Lenny Henry
Department: Acting
Biography
Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE, known as Lenny Henry, is an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter.
Known For
Bernard and the Genie
1991
Penelope
2007
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
True Identity
1991
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
The Suicide Club
1988
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017
Lenny Live and Unleashed
1989
Parkinson at 50
2021
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
Coast to Coast
1987
Famous Fred
1996
Work Experience
1989
My Name Is Leon
2022
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2011
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
2022
Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years
2011
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2022
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
Oxford
1990
An Audience with Kylie
2023
Our Queen at Ninety
2016
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
Just Like That!
1989
Lenny Go Home
1991
Alive and Kicking
1991
MirrorMask
2005
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
2024
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
2005
Danny & the Human Zoo
2015
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
Now That’s What I Call Comedy
2009
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016
Grand Prix of Europe
2025
Art Matters
2024
Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy
1999
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
In Dreams
1992
White Goods
1994
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors
2012
Zog
2018
Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University
2019
Black and White in Colour
1992
The Story of Bean
1997
The Big Night In
2020
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
2020
Zog and the Flying Doctors
2021
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
Tommy Cooper at the BBC
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It Started with Swap Shop
2006
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012
Lying To Michael Jackson
2003
Gaybo Laughs Back
2008
The Lenny Henry Birthday Show
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The Man
1999
Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994
1994
Jay Kelly
2025
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
Hope and Glory
1999
Shooting Stars
1993
Tiswas
1974
The One Show
2006
Chef
1993
Three of a Kind
1981
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
The Young Ones
1982
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
The BAFTA Awards
1949
The Lenny Henry Show
1987
O.T.T.
1982
Lenny Henry in Pieces
2000
The Summer Show
1975
Saturday Night Clive
1989
The Lenny Henry Show
2004
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010
V Graham Norton
2002
Natural World
1983
Lenny Goes to Town
1998
Lenny's Britain
2007
Lenny Henry Tonite
1986
Aspel & Company
1984
Lenry Henry.TV
2008
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981
The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022
The Lenny Henry Show
1984
The Syndicate
2012
Windrush
1998
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
The One Show
2006
Happy Families
1985
Harry & Paul
2005
Broadchurch
2013
W1A
2014
Wogan
1982
Great British Menu
2006
Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain
2022
Going Live!
1987
A Life on Screen
2014
The Sandman
2022
The Long Song
2018
Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief
2011
The Magicians
2011
Little Robots
2003
Missing You
2025
The Last Leg
2013
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
Comic Relief
1988
Tinga Tinga Tales
2010
Trust Morecambe & Wise
2019
Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
2019
Doctor Who
2005
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Q&A
2008
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Perspectives
2011
French & Saunders
1987
French & Saunders
1987
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
Back to the…
2020
Parkinson
1998
Top of the Pops
1964
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
2024
This Morning
1988
Alison Hammond's Big Weekend
2025
Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters
2025
Perfect Pub Walks
2024
The Fosters
1976
Big & Small
2008
World in Action
1963