John Cleese was born on October 27, 1939 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England. He’s been part of over a 100 films! Some of them are Harry Potter 1 & 2, George of the Jungle 1 & 2, A Fish Called Wanda, An American Tale: Fivel Goes West, The Swan Princess, The Jungle Book, The World is not Enough, Die Another Day, Rat Race and over 5 Monty Python’s movies.

About why he accepted the part:
"Oh, because I adored Shrek 1 and because there’s nothing nicer than doing the voice for animation because you don’t have to get up early in the morning. You don’t have to shave. You don’t have to put wigs on, have makeup or put any costume on at all and above all, you don’t have to remember the lines. They put pieces of paper in front of you. And as it turned out with Shrek 2, the great joy is that these guys really know what they’re doing. And as you know, there are very few people on this planet who know what they’re doing. So it’s something of a joy to actually work with people who know exactly what they want. And at the same time, are very happy to leave a little bit of space for you in case you come up with something."