Personal Info
Birth date
1958-08-29 (66 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK
Also known as
Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE
Lenworth George Henry
連尼·亨利
Lenny Henry
Biography
Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE, known as Lenny Henry, is an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter
Filmography
Top of the Pops
6.6
Overview:
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.The Graham Norton Show
7.2
Overview:
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.Doctor Who
7.5
Overview:
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.Q&A
3.8
Overview:
Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about democracy in action - the audience gets to ask the questions.The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
7.287
Overview:
Beginning in a time of relative peace, we follow an ensemble cast of characters as they confront the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.The Last Leg
5.6
Overview:
Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.The One Show
4.538
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.Tiswas
6
Overview:
Tiswas was a Saturday morning children's British television series which ran from 5 January 1974 to 3 April 1982 and was produced for the ITV network by ATV Network Limited. It was created by ATV continuity announcer Peter Tomlinson following a test period in 1973 when he tried out a few competitions and daft stuff between the programmes.Great British Menu
6.4
Overview:
Britain's top chefs compete for the chance to cook a four-course banquet for a high-profile figure.The BAFTA Awards
10
Overview:
BAFTA presents awards for film, television and games, including children's entertainment, at a number of annual ceremonies across the UK and in Los Angeles, USA.The Comic Strip Presents...
7.4
Overview:
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.Natural World
7.1
Overview:
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.V Graham Norton
5
Overview:
V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a successor to the weekly So Graham Norton. It aired from 6 May 2002 to 26 December 2003. It featured celebrities who chatted with Graham and became involved in studio games which were usually laden with sexual innuendo. The studio games were later featured on the clip show Nortonland in 2007 on digital channel Challenge. The show featured a 'webcam', a roving television camera which was randomly situated in a different place in the UK each week and which followed Graham's instructions and allowed him to interact with the public live. The feature was made technically possible using digital microwave link technology provided by Rear Window Television with the 'spontaneous' webcam feature always produced as a full quality Outside Broadcast, before being made to look like a traditional webcam at the studios.John Bishop: In Conversation with...
7
Overview:
A three series talk show. With the host in conversation with people whom he admires.Broadchurch
7.931
Overview:
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.Six Fifty-Five Special
NYR
Overview:
Sally James and guest presenters invite established stars and newcomers to contribute to a lively half-hour of music and conversation.The Sandman
7.924
Overview:
After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.Shooting Stars
7.6
Overview:
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.Wogan
4.5
Overview:
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.French & Saunders
7.5
Overview:
French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
8.012
Overview:
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.The Young Ones
7.9
Overview:
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).Three of a Kind
6.7
Overview:
Three of a Kind was a British comedy sketch show starring comedians Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry and David Copperfield. Three series were made by the BBC between 1981 and 1983. The show bolstered the careers of Ullman and Henry, as well as being an outlet for young writers including Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, Ian Hislop and Nick Revell. Ullman and Henry went on to greater success after the show, with Ullman initially launching a brief but successful pop career in 1983 before starring in the ITV sitcom Girls On Top in 1985 and then going on to a high profile career on American television. Henry was given his own BBC series The Lenny Henry Show in 1984 and he remains a semi-regular fixture on British television to this day. Copperfield, however, garnered less success and has been seen relatively little since the series ended.Missing You
6.153
Overview:
When Detective Kat Donovan matches on a dating app with the fiancé who disappeared years before, she learns that some secrets are best left in the past.Big & Small
7.7
Overview:
Big & Small is a British children's television series aimed at preschoolers. Big & Small is a co-production between Kindle Entertainment and 3J's Productions produced in association with the BBC, Treehouse TV, and Studio 100. The first series was deemed a success worldwide and a second series was commissioned by the BBC. The show is a live action comedy for preschoolers, and follows the lives of puppets. Big & Small Online, a section of CBeebies Online, won a Children's BAFTA in 2009 for the best interactive content.Going Live!
