What actors need to do is to find a way to show people their despair, their joy, their pain, their exhilaration.

Actor, comedian and writer                          

Selected Works:

Television credits - Major roles

The Frost Report - 1966
Frost on Sunday
At Last the 1948 Show
How to Irritate People - 1968, with Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Connie Booth and Tim Brooke-Taylor
Monty Python's Flying Circus - 1969–74
Sez Les - 1971-1974
Fawlty Towers - 1975-1979, 
Cheers - episode "Simon Says" - 1987, Emmy Award for best actor in a guest starring role
The Taming of the Shrew - 1980, as Petruchio
True Stories: Peace in our Time? as Neville Chamberlain

As Host:

The Human Face
Wine for the Confused
We Are Most Amused: Master of Ceremonies for a stand-up comedy show celebrating Prince Charles's 60th birthday

Guest Appearances:

The Avengers - 1968, guest appearance as Marcus Rugman - egg clown-face collector, in the episode Look - Stop Me if You've Heard this One
The Goodies - 1973, guest cameo appearance as a Genie in the episode The Goodies and the Beanstalk
Ripping Yarns - 1979, guest cameo appearance as "Passer-by" in the episode Golden Gordon
Doctor Who - 1979, guest cameo appearance as an Art Lover in the episode City of Death as a favour to writer/script editor Douglas Adams
The Muppet Show - 1977
Cheers - Season 5, Episode 21, Simon Says, as Dr Simon Finch-Royce
Last of the Summer Wine - 1993, guest cameo appearance in the episode Welcome to Earth
25 Years of Last of the Summer Wine - 1997
3rd Rock from the Sun - 1998–2001, as recurring character Dr Liam Neesam
Casper & Mandrilaftalen - 1999, both as the repairman of the purple Gunrack, and as the Danish soccer coach Bosse Bo Johansson
Wednesday 9:30 - 8:30 Central, - 2002, as Red
Will & Grace - 2003–2004, as recurring character Lyle Finster

Commercials:
Sainsbury's
Planters
British government Stop Smoking campaign
Party political broadcasts for the Liberal Democrats and predecessor, the SDP-Liberal Alliance

In November 2009 commercials, in which he appears for Swedish electrical appliance chain "Elgiganten", began broadcasting in Sweden, as well as broadcasting in Denmark in late 2010

Song "Don't Mention The World Cup" animated video played on ITV, BBC and Channel 4 News, June 2006
Batteries Not Included - gadget show on UKTV channel Dave - 2008
Entourage as himself, season 7 finale - 2010
Ronnie Corbett's Comedy Britain as Himself


Radio Credits:

I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - 1972–73.
                          

Mother Muriel Evelyn née Cross
Father Reginald Cleese
	
First wife Connie Booth, married 1968–1978 divorced, one daughter
Second wife Barbara Trentham, married 1981–1990 divorced, one daughter
Third wife Alyce Eichelberger, married 1992–2008 divorced.                          

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleese