Skip over navigation

John Cleese

John Cleese


News | What members say | Filmography

John Cleese - news / articles


  • Cleese to hang up the silly walks - 15 June 2006
    Comedy institution John Cleese has announced that he is to quit while he is ahead in the funny stakes, pledging to nurture the comedic talents of the future instead. - -The 66-year-old, whose comedy CV is bursting with classics like Monty Python and Fawlty Towers, a

John Cleese - what members say


  • Monty Python's Life Of Brian
  • Monty Python's Life Of Brian review by from Tilshead, Salisbury
    Rated - 3.0 stars A fitting tribute to Graham Chapman 29 May 2005
    ...lm itself. Eric Idle had already developed his transatlantic twang by then but John Cleese still had a sense of humour. ...   Read customer review
  • Fawlty Towers - Series 1 Complete
  • Fawlty Towers - Series 1 Complete review by A customer from Glasgow
    Rated - 5.0 stars They don't make em like this anymore! 2 March 2009
    .....what can I say that hasn't already been said about this work of sheer class? John Cleese is outstanding, as are the rest of the cast....no one character is better than ...   Read customer review
  • Fawlty Towers - Series 2 Complete
  • Fawlty Towers - Series 2 Complete review by TrevorBevan from STROUD
    Rated - 5.0 stars Commic Classic 12 November 2003
    ...t more can I add to the already established genius of wit and humour written by John Cleese and Connie. The series will go down in history as the most memorable comedy ...   Read customer review

