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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Lenworth George Henry was born on August 29, 1958, in Dudley, West Midlands... more
Trivia:
Friend of Neil Gaiman, author of such books as "The Sandman," "American... more
Awards:
1 win
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NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
News: Lenny Henry - Black Doctor?
(From Kasterborous. 24 November 2009, 1:20 PM, PST)
Lenny Henry wins theatre gong
(From digitalspy. 23 November 2009, 7:59 AM, PST)
(From Kasterborous. 24 November 2009, 1:20 PM, PST)
Lenny Henry wins theatre gong
(From digitalspy. 23 November 2009, 7:59 AM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Lenny Henry CBE | Shrunken Head
Filmography
Actor:
- "Big and Small" .... Big / ... (23 episodes, 2008)
- The Big Sneeze (2008) TV episode (voice) .... Big / Small
- A Door for Small (????) TV episode (voice)
- A Piece of Cake (????) TV episode (voice)
- A Sound Idea (????) TV episode (voice)
- A Space for Small (????) TV episode (voice)
(18 more) - "A Bucket o' French & Saunders" (1 episode, 2007)
- Episode #1.4 (2007) TV episode - "Jackanory Junior" (2007) TV series .... Storyteller (unknown episodes)
- Berry's Way (2006) (TV) .... Berry Cotterell
- Penelope (2006) .... Krull
- MirrorMask (2005) .... Cops 1-4
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) .... Shrunken Head
... aka Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) - "Little Robots" .... Sporty (3 episodes, 2003)
- Reach for the Sky (2003) TV episode (voice) .... Sporty
- Scary Scary (2003) TV episode (voice) .... Sporty
- Spotty Rules (2003) TV episode (voice) .... Sporty - "Lenny Henry in Pieces" (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode #2.2 (2003) TV episode - Goodbye, Mr Steadman (2001) (TV) .... Roy Buchanan
- French & Saunders Live (2000) (V) (voice) (uncredited) .... Dimco announcer
- "Hope & Glory" .... Ian George (16 episodes, 1999-2000)
... aka Hope and Glory (UK: new title)
- Episode #3.6 (2000) TV episode .... Ian George
- Episode #3.5 (2000) TV episode .... Ian George
- Episode #3.4 (2000) TV episode .... Ian George
- Episode #3.3 (2000) TV episode .... Ian George
- Episode #3.2 (2000) TV episode .... Ian George
(11 more) - The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999) (TV) .... Decos
- The Man (1999) (TV) .... Dennis Jackson
- "Lenny Goes to Town" .... Various Characters (6 episodes, 1998)
- Dundee (1998) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Northhampton (1998) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Brighton (1998) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Cambridge (1998) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Port Talbot (1998) TV episode .... Various Characters
(1 more) - "Chef!" .... Gareth (20 episodes, 1993-1996)
- Paris? Jamaica? (1996) TV episode .... Gareth
- Rochelle (1996) TV episode .... Gareth
- Love in the Air (1996) TV episode .... Gareth
- Lessons in Talking (1996) TV episode .... Gareth
- Reeny/Renée (1996) TV episode .... Gareth
(15 more) - Famous Fred (1996) (voice) .... Fred
- "French and Saunders" .... Richard (3 episodes, 1988-1996)
- Dr. Quimn, Mad Woman (1996) TV episode (voice) (uncredited)
- The Quick and the Dead (1996) TV episode
- Episode #2.5 (1988) TV episode .... Richard - White Goods (1994) (TV) .... Charlie Collins
- In Dreams (1992) (TV) .... Lenny / Michael Jackson / Prince
- Bernard and the Genie (1991) (TV) .... Josephus the Genie
- "Screen One" .... Stevie 'Smudger' Smith (1 episode, 1991)
- Alive and Kicking (1991) TV episode .... Stevie 'Smudger' Smith - True Identity (1991) .... Miles Pope
- "The Comic Strip Presents..." .... Steve Wild / ... (2 episodes, 1990)
- Oxford (1990) TV episode .... Steve Wild
- South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 (1990) TV episode .... Warder - Work Experience (1989) .... Terence Welles
- "The Lenny Henry Show" .... Delbert Wilkins (12 episodes, 1987-1988)
- Public Enemy (1988) TV episode .... Delbert Wilkins
- The Crucial Health (1988) TV episode .... Delbert Wilkins
- In-Laws and Out-Laws (1988) TV episode .... Delbert Wilkins
- The Single Life (1988) TV episode .... Delbert Wilkins
- Enterprise Zones (1988) TV episode .... Delbert Wilkins
(7 more) - The Suicide Club (1988) .... Cam
- Spitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show (1987) (TV) (voice)
- Coast to Coast (1987) (TV) .... Ritchie Lee
- "Lenny Henry Tonite" .... Various Characters (6 episodes, 1986)
- Gronk Zillman (1986) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Heavenly Romance (1986) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Neighbourhood Watch (1986) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Popsi (1986) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Pratt Outta Hell (1986) TV episode .... Various Characters
(1 more) - "Happy Families" .... Hollywood Hobo (1 episode, 1985)
- Cassie (1985) TV episode .... Hollywood Hobo - "The Young Ones" .... Postman (1 episode, 1984)
