Lenny Henry

Known for: Acting

Born: 1958-08-29 (age 67)

From: Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK

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

Filmography (144)

MOVIE
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026
as Self (archive footage)
TV
TFI Unplugged
2026
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
as Know All
MOVIE★ 6.2
Jay Kelly
2025
as Larry
TV★ 7.2
Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters
2025
as Self - Contestant
TV★ 7.0
Alison Hammond's Big Weekend
2025
as Self - Interviewed Guest
TV★ 5.7
The Assembly
2025
as Self
TV★ 6.1
Missing You
2025
as Clint Donovan
MOVIE★ 7.5
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
as Mr. Convenience (voice)
TV★ 4.2
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
2024
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 10.0
Art Matters
2024
as Self
MOVIE
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
2024
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Perfect Pub Walks
2024
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
An Audience with Kylie
2023
as Self
TV★ 6.5
The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022
as Chief Sage Balor
TV★ 7.2
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Sadoc Burrows
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2022
as Sadoc Burrows
TV★ 7.9
The Sandman
2022
as Martin Tenbones (voice)
MOVIE
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
2022
as Self
TV
Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain
2022
as Presenter
MOVIE★ 3.7
My Name Is Leon
2022
as Mr. Johnson
MOVIE★ 4.7
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
Parkinson at 50
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Zog and the Flying Doctors
2021
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.4
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
as Self
TV
Back to the…
2020
as Self
MOVIE
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
2020
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Big Night In
2020
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 7.8
Trust Morecambe & Wise
2019
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 8.0
Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
2019
as Presenter
MOVIE
Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University
2019
as Self - Presenter
MOVIE★ 6.8
Zog
2018
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.7
The Long Song
2018
as Godfrey
MOVIE★ 9.0
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 7.0
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016
as Self
MOVIE
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Our Queen at Ninety
2016
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Danny & the Human Zoo
2015
as Samson
TV★ 8.0
A Life on Screen
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
as Self
TV★ 7.7
W1A
2014
as Self
TV★ 7.9
Broadchurch
2013
as Ed Burnett
TV★ 5.7
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.2
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 7.5
The Syndicate
2012
as Godfrey Watson
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
as Peg Leg Hastings (voice)
MOVIE★ 10.0
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors
2012
as Antipholus of Syracuse
MOVIE
Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years
2011
as Self
TV
Perspectives
2011
TV
Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief
2011
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2011
TV★ 8.5
The Magicians
2011
as Self
TV★ 8.0
Tinga Tinga Tales
2010
as Elephant (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010
MOVIE
Now That’s What I Call Comedy
2009
as Himself
MOVIE
Gaybo Laughs Back
2008
as Self
TV★ 7.7
Big & Small
2008
as Big / Small (voice)
TV★ 3.2
Q&A
2008
as Self - Panellist
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space
2008
as Himself
TV
Lenry Henry.TV
2008
MOVIE★ 6.7
Penelope
2007
as Krull
TV★ 6.2
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
TV
Lenny's Britain
2007
as Himself - Presenter
TV★ 7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
MOVIE
It Started with Swap Shop
2006
as Self
TV★ 4.4
The One Show
2006
as Self
TV★ 6.5
Great British Menu
2006
as Self - Guest Judge
MOVIE
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
2005
TV★ 6.6
Harry & Paul
2005
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
as Self
TV★ 7.6
Doctor Who
2005
as Daniel Barton
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
MirrorMask
2005
as Cops 1-4
MOVIE★ 4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
as Shrunken Head (voice)
TV★ 7.0
The Lenny Henry Show
2004
MOVIE
Lying To Michael Jackson
2003
as Michael Jackson
TV★ 6.5
Little Robots
2003
as Sporty (voice)
MOVIE
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
as Various
TV★ 5.3
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Lenny Henry in Pieces
2000
TV
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
MOVIE
Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy
1999
as Himself
TV★ 7.5
Hope and Glory
1999
as Ian George
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Man
1999
as Dennis Jackson
TV
Lenny Goes to Town
1998
TV
Windrush
1998
as Self
TV
Parkinson
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Story of Bean
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Famous Fred
1996
as Fred (voice)
MOVIE
Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994
1994
MOVIE★ 7.0
White Goods
1994
as Charlie Collins
TV★ 7.7
Shooting Stars
1993
as Self
TV★ 7.6
Chef
1993
as Gareth Blackstock
MOVIE★ 8.5
In Dreams
1992
as Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince
MOVIE★ 10.0
Black and White in Colour
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
Bernard and the Genie
1991
as Josephus the Genie
MOVIE★ 8.0
Alive and Kicking
1991
as Stevie 'Smudger' Smith
MOVIE★ 5.6
True Identity
1991
as Miles Pope
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lenny Go Home
1991
as Self
MOVIE
Oxford
1990
as Steve Wild
MOVIE
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
as Warder
MOVIE★ 6.9
Work Experience
1989
as Terence
TV★ 7.2
Screen One
1989
as Stevie 'Smudger' Smith
MOVIE★ 9.0
Lenny Live and Unleashed
1989
as Himself & various characters
TV
Saturday Night Clive
1989
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
as Self
MOVIE
Just Like That!
1989
as Self
TV★ 5.2
This Morning
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Suicide Club
1988
as Cam
MOVIE★ 8.0
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988
as Various Roles
TV★ 6.0
Comic Relief
1988
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 7.2
The Lenny Henry Show
1987
TV★ 8.0
Going Live!
1987
as Self
TV★ 7.4
French & Saunders
1987
as Lt. Chris Clark
MOVIE★ 7.0
Coast to Coast
1987
as Ritchie Lee
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987
as Self
TV★ 5.0
Lenny Henry Tonite
1986
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
as Self
TV★ 4.0
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
TV★ 7.3
Happy Families
1985
as Hollywood Hobo
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Ritchie Lee
TV★ 5.7
The Lenny Henry Show
1984
as Self / Various
TV
Aspel & Company
1984
TV★ 7.4
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
MOVIE
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
as Various Characters
TV★ 7.9
The Young Ones
1982
as Postman
TV★ 7.4
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
as Warder
TV★ 5.3
Wogan
1982
as Self
TV
O.T.T.
1982
TV
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Three of a Kind
1981
as Self / Various Characters
TV★ 1.0
Olivier Awards
1981
as Self - Host
TV★ 5.8
The Fosters
1976
as Sonny Foster
TV★ 5.0
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
TV
The Summer Show
1975
TV★ 7.8
Tiswas
1974
TV★ 6.7
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self - Host
TV★ 7.0
World in Action
1963
TV★ 10.0
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Host
MOVIE
The Lenny Henry Birthday Show
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MOVIE
Tommy Cooper at the BBC
—
as Presenter