John Cleese - filmography


  • Winnie the Pooh on DVD (2011)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Jim Cummings,  Craig Ferguson
    Director: Stephen J. Anderson,  Don Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    With the charm, wit and whimsy of the original featurettes, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical "bear of very little brain" and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga, Roo-and last, but certainly not least, Eeyore, who has lost his tail. "Well a tail is either there or it ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2,203 members
    Sign up
  • John Cleese Live - The Alimony Tour on DVD (2011)
    Starring: John Cleese
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    For the first time ever, comedy legend John Cleese brings his unique comedic perspective to DVD in John Cleese Live - The Alimony Tour
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 180 members
    Sign up
  • Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
    Starring: Kimmie Rhodes,  John Cleese,  Tom Arnold
    Director: John Putch
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Tis the season to celebrate with everyone's favourite St. Bernard, Beethoven, in an all-new, heartwarming holiday adventure where the hilarious canine speaks for the first time! When Henry the elf (Kyle Massey, TV's That's So Raven) flees the North Pole with Santa's sleigh and his magical bag of ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 4 members
    Not available for rental
  • Spud (2010)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Troye Sivan,  Jason Cope
    Director: Donovan Marsh
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    South Africa, the early 1990s. John "Spud" Milton has embarked on his first year at an elite, boys-only private school. Cursed with parents from well beyond the lunatic fringe, a senile granny, and a dormitory full of strange characters, Spud has to forge a new life for himself in this foreign and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 17 members
    Currently unavailable
    Sign up
  • Igor on DVD (2008)
    Starring: John Cusack,  Steve Buscemi,  John Cleese
    Director: Anthony Leondis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In a land of mad scientists and diabolical inventions, what do you do when you're born with a hunch on your back? You become an Igor. A twist on the classic monster movie, that tells the story of one Igor-who's sick of being a lowly lab assistant with a 'Yes Master's' degree-and dreams of becoming ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 11,493 members
    Sign up
  • The Pink Panther 2 on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Steve Martin,  Jean Reno,  Emily Mortimer
    Director: Harald Zwart
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 2,967 members
    Sign up
  • Shrek the Third - HD (2007)
    Starring: Mike Myers,  Eddie Murphy,  Cameron Diaz
    Director: Chris Miller,  Raman Hui
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In the third installment of the wildly popular SHREK series of computer-animated movies, everyone's favorite hygienically challenged green ogre (voiced by Mike Myers) faces both parental and royal responsibility when his wife, Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), finds out that she is pregnant and that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,384 member
    Not currently released
    Sign up
  • The Frost Report Is Back - Special (2007)
    Starring: Sir David Frost,  Ronnie Corbett,  Ronnie Barker
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A celebration of the satirical comedy sketch series The Frost Report, which won the prestigious Golden Rose of Montreux in the 1960s. Hosted by Sir David Frost, it was highly influential and proved to be the launch pad for the likes of Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, John Cleese, Michael Palin, ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 6 members
    Not available for rental
  • Shrek the Third on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Mike Myers,  Eddie Murphy,  Cameron Diaz
    Director: Chris Miller,  Raman Hui
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    When his new father-in-law, King Harold (John Cleese) falls ill, Shrek (Mike Myers) is looked at as the heir to the land of Far, Far Away. Not one to give up his beloved swamp, Shrek recruits his friends Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) to install the rebellious Artie (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 58,144 members
    Sign up
  • Man About Town on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Rebecca Romijn,  John Cleese
    Director: Mike Binder
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    With a marriage in shambles and a shaky client roster, slick Hollywood agent Jack Giamoro (Ben Affleck) has lost his killer instinct. To make matters worse, his personal journal has been stolen by a reporter threatening to write a career-ending expose. Now with everything on the line, Jack is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 659 members
    Sign up Watch now (With package)
  • Charlotte's Web on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Dakota Fanning,  Julia Roberts,  Oprah Winfrey
    Director: Gary Winick
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 20,541 members
    Sign up
  • Valiant on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  tim curry (voice),  Tim Curry
    Director: Gary Chapman
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    High-flying comedy adventure about a little pigeon whose biggest dream is to join the Royal Homing Pigeon Service and serving crown and country during World War II.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 36,618 members
    Sign up
  • Shrek 2 on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Mike Myers,  Eddie Murphy,  Cameron Diaz
    Director: Andrew Adamson,  Kelly Asbury,  Conrad Vernon
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    After returning from their honeymoon and showing "home movies" to their friends, Shrek and Fiona learn Fiona's parents have heard their daughter has married her true love and wish to meet the husband and invite him to their kingdom, called Far Far Away. The catch? Fiona's parents are unaware of the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 85,165 members
    Sign up
  • George Of The Jungle 2 on DVD (2003)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Chris Showerman,  Julie Benz
