Lenny Henry

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 129

Gender Male

Birthday August 29, 1958 (66 years old)

Place of Birth Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK

Also Known As

Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE
Lenworth George Henry
連尼·亨利

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Lenny Henry

Biography

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

Known For

Acting

—		Tommy Cooper at the BBC as Presenter
—		The Magic Faraway Tree
—		Work Experience as Terence

2025		Grand Prix of Europe as Erwin (voice)
2025		Missing You (5 episodes) as Clint Donovan

2024		Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl as Mr. Convenience (voice)
2024		Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry (4 episodes) as Self - Host
2024		Art Matters as Self
2024		Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money as Self

2023

as Self

2022		The Witcher: Blood Origin (4 episodes) as Chief Sage Balor
2022		The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (8 episodes) as Sadoc Burrows
2022		The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening as Sadoc Burrows
2022		The Sandman (2 episodes) as Martin Tenbones (voice)
2022		Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony as Self
2022		Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain (2 episodes) as Presenter
2022		My Name Is Leon as Mr. Johnson

2021		Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
2021		Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
2021		Zog and the Flying Doctors as Narrator (voice)

2020		Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... as Self
2020		Back to the… (1 episode) as Self
2020		Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History as Self - Presenter
2020		Staged (1 episode) as Len
2020		The Big Night In as Self - Presenter

2019		Trust Morecambe & Wise (4 episodes) as Self - Presenter
2019		Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy (3 episodes) as Presenter
2019		Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University as Himself - Presenter

2018		Zog as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2018		The Long Song (3 episodes) as Godfrey

2017

as Self - Presenter

2016		John Bishop: In Conversation with... (1 episode) as Self
2016		Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously as Self
2016		Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood as Self
2016		Our Queen at Ninety as Self

2015

as Samson

2014		A Life on Screen (1 episode) as Himself
2014		Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule as Self
2014		W1A (1 episode) as Self

2013		Broadchurch (8 episodes) as Ed Burnett
2013		The Last Leg (2 episodes) as Self

2012		The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 as Self - Presenter
2012		The Syndicate (6 episodes) as Godfrey Watson
2012		The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! as Peg Leg Hastings (voice)
2012		National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors as Antipholus of Syracuse

2011		Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years as Self
2011		Perspectives (1 episode)
2011		Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief (2 episodes) as Himself
2011		The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2011		The Magicians (5 episodes) as Self

2010		Tinga Tinga Tales (2 episodes) as Elephant (voice)
2010		Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga (52 episodes)

2009

as Himself

2008		Gaybo Laughs Back as Self
2008		Big & Small (78 episodes)
2008		Q&A (1 episode) as Self - Panellist
2008		Lenry Henry.TV (6 episodes)

2007		A Bucket O' French and Saunders (1 episode)
2007		Lenny's Britain (4 episodes) as Himself - Presenter
2007		The Graham Norton Show (3 episodes) as Self

2006		It Started with Swap Shop as Self
2006		The One Show (1 episode) as Self - Guest (2 episodes) as Self
2006		Great British Menu (1 episode) as Self - Guest Judge
2006		Penelope as Krull

2005		Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
2005		Harry & Paul (1 episode)
2005		The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self
2005		Doctor Who (2 episodes) as Daniel Barton
2005		MirrorMask as Cops 1-4

2004		Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
2004		Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Shrunken Head (voice)
2004		The Lenny Henry Show (16 episodes)

2003		Lying To Michael Jackson as Michael Jackson
2003		Little Robots (13 episodes) as Sporty (voice)

2002		The Best of French & Saunders as Various
2002		V Graham Norton (1 episode) as Self

2000		Lenny Henry in Pieces (15 episodes)
2000		The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (2 episodes)

1999		Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy as Himself
1999		Hope and Glory (10 episodes) as Ian George

1998		Lenny Goes to Town (6 episodes)
1998		Windrush (4 episodes) as Himself
1998		Parkinson (3 episodes) as Self

1997

as himself

1996

as Fred (voice)

1994

as Charlie Collins

1993		Shooting Stars (1 episode) as Self
1993		Chef (20 episodes) as Gareth Blackstock

1992		In Dreams as Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince
1992		Black and White in Colour as Himself

1991		Bernard and the Genie as Josephus the Genie
1991		Alive and Kicking as Stevie 'Smudger' Smith
1991		True Identity as Miles Pope
1991		Lenny Go Home as Self

1990		Oxford as Steve Wild
1990		South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 as Warder

1989		Lenny Live and Unleashed as Himself & various characters
1989		Saturday Night Clive (1 episode)
1989		Just Like That! as Self
1989		The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self

1988		This Morning (1 episode) as Self
1988		The Suicide Club as Cam
1988		Comic Relief (2 episodes) as Self - Presenter (0 episodes)

1987		The Lenny Henry Show (13 episodes)
1987		Going Live! (2 episodes) as Self
1987		French & Saunders (1 episode) as Lt. Chris Clark (1 episode) as Richard
1987		Coast to Coast as Ritchie Lee
1987		The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self

1986		Lenny Henry Tonite (6 episodes)
1986		Omnibus Presents Comic Relief (1 episode)
1986		The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

1985

(1 episode) as Hollywood Hobo

1984		The Lenny Henry Show (12 episodes) as Self / Various
1984		Aspel & Company (1 episode)

1983

(1 episode) as Narrator

1982		The Young Ones (1 episode) as Postman
1982		The Comic Strip Presents... (1 episode) as Steve Wild (1 episode) as Warder
1982		Wogan (3 episodes) as Self
1982		O.T.T. (13 episodes)

1981		Six Fifty-Five Special (1 episode) as Self
1981		Three of a Kind (16 episodes) as Self / Various Characters

1976

(15 episodes) as Self

1975

(5 episodes)

1974

(302 episodes)

1964

(1 episode) as Self - Host

1949

(1 episode) as Host

Writing

—

(1 episode) … Writer

2023

(6 episodes) … Writer

2015

… Writer

2011

… Writer

1991

… Original Concept

1989

… Writer

Creator

2023

… Creator

1996

… Creator

1988

… Creator

Production

2023

(6 episodes) … Executive Producer

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