Highest rated movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Lowest rated movie: The Undefeated (2011)
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Movies starring John Cleese have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 58%.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail - released in 1975 - is John Cleese's highest rated movie, with a score of 86% based on 795 reviews.
The lowest rated film from John Cleese is The Undefeated - released in 2011 - with a score of 24% based on 22 reviews.
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.
John Cleese has acted in films with Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle and Terry Jones.
John Cleese has worked with these film directors: Terry Jones, Robert Young, Ross Venokur and Terry Gilliam.
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