	Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? by Dr. Seuss
2012	The Comedy Greats by Russell Davies
	Tom Thumb
2016	So, Anyway... autobiography by John Cleese

Television advertisements

Year	Title	Role
1970s	Royal Mail	Pirate / Sir Betty
1975	Texaco	Himself
1978	Accurist
1980–82	Sony
1981	Giroblauw (Netherlands)	Interviewer
1982	Postbank (Netherlands)	Himself
	EAC Multilist (Australia)	Estate agent
	American Express	Himself
1980s	Compaq
	Planters Pretzels (Australia)
1986	Maxwell House
1988	Talking Pages	Man who wants to marry Princess
1990–91	Schweppes	Himself
1991–94	Magnavox
1992–93	Talking Pages	Colin
1993	Nestlé Milk Chocolate (Australia)	Himself
	Cellnet	Woman
1993–95	Health Education Authority (Smoking Quitline)	Himself
1996	Norwich Union Direct
	Tele Danmark (Denmark)
1998	Tostitos	French chef
	Lexus	Himself, voice only
1998–99	Sainsbury's	Himself
1999	Melba toast
	Artistdirect.com
2001	007: Agent Under Fire	R
2001–08	Titleist	Ian MacCallister
2002	Little Tikes	Himself
	Heineken
2003	Westinghouse Unplugged vacuum cleaner
2005	Intel
2006	TBS
	TV Spielfilm (Germany)
2006–08	Kaupþing (Iceland)
2008	Bank Zachodni WBK (Poland)
2009	Elgiganten (Sweden)
	Hashahar Ha'oleh (Israel)	Western general
	Accurist	Himself
2010	William Hill (Austria)
2010–11	AA
2011	Dogtober (Australia)	Himself, voice only
2012	Czech Olympic Team (Czech Republic)	Himself
	DirecTV
	Canadian Club (Australia)	Himself, voice only
2015	Specsavers	Basil Fawlty

Notes

1. Previously named Edith^[2]