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Terry Jones

Birth Name:
Terence Graham Parry Jones
Birth Place:
Colwyn Bay, Wales, United Kingdom
Profession
Actor, Writer, Composer, Director, Music department, Producer
Terry Jones

Fast Facts

  • Often published others works outside of television including novels, editorial pieces, poems as well as songs
  • Met future Python partner Michael Palin while studying at Oxford at The Comedy Revue, the school's comedy group
  • Quote: "One of the things we tried to do with ['Monty Python'] was to try and do something that was so unpredictable that it had no shape and you could never say what kind of humor it was․ And I think that the fact that 'Pythonesque' is now a word in the Oxford English Dictionary shows the extent to which we failed․"
  • Quote: "Comedy is a dangerous business․ If people find something funny you're OK․ But the moment you do something that's meant to be funny and someone doesn't find it funny, they become angry․"
  • He is often credited for the format in which "Monty Python" refreshed the current television style of editing which abandoned punch lines before every break and encouraged fluid movement into multiple sketches
  • Took at directing early on in his career and began by co-directing "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" along with Terry Gilliam in 1975
  • Diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2006 but received a relatively good report following exploratory surgery later that year
  • Often need to wear lifts while performing alongside fellow Python members, as he was the shortest at 5'8"
  • Wrote numerous articles for British newspapers condemning the Iraqi War and moving to impeach then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, which would eventually be compiled into a book titled, Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror

Awards

  • 1976Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Nominated
  • 1983Grand Prize of the JuryWinner
  • 1983Palme d'OrNominated
  • 1984BAFTA Film Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
  • 1987Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation:Nominated
  • 1998Best of the FestWinner
  • 2000WisKid Award - Full-Length Feature:Winner
  • 2004Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming:Nominated
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