Lenny Henry

Known for: Acting
Born: August 29, 1958, Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK
Movies: 71

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

Upcoming Lenny Henry Movies

Tommy Cooper at the BBC

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

8.0

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

6.7

Penelope

2006

6.5

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012

7.5

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

2024

6.1

Jay Kelly

2025

6.4

MirrorMask

2005

6.7

The Magic Faraway Tree

2026

7.4

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening

2022

6.7

Zog

2018

5.6

True Identity

1991

Filmography

2026	Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen	Self (archive footage)
2026	The Magic Faraway Tree	Know All
2025	Jay Kelly	Larry
2024	Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl	Mr. Convenience (voice)
2024	Art Matters	Self
2024	Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money	Self
2023	An Audience with Kylie	Self
2022	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening	Sadoc Burrows
2022	Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony	Self
2022	My Name Is Leon	Mr. Johnson
2021	Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas	Self
2021	Parkinson at 50	Self (archive footage)
2021	Zog and the Flying Doctors	Narrator (voice)
2020	Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...	Self
2020	Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History	Self - Presenter
2020	The Big Night In	Self - Presenter
2019	Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University	Self - Presenter
2018	Zog	Himself - Narrator (voice)
2017	Comic Relief: Red Nose Day	Self - Presenter
2016	Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously	Self
2016	Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood	Self
2016	Our Queen at Ninety	Self
2015	Danny & the Human Zoo	Samson
2014	Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule	Self
2012	The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012	Self - Presenter
2012	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!	Peg Leg Hastings (voice)
2012	National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors	Antipholus of Syracuse
2011	Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years	Self
2011	The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2009	Now That’s What I Call Comedy	Himself
2008	Gaybo Laughs Back	Self
2008	The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space	Himself
2006	It Started with Swap Shop	Self
2006	Penelope	Krull
2005	Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
2005	The Comic Strip - A Retrospective	Self
2005	The Funny Blokes of British Comedy	Self
2005	MirrorMask	Cops 1-4
2004	Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?	Self
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Shrunken Head (voice)
2003	Lying To Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson
2002	The Best of French & Saunders	Various
1999	Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy	Himself
1999	The Man	Dennis Jackson
1997	The Story of Bean	Self
1996	Famous Fred	Fred (voice)
1994	Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994
1994	White Goods	Charlie Collins
1992	In Dreams	Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince
1992	Black and White in Colour	Self
1991	Bernard and the Genie	Josephus the Genie
1991	Alive and Kicking	Stevie 'Smudger' Smith
1991	True Identity	Miles Pope
1991	Lenny Go Home	Self
1990	Oxford	Steve Wild
1990	South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1	Warder
1989	Work Experience	Terence
1989	Lenny Live and Unleashed	Himself & various characters
1989	The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball	Self
1989	Just Like That!	Self
1988	Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute	Self
1988	The Suicide Club	Cam
1988	Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show	Various Roles
1987	Coast to Coast	Ritchie Lee
1987	The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball	Self
1986	The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live	Self
1982	The Funny Side of Christmas	Various Characters

Directing, Writing & Producing

2015	Danny & the Human Zoo	Writer
2011	Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years	Writer
2005	Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say	Writer
1989	Lenny Live and Unleashed	Writer

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