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John Cleese
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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
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Who is John Cleese?+
John Cleese is an English actor, writer, and comedian who gained international prominence as a founding member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
What is John Cleese known for?+
He is primarily known for his seminal work on the BBC series Monty Python's Flying Circus, the sitcom Fawlty Towers, and his Academy Award-nominated screenplay for A Fish Called Wanda.
Which production company is John Cleese associated with?+
He co-founded Video Arts in 1972, a production company that specialized in creating educational and business training films that utilized his comedic sketch style to teach corporate skills.
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