Lenny Henry

Acting

Lenny Henry

Born August 29, 1958Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK142 credits

Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE, known as Lenny Henry, is an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter.

Known For

The Magic Faraway Tree
6.3

The Magic Faraway Tree

Movie

2026

Jay Kelly
6.1

Jay Kelly

Movie

2025

Grand Prix of Europe
7.2

Grand Prix of Europe

Movie

2025

Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters
7.2

Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters

TV

2025

Alison Hammond's Big Weekend
7.0

Alison Hammond's Big Weekend

TV

2025

Missing You
6.1

Missing You

TV

2025

Filmography

The Magic Faraway Tree
2026The Magic Faraway Treeas Know AllMovie
Jay Kelly
2025Jay Kellyas LarryMovie
Grand Prix of Europe
2025Grand Prix of Europeas Erwin (voice)Movie
Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters
2025Shark! Celebrity Infested Watersas Self - ContestantTV
Alison Hammond's Big Weekend
2025Alison Hammond's Big Weekendas Self - Interviewed GuestTV
Missing You
2025Missing Youas Clint DonovanTV
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowlas Mr. Convenience (voice)Movie
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
2024Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henryas Self - HostTV
Art Matters
2024Art Mattersas SelfMovie
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
2024Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Moneyas SelfMovie
Perfect Pub Walks
2024Perfect Pub Walksas SelfTV
An Audience with Kylie
2023An Audience with Kylieas SelfMovie
Three Little Birds
2023Three Little BirdsWriterTV
The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022The Witcher: Blood Originas Chief Sage BalorTV
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Poweras Sadoc BurrowsTV
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screeningas Sadoc BurrowsMovie
The Sandman
2022The Sandmanas Martin Tenbones (voice)TV
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
2022Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremonyas SelfMovie
Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain
2022Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britainas PresenterTV
My Name Is Leon
2022My Name Is Leonas Mr. JohnsonMovie
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmasas SelfMovie
Parkinson at 50
2021Parkinson at 50as Self (archive footage)Movie
Zog and the Flying Doctors
2021Zog and the Flying Doctorsas Narrator (voice)Movie
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...as SelfMovie
Back to the…
2020Back to the…as SelfTV
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
2020Black Classical Music: The Forgotten Historyas Self - PresenterMovie
The Big Night In
2020The Big Night Inas Self - PresenterMovie
Trust Morecambe & Wise
2019Trust Morecambe & Wiseas Self - PresenterTV
Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
2019Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedyas PresenterTV
Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University
2019Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open Universityas Self - PresenterMovie
Zog
2018Zogas Himself - Narrator (voice)Movie
The Long Song
2018The Long Songas GodfreyTV
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017Comic Relief: Red Nose Dayas Self - PresenterMovie
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016John Bishop: In Conversation with...as SelfTV
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerouslyas SelfMovie
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Woodas SelfMovie
Our Queen at Ninety
2016Our Queen at Ninetyas SelfMovie
Danny & the Human Zoo
2015Danny & the Human Zooas SamsonMovie
A Life on Screen
2014A Life on Screenas SelfTV
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014Rik Mayall: Lord of Misruleas SelfMovie
W1A
2014W1Aas SelfTV
Broadchurch
2013Broadchurchas Ed BurnettTV
The Last Leg
2013The Last Legas SelfTV
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012as Self - PresenterMovie
The Syndicate
2012The Syndicateas Godfrey WatsonTV
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!as Peg Leg Hastings (voice)Movie
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors
2012National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errorsas Antipholus of SyracuseMovie
Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years
2011Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Yearsas SelfMovie
Perspectives
2011PerspectivesTV
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2011Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Reliefas HimselfTV
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2011The Secret Life of Bob MonkhouseMovie
The Magicians
2011The Magiciansas SelfTV
Tinga Tinga Tales
2010Tinga Tinga Talesas Elephant (voice)TV
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010Los cuentos de Tinga TingaTV
Now That’s What I Call Comedy
2009Now That’s What I Call Comedyas HimselfMovie
Gaybo Laughs Back
2008Gaybo Laughs Backas SelfMovie
Big & Small
2008Big & Smallas Big / Small (voice, British version)TV
Q&A
2008Q&Aas Self - PanellistTV
The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space
2008The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Spaceas HimselfMovie
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2008Lenry Henry.TVTV
