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John Cleese at an event for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)

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John Cleese

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  • (1999) TV commercial: "15 Days of 007" on WTBS-TV.
  • (1992) TV commercial: Schweppes beverages.
  • (1992) TV commercials: Magnavox TVs.
  • Has written, acted in, and produced over 250 corporate training videos.
  • (1970s) TV commercial (Holland): Giro.
  • TV commercial: Lowney's Peanut Butter Cups.
  • (1996) TV commercial: Comedy Central television network.
  • (1998) TV commercial (voice-over): Lexus automobiles.
  • (1999) TV commercial: Melba Snack Crackers.
  • (1999) TV commercial: ArtistDirect.com
  • (2001) TV commercial: "007" for PlayStation2.
  • (2001) TV commercial: 007: Agent Under Fire (2001), as "T".
  • (2001) TV commercial: Playstation 2 James Bond video game.
  • (1982) TV commercial (Australia): EAC Multilist (real estate listing service) playing a shady, Basil Fawlty-style estate agent.
  • (2002) TV commercial: Little Tikes.
  • (1996) TV commercials (Denmark): TeleDanmark.
  • (2003) Master of ceremonies in the remake of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells".
  • Video: Appeared in a business training video "The Balance Sheet Barrier" with Dawn French.
  • (2003) TV commercial: Westinghouse Unplugged Vacuum Cleaner,
  • TV commercials (Germany): "Günther Lottery".
  • (1982) TV commercial (Holland): Postbank.
  • (1998) TV commercial (w/Emma Kennedy: Sainsbury's.
  • Radio ads (Canada): the Firkin Pub chain.
  • (2004) TV commercial: Westinghouse SaladXpress.
  • (1993) Print ads: Magnavox televisions and consumer electronics.
  • (3/05): Stage: Appeared (as God [voice-over]) in "Monty Python's Spamalot" on Broadway. Musical. Written by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, based on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Shubert Theater, New York City.
  • (2005) TV commercial: Intel.
  • (1983) Book: Self-help book "Families and How to Survive Them" with Robyn Skinner (his psychoanalyst).
  • (2005) Print ad: Intel Centrino.
  • (2005) TV commercial: Titleist golf balls.
  • (1980s) TV commercials: Appeared in British political broadcasts for the SDP-Liberal Alliance.
  • (2006) TV commercial: Turner Broadcasting System (TBS).
  • Print ads: Trendmaker Homes.
  • Stars as the eccentric professor in the virtual simulation ride "Timeriders" at Movie Park Germany.
  • (2006) TV commercial (Germany): Kaupthing Bank.
  • (1999) CD: Adapted C.S. Lewis' biting satire "The Screwtape Letters". NOTE: Received a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word performance. performance.
  • (1992) TV commercial: QuitLine
  • (7/08) Stage: Appeared for three nights in "John Cleese in Conversation with Chris Serle" at the Clifton Pavillion Theatre, Bristol Zoo, England. This was a fundraiser for the zoo's conservation and education projects.
  • (1998) TV commercial: Tostitos (as a French chef).
  • (2009) TV commercial (Sweden): El Giganten.
  • (1964) Stage: Appeared in "Cambridge Circus" on Broadway.
  • (1987) TV commercial: Master Blend coffee.
  • (2008) Co-host with Barbara, of an infomercial for Bottom Line's "Book of Inside Infomation".
  • (4/25/65-7/16/66) Stage: Appeared in "Half a Sixpence" on Broadway. Directed by Gene Saks. Broadhurst Theatre; 511 performances. Cast included John Cleese (as "Young Walshingham/Helen's brother")
  • (2005) Stage: Appeared in "Spamalot". Musical comedy.
  • (1989) Won Jack Benny Award at UCLA.
  • (2009) Provided a commentary for all the episodes of the 2009 DVD release of Fawlty Towers (1975) "The Complete Collection Remastered".
  • (1979) During his appearance in Doctor Who (1963) in 1979, he recorded some comedic scenes with the series' star, Tom Baker, which were never transmitted but were included in the BBC engineers' Christmas tape, a collection of bloopers, out-takes and other material exchanged with a similar collection from ITV on Christmas Day.
  • (1960s) Writer for David Frost.
  • (7/7-9/6/09) Stage: Aplpeared with Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and wrote the original screenplay for the musical, "Monty Python's Spamalot," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Idle wrote the book and lyrics. John Du Prez and Idle were composers. Casey Nicholaw was choreographer. Mike Nichols was director. Tim Hatley was scenic designer.

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