6
Overview:
Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene. Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Peter Simon, Emma Forbes, and puppet Gordon the Gopher. The show was broadcast during the autumn to spring seasons, with other shows such as the 8:15 from Manchester and Parallel 9 taking over during the summer months. It was preceded by Saturday Superstore, and succeeded by Live & Kicking. In 1988, when the second series started, Greene was hurt in a helicopter crash with her then boyfriend, Mike Smith. Guest presenters stood in for her including T'Pau's Carol Decker. Similarly, in 1992-93 during the final series, Schofield was starring in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and was unable to present the show. A third presenter took his place. Originally, Neighbours actor Kristian Schmid took the role but soon left after problems with his work permit. Various other celebrities to stand in included Shane Richie and Robbie Williams during his Take That days.Acting
TBATommy Cooper at the BBC as Presenter
TBAWork Experience as Terence
2026The Magic Faraway Tree as Unknown
2025Grand Prix of Europe as Erwin (voice)
2025Alison Hammond's Big Weekend (1 Episode) as Self - Interviewed Guest
2025Missing You (5 Episodes) as Clint Donovan
2024Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl as Mr. Convenience (voice)
2024Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry (4 Episodes) as Self - Host
2024Art Matters as Self
2024Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money as Self
2023An Audience with Kylie as Self
2022The Witcher: Blood Origin (4 Episodes) as Chief Sage Balor
2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (8 Episodes) as Sadoc Burrows
2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening as Sadoc Burrows
2022The Sandman (2 Episodes) as Martin Tenbones (voice)
2022Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony as Self
2022Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain (2 Episodes) as Presenter
2022My Name Is Leon as Mr. Johnson
2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Self
2021Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
2021Zog and the Flying Doctors as Narrator (voice)
2020Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... as Self
2020Back to the… (1 Episode) as Self
2020Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History as Self - Presenter
2020The Big Night In as Self - Presenter
2019Trust Morecambe & Wise (4 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
2019Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy (3 Episodes) as Presenter
2019Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University as Himself - Presenter
2018Zog as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2018The Long Song (3 Episodes) as Godfrey
2017Comic Relief: Red Nose Day as Self - Presenter
2016John Bishop: In Conversation with... (1 Episode) as Self
2016Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously as Self
2016Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood as Self
2016Our Queen at Ninety as Self
2015Danny & the Human Zoo as Samson
2014A Life on Screen (1 Episode) as Himself
2014Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule as Self
2014W1A (1 Episode) as Self
2013Broadchurch (8 Episodes) as Ed Burnett
2013The Last Leg (2 Episodes) as Self
2012The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 as Self - Presenter
2012The Syndicate (6 Episodes) as Godfrey Watson
2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! as Peg Leg Hastings (voice)
2012National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors as Antipholus of Syracuse
2011Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years as Self
2011Perspectives (1 Episode) as Unknown
2011Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief (2 Episodes) as Himself
2011The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse as Unknown
2011The Magicians (5 Episodes) as Self
2010Tinga Tinga Tales (2 Episodes) as Elephant (voice)
2010Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga (52 Episodes) as Unknown
2009Now That’s What I Call Comedy as Himself
2008Gaybo Laughs Back as Self
2008Big & Small (78 Episodes) as Unknown
2008Q&A (1 Episode) as Self - Panellist
2008Lenry Henry.TV (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2007A Bucket O' French and Saunders (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Lenny's Britain (4 Episodes) as Himself - Presenter
2007The Graham Norton Show (3 Episodes) as Self
2006It Started with Swap Shop as Self
2006The One Show (2, 1 Episode) as Self, Self - Guest
2006Great British Menu (1 Episode) as Self - Guest Judge
2006Penelope as Krull
2005Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say as Unknown
2005Harry & Paul (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005The Comic Strip - A Retrospective as Self
2005Doctor Who (2 Episodes) as Daniel Barton
2005MirrorMask as Cops 1-4
2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Shrunken Head (voice)
2004The Lenny Henry Show (16 Episodes) as Unknown
2003Lying To Michael Jackson as Michael Jackson
2003Little Robots (13 Episodes) as Sporty (voice)
2002The Best of French & Saunders as Various
2002V Graham Norton (1 Episode) as Self
2000Lenny Henry in Pieces (15 Episodes) as Unknown
2000The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1999Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy as Himself
1999Hope and Glory (10 Episodes) as Ian George
1998Lenny Goes to Town (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1998Windrush (4 Episodes) as Himself
1998Parkinson (3 Episodes) as Self
1997The Story of Bean as himself
1996Famous Fred as Fred (voice)
1994White Goods as Charlie Collins
1993Shooting Stars (1 Episode) as Self
1993Chef (20 Episodes) as Gareth Blackstock
1992In Dreams as Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince
1992Black and White in Colour as Himself
1991Bernard and the Genie as Josephus the Genie
1991Alive and Kicking as Stevie 'Smudger' Smith
1991True Identity as Miles Pope
1991Lenny Go Home as Self
1990Oxford as Steve Wild
1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 as Warder
1989Lenny Live and Unleashed as Himself & various characters
1989Saturday Night Clive (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball as Self
1989Just Like That! as Self
1988This Morning (1 Episode) as Self
1988The Suicide Club as Cam
1988Comic Relief (2 Episodes) as Self - Presenter
1987The Lenny Henry Show (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1987Going Live! (2 Episodes) as Self
1987French & Saunders (1, 1 Episode) as Lt. Chris Clark, Richard
1987Coast to Coast as Ritchie Lee
1987The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball as Self
1986Lenny Henry Tonite (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1986The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live as Unknown
1986Omnibus Presents Comic Relief (1 Episode) as Unknown
1985Happy Families (1 Episode) as Hollywood Hobo
1984The Lenny Henry Show (12 Episodes) as Self / Various
1984Aspel & Company (1 Episode) as Unknown
1983Natural World (1 Episode) as Narrator
1982The Young Ones (1 Episode) as Postman
1982The Comic Strip Presents... (1, 1 Episode) as Warder, Steve Wild
1982Wogan (3 Episodes) as Self
1982O.T.T. (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1981Six Fifty-Five Special (1 Episode) as Self
1981Three of a Kind (16 Episodes) as Self / Various Characters
1976The Secret Policeman's Ball (15 Episodes) as Self
1975The Summer Show (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1974Tiswas (302 Episodes) as Unknown
1964Top of the Pops (1 Episode) as Self - Host
1949The BAFTA Awards (1 Episode) as Host
Writing
TBAAnansi Boys (4 Episodes) ... Writer
2023Three Little Birds (6 Episodes) ... Writer
2015Danny & the Human Zoo ... Writer
2011Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years ... Writer
1991Bernard and the Genie ... Original Concept
1989Lenny Live and Unleashed ... Writer
Production
2023Three Little Birds (6 Episodes) ... Executive Producer