Birthday

1958-08-29

Birthplace

Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK

Gender

Male

Known For

Acting

Lenny Henry

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

Acting Credits

Bernard and the Genie

Josephus the Genie

Penelope

Krull

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

Self

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

Self

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Peg Leg Hastings (voice)

True Identity

Miles Pope

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

Self

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

Self

The Suicide Club

Cam

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day

Self - Presenter

Lenny Live and Unleashed

Himself & various characters

Parkinson at 50

Self (archive footage)

The Best of French & Saunders

Various

Coast to Coast

Ritchie Lee

Famous Fred

Fred (voice)

Work Experience

Terence

My Name Is Leon

Mr. Johnson

The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood

Self

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony

Self

Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years

Self

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

Warder

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening

Sadoc Burrows

Oxford

Steve Wild

An Audience with Kylie

Self

Our Queen at Ninety

Self

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

Self

Just Like That!

Self

Lenny Go Home

Self

Alive and Kicking

Stevie 'Smudger' Smith

MirrorMask

Cops 1-4

Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money

Self

Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say

Danny & the Human Zoo

Samson

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Self

The Magic Faraway Tree

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Mr. Convenience (voice)

Now That’s What I Call Comedy

Himself

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

Self

Grand Prix of Europe

Erwin (voice)

Art Matters

Self

Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy

Himself

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Shrunken Head (voice)

In Dreams

Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince

White Goods

Charlie Collins

National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors

Antipholus of Syracuse

Zog

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University

Himself - Presenter

Black and White in Colour

Self

The Story of Bean

Self

The Big Night In

Self - Presenter

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

Self

Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

Self - Presenter

Zog and the Flying Doctors

Narrator (voice)

Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...

Self

Tommy Cooper at the BBC

Presenter

It Started with Swap Shop

Self

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012

Self - Presenter

Lying To Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Gaybo Laughs Back

Self

The Lenny Henry Birthday Show

The Man

Dennis Jackson

Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994

Jay Kelly

Larry

The Funny Side of Christmas

Various Characters

Hope and Glory

Ian George

Shooting Stars

Self

Tiswas

The One Show

Self

Chef

Gareth Blackstock

Three of a Kind

Self / Various Characters

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Self

The Young Ones

Postman

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

The BAFTA Awards

Host

The Lenny Henry Show

O.T.T.

Lenny Henry in Pieces

Lenny Henry in Pieces

The Summer Show

The Summer Show

Saturday Night Clive

Saturday Night Clive

The Lenny Henry Show

The Lenny Henry Show

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

V Graham Norton

Self

Natural World

Narrator

Lenny Goes to Town

Lenny Goes to Town

Lenny's Britain

Himself - Presenter

Lenny Henry Tonite

Lenny Henry Tonite

Aspel & Company

Aspel & Company

Lenry Henry.TV

Six Fifty-Five Special

Self

Big & Small

The Witcher: Blood Origin

Chief Sage Balor

The Lenny Henry Show

Self / Various

The Syndicate

Godfrey Watson

Windrush

Himself

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

The One Show

Self - Guest

Happy Families

Hollywood Hobo

Harry & Paul

Broadchurch

Ed Burnett

W1A

Self

Wogan

Self

Great British Menu

Self - Guest Judge

Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain

Presenter

Going Live!

Self

A Life on Screen

Self

The Sandman

Martin Tenbones (voice)

The Long Song

Godfrey

Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief

Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief

Himself

The Magicians

Self

Little Robots

Sporty (voice)

Missing You

Clint Donovan

The Last Leg

Self

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

Self

Comic Relief

Self - Presenter

Tinga Tinga Tales

Elephant (voice)

Trust Morecambe & Wise

Self - Presenter

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy

Presenter

Doctor Who

Daniel Barton

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Q&A

Self - Panellist

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

The Comic Strip Presents...

Warder

The Comic Strip Presents...

Steve Wild

Perspectives

French & Saunders

Richard

French & Saunders

Lt. Chris Clark

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Sadoc Burrows

Back to the…

Self

Parkinson

Self

Top of the Pops

Self - Host

Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry

Self - Host

This Morning

Self

Alison Hammond's Big Weekend

Self - Interviewed Guest

Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters

Self - Contestant

Perfect Pub Walks

Self

Film Credits

Lenny Live and Unleashed

Writer

Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years

Writer

Danny & the Human Zoo

Writer

Bernard and the Genie

Original Concept

Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say

Writer

Anansi Boys

Writer

Three Little Birds

Executive Producer

Three Little Birds

Writer

Neverwhere

Creator

Comic Relief

Creator

Three Little Birds

Creator