How old was John Cleese in the movie A Fish Called Wanda?

John Cleese was 47 in A Fish Called Wanda when he played the character 'Archie Leach'.

That was over 36 years ago in 1988.

Today he is 84, and has starred in 161 movies in total, 112 of those since A Fish Called Wanda was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In A Fish Called Wanda, I think John Cleese looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Charles Crichton has worked with John Cleese just once in his career.
  • John Cleese's first movie was as 'Television public relations man' in Interlude, released in 1968 when he was 27
  • A Fish Called Wanda scores 7.22 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of A Fish Called Wanda

John Cleese's other movies