11 Celebs You’d Never Guess Have Law Degrees

John Cleese

John Cleese is an English actor, comedian and producer who also has a law degree. To be more specific, the actor attended law school at Downing College of Cambridge University, where he actually met his future comedy writing partner Graham Chapman. Cleese graduated with his degree in 1963.

He and his colleagues, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin, starred in Monty Python films, namely Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983).

According to critics, Cleese is really good at satire, black comedy, sketch comedy and surreal humor.

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