    Director: David Grossman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This sequel to Disney's 1997 hit film finds the clumsy ape man from Jay Ward's 1967 television cartoon perfectly content after having married the beautiful Ursula and fathering a child. However, all is not well in George's jungle kingdom because Ursula's scheming mother, Beatrice, has hatched a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,430 members
    Sign up
  • Scorched on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook,  Woody Harrelson,  Alicia Silverstone
    Director: Gavin Grazer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    In this fun crime caper movie, a small-town bank robbery is botched in the most ironic of ways three of the bank's employees have their own separate plans to steal the dough.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 3,703 members
    Sign up Watch now (With package)
  • Stupidity (2003)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Noam Chomsky,  Salma Hayek
    Director: Albert Nerenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Stupidity sets out to determine whether our culture is hooked on deliberate ignorance as a strategy for success. From Adam Sandler to George W. Bush, from the IQ test to TV programming, to the origins of the word moron, Stupidity examines the "dumbing down" of contemporary culture. Stupidity ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 14 members
    Currently unavailable
    Sign up
  • Die Another Day - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Samantha Bond,  Halle Berry,  John Cleese
    Director: Lee Tamahori
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In DIE ANOTHER DAY--the 20th James Bond adventure--007 (Pierce Brosnan) gets off to a rough start when he's captured and subsequently tortured during an assignment in North Korea. When the suave secret agent is eventually liberated, he embarks on a dangerous mission that involves tracking a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,729 member
    Sign up
  • Die Another Day on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Colin Salmon,  Halle Berry
    Director: Lee Tamahori
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In DIE ANOTHER DAY, the 20th James Bond adventure, 007 (Pierce Brosnan) gets off to a rough start when he's captured and subsequently tortured during an assignment in North Korea. When the suave secret agent is eventually liberated, he embarks on a dangerous mission that involves tracking a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 27,874 members
    Sign up
  • Rat Race on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Rowan Atkinson,  John Cleese,  Whoopi Goldberg
    Director: Jerry Zucker
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An all-star cast proves just how far people will go for the chance to win $2 million in Jerry Zucker's RAT RACE. In the tradition of Zucker's AIRPLANE and NAKED GUN 2-1/2: THE SMELL OF FEAR, this film features wild chase scenes, slapstick comedy, sight gags, impossible situations, and zany ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,939 members
    Sign up
  • BBC Great Comedy Moments on DVD (2001)
    Starring: David Jason,  Ronnie Barker,  Ronnie Corbett
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This compilation DVD brings together nearly two hours of the funniest comedy scenes from the many classic BBC programmes. Includes clips from the likes of Blackadder, Morecambe and Wise, Only Fools And Horses, Porridge, Some Mother's Do 'Ave 'Em, Steptoe and Son and more.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 541 members
    Sign up
  • Isn't She Great (2000)
    Starring: Bette Midler,  Nathan Lane,  Stockard Channing
    Director: Andrew Bergman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The hilarious Bette Midler stars in this outrageous comedy based on the life of Jacqueline Susann, an ambitious woman of dubious talent who writes Valley Of The Dolls, the sexy, best-selling novel that takes the world by storm. Jacqueline's irrepressible sense of humour, indomitable spirit and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3 members
    Currently unavailable
    Sign up
  • The Magic Pudding (2000)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Geoffrey Rush,  Sam Neill
    Director: Karl Zwicky
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Meet Albert (John Cleese) a magnificent puddin' who can turn himself into just about any puddin' you can imagine. Only problem is that everyone is trying to steal him and he has the annoying habit of running away at every possible opportunity! It's up to his three friends to look after Albert, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 25 members
    Currently unavailable
    Sign up
  • In The Wild - Lemurs With John Cleese on DVD (1998)
    Starring: John Cleese
    Director: Justine Kershaw
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    This programme takes you along on actor John Cleese's journey into the rainforests of Madagascar. Watch as Cleese tracks the progress of five black-and-white-ruffed lemurs that were born in captivity and released into the rainforest. The hope is that they will survive and eventually mate with the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 121 members
    Sign up
  • Fierce Creatures on DVD (1997)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Jamie Lee Curtis,  Kevin Kline
    Director: Robert Young,  Fred Schepisi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This reunion of the cast of A FISH CALLED WANDA is not a sequel, but features the trademark humor of John Cleese, Kevin Kline, and Jamie Lee Curtis, including Kline's genius double performance as an aging media mogul and his buffoon of a son. A riotous and scatterbrained story of frantic English ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 4,617 members
    Sign up
  • The Wind In The Willows on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Terry Jones,  Steve Coogan,  Eric Idle
    Director: Terry Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A live-action version of the classic story by Kenneth Grahame, featuring several members of the Monty Python comedy team. Toad of Toad Hall (director Terry Jones) is a whimsical fellow who is apprehended for driving too fast in his motorcar. The next thing he knows, a gang of weasels is trying to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 486 members
    Sign up
  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Kenneth Branagh,  Tom Hulce
    Director: Kenneth Branagh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    In this adaptation of the classic Mary Shelley tale, Kenneth Branagh stars as Victor Frankenstein, a man possessed by a mission to create life but painfully unaware of the consequences of his actions. He succeeds in his quest to create a man, but his creature (Robert De Niro) is both revolting and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 4,993 members
