Lenny Henry
Acting • Born 1958-08-29
Biography
Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE, known as Lenny Henry, is an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter.
Filmography
139 credits
Bernard and the Genie
Movie • 1991
Josephus the Genie
Penelope
Movie • 2007
Krull
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Movie • 2014
Self
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Movie • 2004
Self
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Movie • 2012
Peg Leg Hastings (voice)
True Identity
Movie • 1991
Miles Pope
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
Movie • 1987
Self
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Movie • 1989
Self
The Suicide Club
Movie • 1988
Cam
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Movie • 2017
Self - Presenter
Lenny Live and Unleashed
Movie • 1989
Himself & various characters
Parkinson at 50
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
The Best of French & Saunders
Movie • 2002
Various
Coast to Coast
Movie • 1987
Ritchie Lee
Famous Fred
Movie • 1996
Fred (voice)
Work Experience
Movie • 1989
Terence
My Name Is Leon
Movie • 2022
Mr. Johnson
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
Movie • 2011
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
Movie • 2016
Self
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
Movie • 2022
Self
Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years
Movie • 2011
Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
Movie • 2022
Sadoc Burrows
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
Movie • 1990
Warder
Oxford
Movie • 1990
Steve Wild
An Audience with Kylie
Movie • 2023
Self
Our Queen at Ninety
Movie • 2016
Self
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
Movie • 2005
Self
Just Like That!
Movie • 1989
Self
Lenny Go Home
Movie • 1991
Self
Alive and Kicking
Movie • 1991
Stevie 'Smudger' Smith
MirrorMask
Movie • 2005
Cops 1-4
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
Movie • 2024
Self
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
Movie • 2005
Danny & the Human Zoo
Movie • 2015
Samson
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Movie • 2021
Self
The Magic Faraway Tree
Movie • 2026
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Movie • 2024
Mr. Convenience (voice)
Now That’s What I Call Comedy
Movie • 2009
Himself
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
Movie • 2016
Self
Grand Prix of Europe
Movie • 2025
Erwin (voice)
Art Matters
Movie • 2024
Self
Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy
Movie • 1999
Himself
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Movie • 2004
Shrunken Head (voice)
In Dreams
Movie • 1992
Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince
White Goods
Movie • 1994
Charlie Collins
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors
Movie • 2012
Antipholus of Syracuse
Zog
Movie • 2018
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University
Movie • 2019
Himself - Presenter
Black and White in Colour
Movie • 1992
Self
The Story of Bean
Movie • 1997
Self
The Big Night In
Movie • 2020
Self - Presenter
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Movie • 1986
Self
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
Movie • 2020
Self - Presenter
Zog and the Flying Doctors
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
Movie • 2020
Self
Tommy Cooper at the BBC
Movie
Presenter
It Started with Swap Shop
Movie • 2006
Self
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
Movie • 2012
Self - Presenter
Lying To Michael Jackson
Movie • 2003
Michael Jackson
Gaybo Laughs Back
Movie • 2008
Self
The Lenny Henry Birthday Show
Movie
The Man
Movie • 1999
Dennis Jackson
Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994
Movie • 1994
Jay Kelly
Movie • 2025
Larry
The Funny Side of Christmas
Movie • 1982
Various Characters
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
Movie • 1988
Various Roles
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie • 2005
Self
Hope and Glory
TV • 1999
Ian George
Shooting Stars
TV • 1993
Self
Tiswas
TV • 1974
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Chef
TV • 1993
Gareth Blackstock
Three of a Kind
TV • 1981
Self / Various Characters
The Secret Policeman's Ball
TV • 1976
Self
The Young Ones
TV • 1982
Postman
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
TV • 1986
The BAFTA Awards
TV • 1949
Host
The Lenny Henry Show
TV • 1987
O.T.T.
TV • 1982
Lenny Henry in Pieces
TV • 2000
The Summer Show
TV • 1975
Saturday Night Clive
TV • 1989
The Lenny Henry Show
TV • 2004
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
TV • 2010
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
Natural World
TV • 1983
Narrator
Lenny Goes to Town
TV • 1998
Lenny's Britain
TV • 2007
Himself - Presenter
Lenny Henry Tonite
TV • 1986
Aspel & Company
TV • 1984
Lenry Henry.TV
TV • 2008
Six Fifty-Five Special
TV • 1981
Self
The Witcher: Blood Origin
TV • 2022
Chief Sage Balor
The Lenny Henry Show
TV • 1984
Self / Various
The Syndicate
TV • 2012
Godfrey Watson
Windrush
TV • 1998
Himself
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
TV • 2007
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Happy Families
TV • 1985
Hollywood Hobo
Harry & Paul
TV • 2005
Broadchurch
TV • 2013
Ed Burnett
W1A
TV • 2014
Self
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Great British Menu
TV • 2006
Self - Guest Judge
Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain
TV • 2022
Presenter
Going Live!
TV • 1987
Self
A Life on Screen
TV • 2014
Self
The Sandman
TV • 2022
Martin Tenbones (voice)
The Long Song
TV • 2018
Godfrey
Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief
TV • 2011
Himself
The Magicians
TV • 2011
Self
Little Robots
TV • 2003
Sporty (voice)
Missing You
TV • 2025
Clint Donovan
The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
TV • 2016
Self
Comic Relief
TV • 1988
Self - Presenter
Tinga Tinga Tales
TV • 2010
Elephant (voice)
Trust Morecambe & Wise
TV • 2019
Self - Presenter
Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
TV • 2019
Presenter
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Daniel Barton
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Q&A
TV • 2008
Self - Panellist
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
TV • 2000
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Warder
The Comic Strip Presents...
TV • 1982
Steve Wild
Perspectives
TV • 2011
French & Saunders
TV • 1987
Lt. Chris Clark
French & Saunders
TV • 1987
Richard
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
TV • 2022
Sadoc Burrows
Back to the…
TV • 2020
Self
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self - Host
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
TV • 2024
Self - Host
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
Alison Hammond's Big Weekend
TV • 2025
Self - Interviewed Guest
Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters
TV • 2025
Self - Contestant
Perfect Pub Walks
TV • 2024
Self
The Fosters
TV • 1976
Sonny Foster
Big & Small
TV • 2008
Big / Small (voice, British version)