- Summer Holiday (1984) TV episode .... Postman - "Tiswas" .... Various (1 episode, 1978-1981)
... aka Today Is Saturday, Watch and Smile (UK: alternative title)
- Episode dated 5 April 1980 (1980) TV episode .... Various - "The Ronnie Corbett Special" (1 episode, 1979)
- Episode #1.2 (1979) TV episode - "The Fosters" .... Sonny Foster (27 episodes, 1976-1977)
- The House Guest (1977) TV episode .... Sonny Foster
- The Family Way (1977) TV episode .... Sonny Foster
- That's My Boy (1977) TV episode .... Sonny Foster
- Who Needs Friends? (1977) TV episode .... Sonny Foster
- Home and Away (1977) TV episode .... Sonny Foster
(22 more) - "The Summer Show" (1975) TV series (unknown episodes)
Writer:
- Berry's Way (2006) (TV) (written by)
- "The Lenny Henry Show" (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode #1.1 (2004) TV episode (written by) - "Lenny Henry in Pieces" (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode #2.2 (2003) TV episode (writer) - "Neverwhere" (6 episodes, 1996)
- As Above, So Below (1996) TV episode (series deviser)
- Down Street (1996) TV episode (series deviser)
- Blackfriars (1996) TV episode (series deviser)
- Earl's Court to Islington (1996) TV episode (series deviser)
- Knightsbridge (1996) TV episode (series deviser)
(1 more) - "Chef!" (7 episodes, 1993)
- A Bird in the Hand (1993) TV episode (idea)
- Rice and Peas (1993) TV episode (idea)
- Fame Is the Spur (1993) TV episode (idea)
- The Big Cheese (1993) TV episode (idea)
- Subject to Contract (1993) TV episode (idea)
(2 more) - Lenny Go Home (1991) (TV) (written by)
- Comic Relief (1991) (TV) (uncredited)
... aka Comic Relief 3: The Stonker (UK: alternative title) - The Best of 'The Lenny Henry Show' (1990) (V) (written by)
- Lenny Live and Unleashed (1989) (writer)
... aka Lenny Henry Live and Unleashed (Canada: English title: festival title) - A Night of Comic Relief 2 (1989) (TV) (uncredited)
- Comic Relief (1988) (TV) (writer)
- Comic Relief (1986/II) (TV) (writer)
... aka The Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live (UK: video title)
Self:
- "Shooting Stars" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #6.6 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - "The ONE Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 7 September 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Happy Birthday OU (2009) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
- Comic Relief 2009 (2009) (TV) .... Himself
- "Jack Dee Live at the Apollo" .... Himself - Host (1 episode, 2009)
... aka Live at the Apollo (UK: new title)
- Episode #4.5 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - Host - "9am with David & Kim" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 8 July 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Guest - "Good News Week" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode #6.19 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "Mornings with Kerri-Anne" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 7 July 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Guest - "The Paul O'Grady Show" .... Himself (4 episodes, 2005-2008)
... aka The New Paul O'Grady Show (UK: new title)
- Episode #8.60 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #5.2 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #3.64 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #2.33 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "TV Burp" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
... aka Harry Hill's TV Burp (UK: complete title)
- Episode #7.8 (2008) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself - Tiswas Reunited (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- "Perfect Night In" .... Himself - Presenter (1 episode, 2007)
- Lenny Henry's Perfect Night In (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Presenter - "A Taste of My Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Lenny Henry (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Comic Relief 2007: The Big One (2007) (TV) .... Himself - Host
- "The Catherine Tate Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Comic Relief Special (2007) TV episode .... Himself - "Comic Relief Does Fame Academy" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2005-2007)
... aka Celebrity Fame Academy (UK: informal short title)
- Episode #3.9 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #2.2 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #2.1 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "The Comedy Map of Britain" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Episode #1.3 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Comic Relief Does Little Britain: Live (2007) (V) .... Himself - Audience Member
- Lennyhenry.tv (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- It Started with ... Swap Shop (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- "Parkinson" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2004-2006)
