Charles McKeown ( mə-KEW-ən; born 1946) is a British actor and writer, perhaps best known for his collaborations with Terry Gilliam. The two met while shooting Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979), and further collaborated with the Monty Python team in Ripping Yarns (1977), Fawlty Towers (1979), Time Bandits (1981), The Missionary (1982), A Private Function (1984), Brazil (1985), East of Ipswich (1987), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), Erik the Viking (1989), and American Friends (1991). Other credits include Yes Minister (1980), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Prick Up Your Ears (1987), and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992).
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Early life and career
Charles McKeown studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Acting
McKeown has had a number of appearances in films and television series associated with the Monty Python comedy group. He started off his career with minor roles on Ripping Yarns (1977), which starred Michael Palin and Terry Jones, and Fawlty Towers (1979), which starred John Cleese. Around the same time, he played some minor roles in Life of Brian, where he met Gilliam.
Since then, he has had acting roles in a number of the films he helped to write with Gilliam, including an appearance as Harvey Lime in Brazil and as Adolphus and Rupert in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. In addition, he had roles in other Python-associated films such as Time Bandits (1981), The Missionary (1982), A Private Function (1984), East of Ipswich (1987), Erik the Viking (1989), and American Friends (1991).
