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 ForActing

BornAugust 29, 1958 (68)

Place of BirthDudley, West Midlands, England, UK

The Split Up

2026

Alex Edwards

Live from the Lycett Arms

2026

Self / Pub Manager

Movie

Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen

2026

Self (archive footage)

TFI Unplugged

2026

Self

Movie

The Magic Faraway Tree

2026

Know All

Movie

Jay Kelly

2025

Larry

Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters

2025

Self - Contestant

Alison Hammond's Big Weekend

2025

Self - Interviewed Guest

The Assembly

2025

Self

Missing You

2025

Clint Donovan

Movie

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

2024

Mr. Convenience (voice)

Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry

2024

Self - Host

Movie

Art Matters

2024

Self

Movie

Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money

2024

Self

Perfect Pub Walks

2024

Self

Movie

An Audience with Kylie

2023

Self

The Witcher: Blood Origin

2022

Chief Sage Balor

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

2022

Sadoc Burrows

Movie

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

2022

Sadoc Burrows

The Sandman

2022

Martin Tenbones (voice)

Movie

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony

2022

Self

Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain

2022

Presenter

Movie

My Name Is Leon

2022

Mr. Johnson

Movie

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

2021

Self

Movie

Parkinson at 50

2021

Self (archive footage)

Movie

Zog and the Flying Doctors

2021

Narrator (voice)

Movie

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

2020

Self

Back to the…

2020

Self

Movie

Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History

2020

Self - Presenter

Movie

The Big Night In

2020

Self - Presenter

Trust Morecambe & Wise

2019

Self - Presenter

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy

2019

Presenter

Movie

Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University

2019

Self - Presenter

Movie

Zog

2018

Himself - Narrator (voice)

The Long Song

2018

Godfrey

Movie

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day

2017

Self - Presenter

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

2016

Self

Movie

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

2016

Self

Movie

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood

2016

Self

Movie

Our Queen at Ninety

2016

Self

Movie

Danny & the Human Zoo

2015

Samson

A Life on Screen

2014

Self

Movie

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

2014

Self

W1A

2014

Self

Broadchurch

2013

Ed Burnett

The Last Leg

2013

Self

Movie

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012

2012

Self - Presenter

The Syndicate

2012

Godfrey Watson

Movie

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012

Peg Leg Hastings (voice)

Movie

National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors

2012

Antipholus of Syracuse

Movie

Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years

2011

Self

Perspectives

2011

Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief

2011

Himself

Movie

The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse

2011

The Magicians

2011

Self

Tinga Tinga Tales

2010

Elephant (voice)

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

2010

Movie

Now That’s What I Call Comedy

2009

Himself

Movie

Gaybo Laughs Back

2008

Self

Big & Small

2008

Big / Small (voice)

Q&A

2008

Self - Panellist

Movie

The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space

2008

Himself

Lenry Henry.TV

2008

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

2007

Lenny's Britain

2007

Himself - Presenter

The Graham Norton Show

2007

Self

Movie

It Started with Swap Shop

2006

Self

Movie

Penelope

2006

Krull

The One Show

2006

Self

Great British Menu

2006

Self - Guest Judge

Movie

Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say

2005

The F Word

2005

Harry & Paul

2005

Movie

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective

2005

Self

Doctor Who

2005

Daniel Barton

Movie

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

Self

Movie

MirrorMask

2005

Cops 1-4

Movie

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

2004

Self

Parkinson

2004

Self - Guest

Movie

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

Shrunken Head (voice)

The Lenny Henry Show

2004

Movie

Lying To Michael Jackson

2003

Michael Jackson

Little Robots

2003

Sporty (voice)

Movie

The Best of French & Saunders

2002

Various

V Graham Norton

2002

Self

Lenny Henry in Pieces

2000

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

2000

Movie

Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy

1999

Himself

Hope and Glory

1999

Ian George

Movie

The Man

1999

Dennis Jackson

Lenny Goes to Town

1998

Windrush

1998

Self

Parkinson

1998

Self

Movie

The Story of Bean

1997

Self

Movie

Famous Fred

1996

Fred (voice)

Movie

Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994

1994

Movie

White Goods

1994

Charlie Collins

Shooting Stars

1993

Self

Chef

1993

Gareth Blackstock

Movie

In Dreams

1992

Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince

Later... with Jools Holland

1992

Movie

Black and White in Colour

1992

Self

Movie

Bernard and the Genie

1991

Josephus the Genie

Movie

Alive and Kicking

1991

Stevie 'Smudger' Smith

Movie

True Identity

1991

Miles Pope

Movie

Lenny Go Home

1991

Self

Movie

Oxford

1990

Steve Wild

Movie

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

1990

Warder

Movie

Work Experience

1989

Terence

Screen One

1989

Stevie 'Smudger' Smith

Movie

Lenny Live and Unleashed

1989

Himself & various characters

Saturday Night Clive

1989

Movie

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

1989

Self

Movie

Just Like That!

1989

Self

This Morning

1988

Self

Movie

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988

Self

Movie

The Suicide Club

1988

Cam

Movie

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show

1988

Various Roles

Comic Relief

1988

The Lenny Henry Show

1987

Delbert Wilkins

Going Live!

1987

Self

French & Saunders

1987

Richard

Movie

Coast to Coast

1987

Ritchie Lee

Movie

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

1987

Self

Lenny Henry Tonite

1986

Movie

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live

1986

Self

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief

1986

Happy Families

1985

Hollywood Hobo

Screen Two

1985

Ritchie Lee

The Lenny Henry Show

1984

Self / Various

Aspel & Company

1984

Natural World

1983

Narrator

Movie

The Funny Side of Christmas

1982

Various Characters

The Young Ones

1982

Postman

The Comic Strip Presents...

1982

Warder

Wogan

1982

Self

O.T.T.

1982

Six Fifty-Five Special

1981

Self

Three of a Kind

1981

Self / Various Characters

Olivier Awards

1981

Self - Host

The South Bank Show

1978

The Fosters

1976

Sonny Foster

The Secret Policeman's Ball

1976

Self

The Summer Show

1975

Tiswas

1974

Top of the Pops

1964

Self - Host

World in Action

1963

The BAFTA Awards

1949

Host

Movie

Tommy Cooper at the BBC

Presenter

Movie