Person

Lenny Henry

Acting · Born 1958-08-29 · Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK

Biography

Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE, known as Lenny Henry, is an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter.

Known for

Filmography

2026Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And UnseenSelf (archive footage)
2026TFI UnpluggedSelf
2026The Magic Faraway TreeKnow All
2025Jay KellyLarry
2025Shark! Celebrity Infested WatersSelf - Contestant
2025Alison Hammond's Big WeekendSelf - Interviewed Guest
2025The AssemblySelf
2025Missing YouClint Donovan
2024Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlMr. Convenience (voice)
2024Legends of Comedy with Lenny HenrySelf - Host
2024Art MattersSelf
2024Comic Relief 2024: Funny for MoneySelf
2024Perfect Pub WalksSelf
2023An Audience with KylieSelf
2023Three Little BirdsWriter
2022The Witcher: Blood OriginChief Sage Balor
2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSadoc Burrows
2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan ScreeningSadoc Burrows
2022The SandmanMartin Tenbones (voice)
2022Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening CeremonySelf
2022Lenny Henry's Caribbean BritainPresenter
2022My Name Is LeonMr. Johnson
2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasSelf
2021Parkinson at 50Self (archive footage)
2021Zog and the Flying DoctorsNarrator (voice)
2020Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...Self
2020Back to the…Self
2020Black Classical Music: The Forgotten HistorySelf - Presenter
2020The Big Night InSelf - Presenter
2019Trust Morecambe & WiseSelf - Presenter
2019Lenny Henry's Race Through ComedyPresenter
2019Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open UniversitySelf - Presenter
2018ZogHimself - Narrator (voice)
2018The Long SongGodfrey
2017Comic Relief: Red Nose DaySelf - Presenter
2016John Bishop: In Conversation with...Self
2016Neil Gaiman: Dream DangerouslySelf
2016Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria WoodSelf
2016Our Queen at NinetySelf
2015Danny & the Human ZooSamson
2014A Life on ScreenSelf
2014Rik Mayall: Lord of MisruleSelf
2014W1ASelf
2013BroadchurchEd Burnett
2013The Last LegSelf
2012The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012Self - Presenter
2012The SyndicateGodfrey Watson
2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!Peg Leg Hastings (voice)
2012National Theatre Live: The Comedy of ErrorsAntipholus of Syracuse
2011Red Nose Day: 25 Monster YearsSelf
2011Perspectives
2011Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic ReliefHimself
2011The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2011The MagiciansSelf
2010Tinga Tinga TalesElephant (voice)
2010Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2009Now That’s What I Call ComedyHimself
2008Gaybo Laughs BackSelf
2008Big & SmallBig / Small (voice)
2008Q&ASelf - Panellist
2008The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and SpaceHimself
2008Lenry Henry.TV
2007PenelopeKrull
2007A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007Lenny's BritainHimself - Presenter
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2006It Started with Swap ShopSelf
2006The One ShowSelf
2006Great British MenuSelf - Guest Judge
2005Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
2005Harry & Paul
2005The Comic Strip - A RetrospectiveSelf
2005Doctor WhoDaniel Barton
2005The Funny Blokes of British ComedySelf
2005MirrorMaskCops 1-4
2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?Self
2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanShrunken Head (voice)
2004The Lenny Henry Show
2003Lying To Michael JacksonMichael Jackson
2003Little RobotsSporty (voice)
2002The Best of French & SaundersVarious
2002V Graham NortonSelf
2000Lenny Henry in Pieces
2000The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
1999Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton AcademyHimself
1999Hope and GloryIan George
1999The ManDennis Jackson
1998Lenny Goes to Town
1998WindrushSelf
1998ParkinsonSelf
1997The Story of BeanSelf
1996Famous FredFred (voice)
1996NeverwhereCreator
1994Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994
1994White GoodsCharlie Collins
1993Shooting StarsSelf
1993ChefGareth Blackstock
1992In DreamsLenny/Michael Jackson/Prince
1992Black and White in ColourSelf
1991Bernard and the GenieJosephus the Genie
1991Alive and KickingStevie 'Smudger' Smith
1991True IdentityMiles Pope
1991Lenny Go HomeSelf
1990OxfordSteve Wild
1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1Warder
1989Work ExperienceTerence
1989Screen OneStevie 'Smudger' Smith
1989Lenny Live and UnleashedHimself & various characters
1989Saturday Night Clive
1989The Secret Policeman’s Biggest BallSelf
1989Just Like That!Self
1988This MorningSelf
1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeSelf
1988The Suicide ClubCam
1988Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy ShowVarious Roles
1988Comic ReliefSelf - Presenter
1987The Lenny Henry Show
1987Going Live!Self
1987French & SaundersLt. Chris Clark
1987Coast to CoastRitchie Lee
1987The Secret Policeman’s Third BallSelf
1986Lenny Henry Tonite
1986The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video LiveSelf
1986Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1985Happy FamiliesHollywood Hobo
1985Screen TwoRitchie Lee
1984The Lenny Henry ShowSelf / Various
1984Aspel & Company
1983Natural WorldNarrator
1982The Funny Side of ChristmasVarious Characters
1982The Young OnesPostman
1982The Comic Strip Presents...Warder
1982WoganSelf
1982O.T.T.
1981Six Fifty-Five SpecialSelf
1981Three of a KindSelf / Various Characters
1981Olivier AwardsSelf - Host
1976The FostersSonny Foster
1976The Secret Policeman's BallSelf
1975The Summer Show
1974Tiswas
1964Top of the PopsSelf - Host
1963World in Action
1949The BAFTA AwardsHost
—Tommy Cooper at the BBCPresenter
—The Lenny Henry Birthday Show

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