    Sign up Watch now (With package)
  • The Swan Princess on DVD (1994)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Jack Palance,  Steven Wright
    Director: Richard Rich
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This animated feature based on the classic "Swan Lake" follows the travails of Prince Derek and his pals, a frog, a turtle and a puffin, as they try to save Princess Odette from the evil wizard Rothbart. Features the voices of Jack Palance, John Cleese, Sandy Duncan, Steven Wright and others.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,171 member
    Sign up
  • The Jungle Book (1994)
    Starring: Jason Scott Lee,  Sam Neill,  Lena Headey
    Director: Stephen Sommers
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's tale of Mowgli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the "civilisation" of Colonial India which he ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,134 member
    Not currently released
    Sign up
  • Erik The Viking on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Terry Jones,  John Cleese,  Tim Robbins
    Director: Terry Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tim Robbins stars as Erik the Viking, a thoughtful man in a violent time who does not enjoy killing and raping like the rest of his people. When he accidentally kills a woman while defending her, he reevaluates his life and goes off in search of the Horn Resounding, which has the power to bring him ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,480 member
    Sign up
  • The Secret Policeman's Ball - The Comple... (3 discs) on DVD (1989)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Neil Innes,  Terry Jones
    Director: Roger Graef
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A box set featuring all the Secret Policeman's Balls. 'Pleasure At Her Majesty's (1976)', 'Mermaid Frolics (1977)', 'The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)', 'The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1981)', 'The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987)', and 'The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989)
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 198 members
    Sign up
  • A Fish Called Wanda - Blu-ray (1988)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Michael Palin,  Kevin Kline
    Director: Charles Crichton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In A FISH CALLED WANDA, veteran director Charles Crichton and scriptwriter-star John Cleese create a dazzling quilt from various strands of English and American comedy. The plot, in which four disparate characters attempt a daring heist, comes from Ealing caper comedies, such as Crichton's own THE ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 10 members
    Not available for rental
  • A Fish Called Wanda on DVD (1988)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Michael Palin,  Kevin Kline
    Director: Charles Crichton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In A FISH CALLED WANDA, veteran director Charles Crichton and scriptwriter-star John Cleese create a dazzling quilt from various strands of English and American comedy. The plot, in which four disparate characters attempt a daring heist, comes from Ealing caper comedies, such as Crichton's own THE ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 24,165 members
    Sign up
  • Clockwise on DVD (1985)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Penelope Wilton,  Alison Steadman
    Director: Christopher Morahan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    John Cleese stars in this delightful comedy as Brian Stimpson, the headmaster of a British high school whose obsession with punctuality is a source of humour for his students and joy for himself. The timely Stimpson has been elected the chairman of a conference of headmasters from posh schools--a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 3,037 members
    Sign up Watch now (With package)
  • Silverado - Blu-ray (1985)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Scott Glenn,  Rosanna Arquette
    Director: Lawrence Kasdan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    As the result of a chance meeting, four cowboys on horseback are drawn together to defeat a corrupt frontier sheriff and his vicious posse. An enjoyable high-spirited western. Starring Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Brain Dennehy and Rosanna Arquette, and written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan (THE ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 170 members
    Sign up
  • Silverado on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Scott Glenn,  Rosanna Arquette
    Director: Lawrence Kasdan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    As the result of a chance meeting, four cowboys on horseback are drawn together to defeat a corrupt frontier sheriff and his vicious posse. An enjoyable high-spirited western. Starring Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Brain Dennehy and Rosanna Arquette, and written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan (THE ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,761 member
    Sign up
  • The Secret Policeman's Ball - Private Parts (1984)
    Starring: Connie Booth,  Graham Chapman,  John Cleese
    Director: Roger Graef
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This film is a selection of highlights from the previous Policeman's Ball stage benefits for Amnesty International. The show includes sketches by the members of Monty Python with noted comedian Peter Cook, as well as musical numbers by Pete Townshend, Phil Collins and Bob Geldof.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 6 members
    Currently unavailable
    Sign up
  • Privates On Parade on DVD (1983)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Dennis Quilley,  Michael Elphick
    Director: Michael Blakemore
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    PRIVATES ON PARADE is a wacky comedy about a British army unit assigned the thankless task of entertaining the troops stationed in the Malayan jungle during the second world war. John Cleese leads the troops as Major Giles Flack and he's accompanied by an aging actress suffering from old fashioned ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 288 members
    Sign up
  • Time Bandits on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Shelley Duvall,  Ian Holm,  Katherine Helmond
