Actor profile

Johnny Vegas

5th September 1970 St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK Acting

Johnny Vegas is the stage name of Michael Pennington, the St Helens born actor, stand up comedian, writer and director. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Moz in the BBC3 sitcom Ideal and for his role as The Oracle in several series of the ITV sitcom Benidorm. More recently, he has starred as the hapless Eric in Roy Clarke's Still Open All Hours alongside David Jason. In 2018, Vegas took the lead in a new BBC sitcom, Home From Home.

45 Movies 84 TV Shows 141 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Open All Hours: Inside Out poster

Open All Hours: Inside Out 7th May 2026

The Twits poster

The Twits 17th October 2025 as Jim Twit (voice)

Time Travel Is Dangerous! poster

Time Travel Is Dangerous! 28th March 2025 as Robert / Botty

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery poster

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery 26th September 2024 as Terry

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved poster

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved 9th June 2024

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery poster

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery 16th December 2023 as Terry

The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise poster

The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise 13th October 2023 as Announcer

We Wish You a Mandy Christmas poster

We Wish You a Mandy Christmas 20th December 2021 as Ghost Of Christmas Past

The Drowning of Arthur Braxton poster

The Drowning of Arthur Braxton 13th July 2021 as Arthur Braxton Sr.

Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break poster

Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break 17th March 2021 as Rex

Dial M for Middlesbrough poster

Dial M for Middlesbrough 14th December 2019 as Terry

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story poster

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story 29th March 2019 as Himself

Tales from the Lodge poster

Tales from the Lodge 9th March 2019 as Russell

The Queen and I poster

The Queen and I 24th December 2018 as Spiggy

Death on the Tyne poster

Death on the Tyne 15th December 2018 as Terry

Eaten by Lions poster

Eaten by Lions 21st June 2018 as Ray

Early Man poster

Early Man 26th January 2018 as Asbo (voice)

Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII poster

Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII 20th November 2017 as Self

Murder on the Blackpool Express poster

Murder on the Blackpool Express 11th November 2017 as Terry

Tulip Fever poster

Tulip Fever 13th July 2017 as Apothecary

The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet poster

The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet 27th February 2017 as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book poster

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book 4th September 2016 as Self

Grimsby poster

Grimsby 24th February 2016 as Milky Pimms

Dark_net poster

Dark_net 6th February 2016

Red Top poster

Red Top 20th January 2016 as Johnny

Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute poster

Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute 21st October 2015 as Self

The Harry Hill Movie poster

The Harry Hill Movie 20th December 2013 as Abu (voice)

Mr. Stink poster

Mr. Stink 23rd December 2012 as Dad

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas poster

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas 19th December 2012 as Brian (voice)

Making Qi poster

Making Qi 10th September 2011 as Self

Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace poster

Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace 9th November 2009 as Himself

An Audience with Neil Diamond poster

An Audience with Neil Diamond 31st May 2008 as Self

A Tale of Two Continents poster

A Tale of Two Continents 21st March 2008 as Al

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas 3rd February 2007 as Self

When Comedy Changed Forever poster

When Comedy Changed Forever 7th March 2006 as Self

Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut poster

Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut 31st October 2005 as Presenter

The Libertine poster

The Libertine 16th September 2004 as Sackville

Blake's Junction 7 poster

Blake's Junction 7 24th August 2004 as Blake

Sex Lives of the Potato Men poster

Sex Lives of the Potato Men 20th February 2004 as Dave

Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream? poster

Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream? 17th November 2003 as Self

Cheeky poster

Cheeky 8th September 2003 as Alf Price

Blackball poster

Blackball 18th May 2003 as Trevor

The Virgin of Liverpool poster

The Virgin of Liverpool 15th March 2003 as Jackie Symes

Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive poster

Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive 25th December 2002 as Self

When Snooker Ruled the World poster

When Snooker Ruled the World 28th April 2002 as Self

Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me poster

Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me 6th August 2025 as Self

Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques poster

Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques 8th July 2025 as Self

You Bet! poster

You Bet! 7th December 2024 as Self - Panellist

Out of Order poster

Out of Order 26th February 2024 as Self - Guest Captain

Late Night Lycett poster

Late Night Lycett 31st March 2023 as Self - Guest

Romantic Getaway poster

Romantic Getaway 1st January 2023 as Alfie

Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction poster

Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction 13th April 2022 as Self

The Island poster

The Island 23rd March 2022 as Self - Contestant

The Greatest Snowman poster

The Greatest Snowman 24th December 2021 as Self - Contestant

The Weakest Link poster

The Weakest Link 18th December 2021 as Self - Contestant

Question Team poster

Question Team 12th October 2021 as Self

Blankety Blank poster

Blankety Blank 2nd October 2021 as Self - Panellist

Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up poster

Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up 11th September 2021 as Self - Guest

