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
Doctor Who
Daniel Barton
Top of the Pops
Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Sadoc Burrows
The One Show
Self
Natural World
Narrator
Screen Two
Ritchie Lee
Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge
Wogan
Self
The Sandman
Martin Tenbones (voice)
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 BirdsExecutive Producer
- 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 & SaundersRichard
- 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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