Johnny Vegas

Acting

Johnny Vegas

Born September 5, 1970St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK134 credits

Johnny Vegas is the stage name of Michael Pennington, the St Helens born actor, stand up comedian, writer and director. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Moz in the BBC3 sitcom Ideal and for his role as The Oracle in several series of the ITV sitcom Benidorm. More recently, he has starred as the hapless Eric in Roy Clarke's Still Open All Hours alongside David Jason. In 2018, Vegas took the lead in a new BBC sitcom, Home From Home.

Known For

The Twits
6.0

The Twits

Movie

2025

Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me

Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me

TV

2025

Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques
7.0

Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques

TV

2025

Time Travel Is Dangerous!
5.2

Time Travel Is Dangerous!

Movie

2025

You Bet!
4.5

You Bet!

TV

2024

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
5.4

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

Movie

2024

Filmography

The Twits
2025The Twitsas Jim Twit (voice)Movie
Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me
2025Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Meas SelfTV
Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques
2025Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiquesas SelfTV
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
2025Time Travel Is Dangerous!as Robert / BottyMovie
You Bet!
2024You Bet!as Self - PanellistTV
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2024Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mysteryas TerryMovie
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I LovedMovie
Out of Order
2024Out of Orderas Self - Guest CaptainTV
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2023Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mysteryas TerryMovie
The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise
2023The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradiseas AnnouncerMovie
Late Night Lycett
2023Late Night Lycettas Self - GuestTV
Romantic Getaway
2023Romantic Getawayas AlfieTV
Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction
2022Richard Hammond's Brain Reactionas SelfTV
The Island
2022The Islandas Self - ContestantTV
The Greatest Snowman
2021The Greatest Snowmanas Self - ContestantTV
We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
2021We Wish You a Mandy Christmasas Ghost Of Christmas PastMovie
The Weakest Link
2021The Weakest Linkas Self - ContestantTV
Question Team
2021Question Teamas SelfTV
Blankety Blank
2021Blankety Blankas Self - PanellistTV
The Drowning of Arthur Braxton
2021The Drowning of Arthur Braxtonas Arthur Braxton Sr.Movie
Murder, They Hope
2021Murder, They Hopeas TerryTV
Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping
2021Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glampingas SelfTV
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
2021Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Breakas RexMovie
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
2021Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivableas SelfTV
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
2021Rhod Gilbert's Growing Painsas GuestTV
Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour
2020Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Houras SelfTV
Meet the Richardsons
2020Meet the Richardsonsas Johnny VegasTV
Dial M for Middlesbrough
2019Dial M for Middlesbroughas TerryMovie
DNA Journey
2019DNA JourneyTV
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud
2019The Rubbish World of Dave Spudas Dave SpudTV
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019Celebrity Goggleboxas SelfTV
Good Omens
2019Good Omensas Ron OrmorodTV
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
2019Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Storyas HimselfMovie
Tales from the Lodge
2019Tales from the Lodgeas RussellMovie
Hypothetical
2019Hypotheticalas SelfTV
The Queen and I
2018The Queen and Ias SpiggyMovie
Death on the Tyne
2018Death on the Tyneas TerryMovie
The Big Narstie Show
2018The Big Narstie Showas SelfTV
Eaten by Lions
2018Eaten by Lionsas RayMovie
Celebrity Catchphrase
2018Celebrity CatchphraseTV
Home from Home
2018Home from Homeas Neil HackettTV
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Canceras Self - GuestTV
Early Man
2018Early Manas Asbo (voice)Movie
Roast Battle
2018Roast Battleas SelfTV
Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII
2017Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XIIas SelfMovie
Murder on the Blackpool Express
2017Murder on the Blackpool Expressas TerryMovie
LEGO Masters
2017LEGO Mastersas Guest JudgeTV
Tulip Fever
2017Tulip Feveras ApothecaryMovie
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsuleas SelfTV