- Episode dated 23 December 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 18 September 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - The British Comedy Awards 2006 Live (2006) (TV) .... Himself
- "Popworld" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 12 November 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Richard & Judy" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2003-2005)
- Episode dated 4 November 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 27 April 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 15 April 2003 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "War at the Door" .... Narrator (12 episodes, 2005)
- Episode #2.4 (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
- Episode #2.3 (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
- Episode #2.2 (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
- Episode #2.1 (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
- Episode #1.8 (2005) TV episode (voice) .... Narrator
(7 more) - ITV 50: The Golden Years (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- What Did ITV Do for Me? (2005) (TV) (as Lenny Henry CBE) .... Himself
- Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- The Comic Strip: A Retrospective (2005) (V) .... Himself
- "The Lenny Henry Show" .... Himself - Comedian / ... (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
- Episode #2.8 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Comedian/Various
- Episode #2.7 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Comedian/Various
- Episode #2.6 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Comedian/Various
- Episode #2.5 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Comedian/Various
- Episode #2.4 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Comedian/Various
(8 more) - Out of Africa: Heroes and Icons (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- "Breakfast" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 2 May 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - "Blue Peter" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode dated 11 March 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (2005) (TV) .... Himself - Host
- Victoria Wood: A BAFTA Tribute (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) (TV) .... Himself - Host
- "Jools's Hootenanny" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka Jools's Annual Hootenanny (UK: new title)
- Episode #12.0 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Head to Shrunken Head (2004) (V) (voice) (as Shrunken Head) .... Shrunken Head
- "GMTV" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode dated 20 September 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Good Morning Australia" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
... aka G.M.A. (Australia: short title)
- Episode dated 21 July 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - "Rove Live" .... Himself (1 episode, 2004)
- Episode #5.24 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - The Funny Ladies of British Comedy (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- Christmas Night with the Stars (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- The British Comedy Awards 2003 (2003) (TV) .... Himself
- "V Graham Norton" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode #5.3 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - "The Kumars at No. 42" .... Himself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode #4.4 (2003) TV episode .... Himself - Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do (2003) (TV) .... Himself - Host / Michael Jackson
- Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace (2002) (TV) .... Himself - Host
- "The Sketch Show Story" (2001) TV series .... Himself
... aka Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story (UK: complete title) - Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- Comic Relief Short Pants (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- Lenny's Big Atlantic Adventure (2000) (TV) .... Himself
- 2000 Today (1999) (TV) .... Himself
- Comic Relief: The Record Breaker (1999) (TV) .... Himself - Host
- "The Best of British" .... Himself (1 episode, 1998)
- Lenny Henry (1998) TV episode .... Himself - The Story of Bean (1997) (TV) .... Himself
- Comic Relief (1997) (TV) .... Himself
- The British Academy Awards (1997) (TV) .... Himself - Host
- "The Nose at Ten" (1996) TV series .... Himself
- "The Lenny Henry Show" .... Himself / ... (8 episodes, 1994-1995)
- Christmas (1995) TV episode .... Himself/Various
- Episode #1.6 (1995) TV episode .... Himself/Various
- Episode #1.5 (1995) TV episode .... Himself/Various
- Episode #1.4 (1995) TV episode .... Himself/Various
- Episode #1.3 (1995) TV episode .... Himself/Various
(3 more) - Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (1995) (TV) .... Himself
- "Live & Kicking" .... Himself (1 episode, 1994)
- Episode dated 16 April 1994 (1994) TV episode .... Himself - "Sunday Night Clive" .... Himself (1 episode, 1994)
... aka Clive James (USA)
- Episode #1.5 (1994) TV episode .... Himself - "The South Bank Show" .... Himself (4 episodes, 1988-1994)