Murder, They Hope poster

Murder, They Hope 8th May 2021 as Terry

Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping poster

Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping 5th May 2021 as Self

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable poster

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable 2nd February 2021 as Self

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains poster

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains 12th January 2021 as Guest

Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour poster

Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour 4th May 2020 as Self

Meet the Richardsons poster

Meet the Richardsons 27th February 2020 as Johnny Vegas

DNA Journey poster

DNA Journey 10th November 2019

The Rubbish World of Dave Spud poster

The Rubbish World of Dave Spud 2nd September 2019 as Dave Spud

Celebrity Gogglebox poster

Celebrity Gogglebox 14th June 2019 as Self

Good Omens poster

Good Omens 31st May 2019 as Ron Ormorod

Hypothetical poster

Hypothetical 6th February 2019 as Self

The Big Narstie Show poster

The Big Narstie Show 29th June 2018 as Self

Celebrity Catchphrase poster

Celebrity Catchphrase 17th June 2018

Home from Home poster

Home from Home 20th April 2018 as Neil Hackett

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer poster

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer 6th March 2018 as Self - Guest

Roast Battle poster

Roast Battle 15th January 2018 as Self

LEGO Masters poster

LEGO Masters 24th August 2017 as Guest Judge

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule poster

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule 2nd March 2017 as Self

We Have Been Watching poster

We Have Been Watching 4th January 2017 as Self

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories poster

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories 26th May 2016 as Daniel

Travel Guides poster

Travel Guides 3rd August 2015 as Narrator

Taskmaster poster

Taskmaster 28th July 2015 as Self

Travel Man: 48 Hours in... poster

Travel Man: 48 Hours in... 30th March 2015 as Self - Guest

Still Open All Hours poster

Still Open All Hours 26th December 2014 as Eric Agnew

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 16th June 2014 as Self

Duck Quacks Don't Echo poster

Duck Quacks Don't Echo 7th February 2014

Crackanory poster

Crackanory 13th November 2013 as Self

Through the Keyhole poster

Through the Keyhole 31st August 2013 as Self - Panelist

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars poster

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 9th June 2013 as Self - Contestant

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as Salome

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12th April 2013 as Self - Contestant

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12th April 2013 as Self

Catchphrase poster

Catchphrase 7th April 2013

It's Kevin poster

It's Kevin 17th March 2013 as Billy Pike

Car S.O.S. poster

Car S.O.S. 7th February 2013

The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg 25th January 2013 as Self

Comedy World Cup poster

Comedy World Cup 15th September 2012 as Team Captain

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night poster

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night 22nd March 2009 as Self

Celebrity Juice poster

Celebrity Juice 24th September 2008 as Self

Massive poster

Massive 14th September 2008 as Tony

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong poster

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong 1st February 2008 as Self

British Film Forever poster

British Film Forever 28th July 2007

Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You? 16th June 2007 as Self

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self

Benidorm poster

Benidorm 1st February 2007 as Geoff Maltby

Benidorm poster

Benidorm 1st February 2007

Benidorm poster

Benidorm 1st February 2007 as Geoff - The Oracle

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self

TV Heaven, Telly Hell poster

TV Heaven, Telly Hell 26th March 2006

ShakespeaRe-Told poster

ShakespeaRe-Told 7th November 2005

Bleak House poster

Bleak House 27th October 2005 as Krook

8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats 3rd June 2005 as Self

Ideal poster

Ideal 11th January 2005 as Moz

Dead Man Weds poster

Dead Man Weds 5th January 2005 as Lewis Donat

QI poster

QI 11th September 2003 as Self

Tipping the Velvet poster

Tipping the Velvet 9th December 2002 as Gully Sutherland

Top Gear poster

Top Gear 20th October 2002 as Self

Happiness poster

Happiness 20th March 2001 as Charlie Doyle

Attention Scum poster

Attention Scum 25th February 2001 as 24 Hour News Man

Black Books poster

Black Books 29th September 2000 as Landlord

Parkinson poster

Parkinson 9th January 1998 as Self

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12th November 1996 as Self

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12th November 1996 as Self - Panellist

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12th November 1996 as Self - Team Captain

The Frank Skinner Show poster

The Frank Skinner Show 10th September 1995 as Self

Room 101 poster

Room 101 4th July 1994 as Self

Shooting Stars poster

Shooting Stars 27th December 1993 as Self - Panelist

Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You 28th September 1990 as Self

This Morning poster

This Morning 3rd October 1988 as Self

Red Dwarf poster

Red Dwarf 15th February 1988 as Crit Cop

An Audience with... poster

An Audience with... 8th January 1978 as Self