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Plunging headfirst into history, director Terry Gilliam fearlessly brings the logic of children's fairy tales to bear as he navigates through myth and legend in a bizarre, ingenious retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ. A boy and six good-natured little persons careen through time-twisting interactions ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 12,663 members
    Sign up
  • Time Bandits - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Shelley Duvall,  Ian Holm,  Katherine Helmond
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Born from the brilliant minds of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, Time Bandits is a British masterstroke in fantasy adventure. When a young boy's wardrobe shapeshifts into the gateway of another world, he finds himself embroiled in a series of eccentric encounters with famous ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 770 members
    Sign up
  • The Taming Of The Shrew on DVD (1980)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Anthony Pedley,  Joan Hickson
    Director: Johathan Miller
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors. Baptista, a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 214 members
    Sign up
  • Monty Python's Life Of Brian on DVD (1979)
    Starring: Michael Palin,  Carol Cleveland,  Gwen Taylor
    Director: Terry Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Monty Python delivers a scathing, anarchic satire of both religion and Hollywood's depiction of all things biblical with their second--and tightest--full-length film. The setting is the Holy Land in 33 A.D., a time of poverty and chaos, with no shortage of messiahs, followers willing to believe in ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 60,642 members
    Sign up
  • Sez Les Vol. 4 (1974)
    Starring: Les Dawson,  Roy Barraclough,  John Cleese
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Les Dawson's self-deprecating and enduringly bleak humour, coupled with a world-weary delivery honed in the working men's clubs of northern England, made him one of Britain's best-loved comedians. Sez Les was the TV show that firmly established Les Dawson's reputation, running for over seven years ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Not available for rental
  • Sez Les Vol. 3 (1973)
    Starring: Les Dawson,  Roy Barraclough,  John Cleese
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Les Dawson's self-deprecating and enduringly bleak humour, coupled with a world-weary delivery honed in the working men's clubs of northern England, made him one of Britain's best-loved comedians. Sez Les was the TV show that firmly established Les Dawson's reputation, running for over seven years ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 4 members
    Not available for rental
  • The Statue on DVD (1971)
    Starring: David Niven,  Robert Vaughn,  John Cleese
    Director: Rodney Amateau
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    David Niven is Alex, a scholar who has won the Nobel Prize for developing a universal language. The U.S. State Department has decided to honor him with a statue, to be displayed in London's Grosvenor Square. The commission for the project went to Alex's wife Rhonda (Virna Lisi), who has designed a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 30 members
    Sign up
  • The Magic Christian on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Richard Attenborough,  Peter Sellers,  Laurence Harvey
    Director: Joseph McGrath
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world's richest man, Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers). Setting sail on the luxury liner The Magic Christian, Sir Grand tests the limit of human avarice. With money to motivate the greedy, Laurence Harvey combines his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 449 members
    Sign up Watch now (With package)
  • How To Irritate People on DVD (1968)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Michael Palin,  Graham Chapman
    Director: Ian Fordyce
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    HOW TO IRRITATE PEOPLE is a mockumentary in which host John Cleese illustrates various different types of irritation, and shows that the best way to irritate people is to make it look unintentional. Parents irritate their children, old ladies irritate people in a movie theater, and airline pilots ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 878 members
    Sign up
  • Shrek Totally Tangled Tales Game on DVD
    Starring: John Cleese
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Join Shrek & Princess Fiona in an all new adventure to rescue King Harold the frog from the effects of Fairy Godmother's magic wand! Tangled tales, zany live-action scenes with John Cleese and all-new storybook animations will keep the whole family laughing and entertained!
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 59 members
    Sign up
  • The Best Comedy DVD In The World on DVD
    Starring: Peter Kay,  Tommy Cooper,  Eddie Izzard
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Provides a compilation of some of the greatest comedy moments from Stand Up, Television and Film. Includes clips from: 'Bo Selecta', 'Little Britain', 'The Office', 'Monty Python', 'Only Fools And Horses', 'Carry On' and much much more. All profits from the sale of this video will be donated to the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 1,334 member
    Sign up

John Cleese facts

5 most recent films

Winnie the Pooh - 3.5 stars
John Cleese Live - The Alimony Tour - 3.0 stars
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure - 2.0 stars
Spud - 3.5 stars
Igor - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Monty Python And The Holy Grail - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Fawlty Towers - Series 2 Complete - 4.0 stars
Fawlty Towers - Series 1 Complete - 4.0 stars
Monty Python's Life Of Brian - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Monty Python's Flying Circus - Series 2 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Sez Les Vol. 4 - 3 stars
Les Dawson On ITV - The Specials - 1.5 stars
The Frost Report Is Back - Special - 1.5 stars
Sez Les Vol. 3 - 2.0 stars
Sez Les - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Palin - 48 times - show films
Terry Jones - 37 times - show films
Graham Chapman - 34 times - show films
Connie Booth - 29 times - show films
Eric Idle - 27 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Howard Davies - 31 times - show films
Bob Spiers - 23 times - show films
Terry Gilliam - 15 times - show films
Terry Jones - 15 times - show films
Chris Columbus - 12 times - show films