The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet
2017The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffetas Himself - Narrator (voice)Movie
We Have Been Watching
2017We Have Been Watchingas SelfTV
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Bookas SelfMovie
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2016Neil Gaiman's Likely StoriesTV
Grimsby
2016Grimsbyas Milky PimmsMovie
Dark_net
2016Dark_netMovie
Red Top
2016Red Topas JohnnyMovie
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
2015Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tributeas SelfMovie
B
2015Brilliantman!as Mrs. WardleMovie
Travel Guides
2015Travel Guidesas NarratorTV
Taskmaster
2015Taskmasteras SelfTV
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015Travel Man: 48 Hours in...as Self - GuestTV
Still Open All Hours
2014Still Open All Hoursas Eric AgnewTV
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014Alan Davies: As Yet Untitledas SelfTV
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014Duck Quacks Don't EchoTV
The Harry Hill Movie
2013The Harry Hill Movieas Abu (voice)Movie
Crackanory
2013Crackanoryas SelfTV
Through the Keyhole
2013Through the Keyholeas Self - PanelistTV
Ragged
2013RaggedDirectorMovie
Psychobitches
2013Psychobitchesas SalomeTV
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdownas Self - ContestantTV
Catchphrase
2013CatchphraseTV
It's Kevin
2013It's Kevinas Billy PikeTV
Car S.O.S.
2013Car S.O.S.TV
The Last Leg
2013The Last Legas SelfTV
B
2013Blood and Nutsas Gordon BennettMovie
Mr. Stink
2012Mr. Stinkas DadMovie
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012The Cow That Almost Missed Christmasas Brian (voice)Movie
Comedy World Cup
2012Comedy World Cupas Team CaptainTV
Playhouse Presents
2012Playhouse PresentsWriterTV
Making Qi
2011Making Qias SelfMovie
Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace
2009Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palaceas HimselfMovie
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
2009Chris Moyles' Quiz Nightas SelfTV
F
2009FeastTV
Celebrity Juice
2008Celebrity Juiceas SelfTV
Massive
2008Massiveas TonyTV
An Audience with Neil Diamond
2008An Audience with Neil Diamondas SelfMovie
A Tale of Two Continents
2008A Tale of Two Continentsas AlMovie
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
2008Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dongas SelfTV
Would I Lie to You?
2007Would I Lie to You?as SelfTV
The Graham Norton Show
2007The Graham Norton Showas SelfTV
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramasas SelfMovie
Benidorm
2007Benidormas Geoff MaltbyTV
C
2007Comedy Map of BritainTV
S
2006Showbiz Dartsas Self - Andy's GroupTV
The One Show
2006The One Showas SelfTV
T
2006Turn Back TimeTV
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
2006TV Heaven, Telly HellTV
When Comedy Changed Forever
2006When Comedy Changed Foreveras SelfMovie
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005ShakespeaRe-ToldTV
Bleak House
2005Bleak Houseas KrookTV
8 Out of 10 Cats
20058 Out of 10 Catsas SelfTV
C
2005Comic AidMovie
Ideal
2005Idealas MozTV
Dead Man Weds
2005Dead Man Wedsas Lewis DonatTV
The Libertine
2004The Libertineas SackvilleMovie
Blake's Junction 7
2004Blake's Junction 7as BlakeMovie
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004Sex Lives of the Potato Menas DaveMovie
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
2003Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?as SelfMovie
QI
2003QIas SelfTV
Cheeky
2003Cheekyas Alf PriceMovie
Blackball
2003Blackballas TrevorMovie
The Virgin of Liverpool
2003The Virgin of Liverpoolas Jackie SymesMovie
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
2002Offensive: The Real Derek and Cliveas SelfMovie
Tipping the Velvet
2002Tipping the Velvetas Gully SutherlandTV
Top Gear
2002Top Gearas SelfTV
S
2002Staying Upas Frank O'HanlonMovie
When Snooker Ruled the World
2002When Snooker Ruled the Worldas SelfMovie
J
2002Johnny Vaughan Tonightas SelfTV
I
2001I Love 1990sTV
Happiness
2001Happinessas Charlie DoyleTV
Attention Scum
2001Attention Scumas 24 Hour News ManTV
Black Books
2000Black Booksas LandlordTV
V
2000Vic Reeves ExaminesTV
Parkinson
1998Parkinsonas SelfTV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996Never Mind the Buzzcocksas SelfTV
The Frank Skinner Show
1995The Frank Skinner Showas SelfTV
Room 101
1994Room 101as SelfTV
Shooting Stars
1993Shooting Starsas Self - PanelistTV
Have I Got News for You
1990Have I Got News for Youas SelfTV
This Morning
1988This Morningas SelfTV
Red Dwarf
1988Red Dwarfas Crit CopTV
An Audience with...
1978An Audience with...as SelfTV
J
—Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone Of Idiot - Unseen And Uncutas HimselfMovie
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
—Have I Got a Bit More News for Youas Self - PanellistTV