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&bodyField=Born in Somerset, England in 1939, John Cleese received a Master's Degree in Law from Cambridge University and during this time he joined the university's legendary Footlights.  In the autumn of 1963 he joined BBC Radio as a writer.  In 1968 he started writing with Graham Chapman and in 1969 the first "Monty Python's Flying Circus" series was born.  Monty Python thrived, two further TV series, the first feature film "And Now For Something Completely Different," and a stage tour followed.  The features "Monty Python and The Holy Grail" and "The Life of Brian" went on to achieve huge acclaim and Cleese was also celebrated for the hugely popular comedy TV series "Fawlty Towers."

Cleese's career on both the big and small screen has been long and distinguished. Other major movie credits include "A Fish Called Wanda" (for which he was Oscar-nominated in the Best Screenplay category and received a BAFTA Best Actor accolade and Best Screenplay from the Writer's Guild of America), "Silverado," "Privates on Parade," "The Great Muppet Caper,"  "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein," "Disney's The Jungle Book," "Fierce Creatures," "Out of Towners," "Isn't She Great," "The World Is Not Enough," "Rat Race," "Pluto Nash," and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."  Most recent credits include "Die Another Day," "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," "Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle," "Shrek 2," and "Looney Tunes: Back in Action."
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