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John Cleese

John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s he became a member of Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. In the mid 1970s, Cleese and his first wife Connie Booth, co-wrote and starred in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. Later, he co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. He also starred in Clockwise, and has appeared in many other films, including two James Bond films, two Harry Potter films, and three Shrek films. With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded the production company Video Arts, responsible for making entertaining training films. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Cleese, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

2002
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

as Nearly Headless Nick (Sir Nicholas)

Movie
2004
Shrek 2

as King Harold (voice)

Movie
2010
Shrek Forever After

as King Harold (voice)

Movie
2007
Shrek the Third

as King Harold (voice)

Movie
1999
The World Is Not Enough

as R

Movie
1975
Monty Python and the Holy Grail

as Second Swallow-Savvy Guard / The Black Knight / Peasant 3 / Sir Launcelot the Brave / Taunting French Guard / Tim the Enchanter

Movie
2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

as Nearly Headless Nick

Movie
2004
Around the World in 80 Days

as Grizzled Sergeant

Movie
2008
The Day the Earth Stood Still

as Professor Barnhardt

Movie