- Darker Than Me (1994) TV episode .... Himself
- John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy: Part 2 (1993) TV episode .... Himself
- Lenny Henry Hunts the Funk (1992) TV episode .... Himself
- Lenny Henry (1988) TV episode .... Himself - "This Morning" .... Himself (1 episode, 1993)
... aka This Morning with Richard and Judy (UK: informal title)
- Episode dated 17 September 1993 (1993) TV episode .... Himself - "Aspel & Company" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1986-1993)
- Episode #10.12 (1993) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #3.2 (1986) TV episode .... Himself - Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes (1993) (TV) .... Himself
- "Wogan" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1992-1993)
... aka The Wogan Years (UK: repeat compilations title)
- Episode dated 22 January 1993 (1993) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 15 April 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Himself - Comic Relief: Behind the Nose (1992) (TV) (also archive footage) .... Himself/Scott Tracey
- Lenny Go Home (1991) (TV) .... Himself
- "Saturday Night Clive" .... Himself (1 episode, 1991)
- Episode #4.10 (1991) TV episode .... Himself - "Showbiz Today" .... Himself (1 episode, 1991)
- Episode dated 27 August 1991 (1991) TV episode .... Himself - Comic Relief (1991) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Comic Relief 3: The Stonker (UK: alternative title) - Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa (1990) (TV) .... Himself
- The Best of 'The Lenny Henry Show' (1990) (V) .... Himself / Michael Jackson / David Bellamy / Prince / Trevor McDonald / Stevie Wonder / Various others
- The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989) (TV) .... Himself
- "Going Live!" .... Himself (1 episode, 1989)
- Episode #3.4 (1989) TV episode .... Himself - Lenny Live and Unleashed (1989) .... Himself / Steve Martin / Richard Pryor / Eddie Murphy / Delbert Wilkins / Fred Dread / Low Down Fingerlicking Dirty Houndog Smith / Deakus / Theophilus P. Wildebeeste
... aka Lenny Henry Live and Unleashed (Canada: English title: festival title) - "UP2U" .... Himself (1 episode, 1989)
- Episode #2.7 (1989) TV episode .... Himself - A Night of Comic Relief 2 (1989) (TV)
- "Scoff" .... Himself (1 episode, 1989)
- Episode #1.7 (1989) TV episode .... Himself - Hysteria 2! (1989) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Lenny Henry Show" .... Himself / ... (14 episodes, 1984-1988)
- Christmas 1988 (1988) TV episode .... Himself / Various Characters
- Christmas 1987 (1987) TV episode .... Himself / Various Characters
- Episode #2.6 (1985) TV episode .... Himself / Various Characters
- Episode #2.5 (1985) TV episode .... Himself / Various Characters
- Episode #2.4 (1985) TV episode .... Himself / Various Characters
(9 more) - Comic Relief (1988) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross" .... Himself (1 episode, 1987)
... aka The Last Resort (UK: new title)
- Episode #1.12 (1987) TV episode .... Himself - The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987) .... Himself
- Comic Relief (1986/II) (TV) .... Himself
... aka The Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live (UK: video title) - "Omnibus" (1 episode, 1986)
- Comic Relief (1986) TV episode - "Three of a Kind" .... Himself / ... (16 episodes, 1981-1983)
- Episode #3.6 (1983) TV episode .... Himself/Various Characters
- Episode #3.5 (1983) TV episode .... Himself/Various Characters
- Episode #3.4 (1983) TV episode .... Himself/Various Characters
- Episode #3.3 (1983) TV episode .... Himself/Various Characters
- Episode #3.2 (1983) TV episode .... Himself/Various Characters
(11 more) - "OTT" .... Himself (1 episode, 1982)
- Episode #1.7 (1982) TV episode .... Himself - "Blankety Blank" .... Himself (1 episode, 1981)
... aka Lily Savage's Blankety Blank (UK: new title)
- Episode #4.1 (1981) TV episode .... Himself - "Seaside Special" .... Himself (1 episode, 1978)
- Episode #4.10 (1978) TV episode .... Himself
Archive Footage:
- 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (2008) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- The Funny Side of the News (2007) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Channel 4 at 25 (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- 100 Greatest Stand-Ups (2007) (TV) .... Himself
- Greatest TV Comedy Moments (2005) (TV) .... Wildebeest
- Conjuring a Scene (2004) (V) (voice) (uncredited) .... Shrunken Head
- Who Killed Saturday Night TV? (2004) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- I Love Christmas (2001) (TV)
- Night of a Thousand Faces (2001) (TV) .... Various
- "Full Mountie" (2000) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
CD - Lenny Live and Unleashed Island Records CID 9937 Comedy tracks from Movie of Same Name
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Publicity Listings:
6 Interviews | 3 Articles | 3 Magazine Cover Photos
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