Person
Lemn Sissay
Acting · Born 1967-05-21 · Higher End, Orrell, United Kingdom
Biography
Lemn Sissay MBE is an English author and broadcaster. Sissay was the official poet of the 2012 London Olympics, has been chancellor of the University of Manchester since 2015, and joined the Foundling Museum's board of trustees two years later, having previously been appointed one of the museum's fellows.
Known for
Have I Got News for You
Self
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Panellist
Alma's Not Normal
Jerry
Grumpy Old Men
Self
Packet of Three
Self
Winter Walks
Self
Rhyme & Reason: BBC Introducing Arts
Self - Presenter
We Belong Here: Poetry and spoken word documentary
Self
Filmography
- 2024Art MattersSelf
- 2023Caroline Aherne: Queen of ComedySelf
- 2021Winter WalksSelf
- 2020Cold War Steve Meets the Outside WorldSelf
- 2020Alma's Not NormalJerry
- 2019Rhyme & Reason: BBC Introducing ArtsSelf - Presenter
- 2017Richard Osman's House of GamesSelf - Contestant
- 2010Burning IceSelf
- 2003Celebrity Mastermind
- 2003Grumpy Old MenSelf
- 1991Packet of ThreeSelf
- 1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
- —We Belong Here: Poetry and spoken word documentarySelf
- —Have I Got a Bit More News for YouSelf - Panellist
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