Penelope
2007Penelopeas KrullMovie
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007A Bucket O' French and SaundersTV
Lenny's Britain
2007Lenny's Britainas Himself - PresenterTV
The Graham Norton Show
2007The Graham Norton Showas SelfTV
It Started with Swap Shop
2006It Started with Swap Shopas SelfMovie
The One Show
2006The One Showas SelfTV
Great British Menu
2006Great British Menuas Self - Guest JudgeTV
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
2005Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To SayMovie
Harry & Paul
2005Harry & PaulTV
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005The Comic Strip - A Retrospectiveas SelfMovie
Doctor Who
2005Doctor Whoas Daniel BartonTV
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2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedyas SelfMovie
MirrorMask
2005MirrorMaskas Cops 1-4Movie
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?as SelfMovie
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanas Shrunken Head (voice)Movie
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2004The Lenny Henry ShowTV
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2003Lying To Michael Jacksonas Michael JacksonMovie
Little Robots
2003Little Robotsas Sporty (voice)TV
The Best of French & Saunders
2002The Best of French & Saundersas VariousMovie
V Graham Norton
2002V Graham Nortonas SelfTV
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2000Lenny Henry in PiecesTV
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000The Nearly Complete and Utter History of EverythingTV
Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy
1999Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academyas HimselfMovie
Hope and Glory
1999Hope and Gloryas Ian GeorgeTV
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1999The Manas Dennis JacksonMovie
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1998Lenny Goes to TownTV
Windrush
1998Windrushas HimselfTV
Parkinson
1998Parkinsonas SelfTV
The Story of Bean
1997The Story of Beanas SelfMovie
Famous Fred
1996Famous Fredas Fred (voice)Movie
Neverwhere
1996NeverwhereCreatorTV
Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994
1994Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994Movie
White Goods
1994White Goodsas Charlie CollinsMovie
Shooting Stars
1993Shooting Starsas SelfTV
Chef
1993Chefas Gareth BlackstockTV
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1992In Dreamsas Lenny/Michael Jackson/PrinceMovie
Black and White in Colour
1992Black and White in Colouras SelfMovie
Bernard and the Genie
1991Bernard and the Genieas Josephus the GenieMovie
Alive and Kicking
1991Alive and Kickingas Stevie 'Smudger' SmithMovie
True Identity
1991True Identityas Miles PopeMovie
Lenny Go Home
1991Lenny Go Homeas SelfMovie
Oxford
1990Oxfordas Steve WildMovie
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1as WarderMovie
Work Experience
1989Work Experienceas TerenceMovie
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1989Lenny Live and Unleashedas Himself & various charactersMovie
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1989Saturday Night CliveTV
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ballas SelfMovie
Just Like That!
1989Just Like That!as SelfMovie
This Morning
1988This Morningas SelfTV
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tributeas SelfMovie
The Suicide Club
1988The Suicide Clubas CamMovie
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Showas Various RolesMovie
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1988Comic Reliefas Self - PresenterTV
The Lenny Henry Show
1987The Lenny Henry ShowTV
Going Live!
1987Going Live!as SelfTV
French & Saunders
1987French & Saundersas RichardTV
Coast to Coast
1987Coast to Coastas Ritchie LeeMovie
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987The Secret Policeman’s Third Ballas SelfMovie
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1986Lenny Henry ToniteTV
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Liveas SelfMovie
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986Omnibus Presents Comic ReliefTV
Happy Families
1985Happy Familiesas Hollywood HoboTV
The Lenny Henry Show
1984The Lenny Henry Showas Self / VariousTV
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1984Aspel & CompanyTV
Natural World
1983Natural Worldas NarratorTV
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982The Funny Side of Christmasas Various CharactersMovie
The Young Ones
1982The Young Onesas PostmanTV
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982The Comic Strip Presents...as WarderTV
Wogan
1982Woganas SelfTV
O.T.T.
1982O.T.T.TV
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981Six Fifty-Five Specialas SelfTV
Three of a Kind
1981Three of a Kindas Self / Various CharactersTV
The Fosters
1976The Fostersas Sonny FosterTV
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976The Secret Policeman's Ballas SelfTV
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1975The Summer ShowTV
Tiswas
1974TiswasTV
Top of the Pops
1964Top of the Popsas Self - HostTV
World in Action
1963World in ActionTV
The BAFTA Awards
1949The BAFTA Awardsas HostTV
Tommy Cooper at the BBC
—Tommy Cooper at the BBCas PresenterMovie
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—The Lenny Henry Birthday ShowMovie
Anansi Boys
—Anansi BoysWriterTV