Actor profile

Lenny Henry

29th August 1958 Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK Acting

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

63 Movies 69 TV Shows 148 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen poster

Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen 25th June 2026 as Self (archive footage)

The Magic Faraway Tree poster

The Magic Faraway Tree 26th March 2026 as Know All

Jay Kelly poster

Jay Kelly 14th November 2025 as Larry

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl poster

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 18th December 2024 as Mr. Convenience (voice)

Art Matters poster

Art Matters 24th July 2024 as Self

Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money poster

Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money 15th March 2024 as Self

An Audience with Kylie poster

An Audience with Kylie 10th December 2023 as Self

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

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening 31st August 2022 as Sadoc Burrows

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony poster

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony 28th July 2022 as Self

My Name Is Leon poster

My Name Is Leon 10th June 2022 as Mr. Johnson

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas poster

Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas 19th December 2021 as Self

Parkinson at 50 poster

Parkinson at 50 28th August 2021 as Self (archive footage)

Zog and the Flying Doctors poster

Zog and the Flying Doctors 16th April 2021 as Narrator (voice)

Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... poster

Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... 28th December 2020 as Self

Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History poster

Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History 1st October 2020 as Self - Presenter

The Big Night In poster

The Big Night In 23rd April 2020 as Self - Presenter

Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University poster

Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University 25th April 2019 as Self - Presenter

Zog poster

Zog 25th December 2018 as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day poster

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day 24th March 2017 as Self - Presenter

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously poster

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously 8th July 2016 as Self

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood poster

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood 14th May 2016 as Self

Our Queen at Ninety poster

Our Queen at Ninety 27th March 2016 as Self

Danny & the Human Zoo poster

Danny & the Human Zoo 31st August 2015 as Samson

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule poster

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule 20th December 2014 as Self

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 poster

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 3rd June 2012 as Self - Presenter

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! poster

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! 12th March 2012 as Peg Leg Hastings (voice)

National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors poster

National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors 1st March 2012 as Antipholus of Syracuse

Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years poster

Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years 17th June 2011 as Self

The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse poster

The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse 3rd January 2011

Now That’s What I Call Comedy poster

Now That’s What I Call Comedy 2nd March 2009 as Himself

Gaybo Laughs Back poster

Gaybo Laughs Back 9th November 2008 as Self

The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space poster

The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space 22nd March 2008 as Himself

Penelope poster

Penelope 17th November 2007 as Krull

It Started with Swap Shop poster

It Started with Swap Shop 28th December 2006 as Self

Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say poster

Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say 7th November 2005

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective poster

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective 4th July 2005 as Self

MirrorMask poster

MirrorMask 25th January 2005 as Cops 1-4

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? poster

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? 9th December 2004 as Self

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban poster

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 31st May 2004 as Shrunken Head (voice)

Lying To Michael Jackson poster

Lying To Michael Jackson 14th March 2003 as Michael Jackson

The Best of French & Saunders poster

The Best of French & Saunders 5th August 2002 as Various

Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy poster

Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy 28th October 1999 as Himself

The Story of Bean poster

The Story of Bean 31st July 1997 as Self

Famous Fred poster

Famous Fred 24th December 1996 as Fred (voice)

Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994 poster

Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994 7th November 1994

White Goods poster

White Goods 1st January 1994 as Charlie Collins

Black and White in Colour poster

Black and White in Colour 27th June 1992 as Self

Bernard and the Genie poster

Bernard and the Genie 23rd November 1991 as Josephus the Genie

Alive and Kicking poster

Alive and Kicking 13th October 1991 as Stevie 'Smudger' Smith

True Identity poster

True Identity 23rd August 1991 as Miles Pope

Lenny Go Home poster

Lenny Go Home 1st January 1991 as Self

Oxford poster

Oxford 22nd February 1990 as Steve Wild

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 poster

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 8th February 1990 as Warder

Work Experience poster

Work Experience 16th November 1989 as Terence

Just Like That! poster

Just Like That! 1st January 1989 as Self

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball poster

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball 1st January 1989 as Self

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute poster

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute 11th June 1988 as Self

The Suicide Club poster

The Suicide Club 21st May 1988 as Cam

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show poster

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show 17th April 1988 as Various Roles

Coast to Coast poster

Coast to Coast 4th January 1987 as Ritchie Lee

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball poster

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball 1st January 1987 as Self

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live poster

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live 25th April 1986 as Self

The Funny Side of Christmas poster

The Funny Side of Christmas 27th December 1982 as Various Characters

TFI Unplugged poster

TFI Unplugged 17th April 2026 as Self

Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters poster

Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters 14th July 2025 as Self - Contestant

Alison Hammond's Big Weekend poster

Alison Hammond's Big Weekend 16th May 2025 as Self - Interviewed Guest

The Assembly poster

The Assembly 26th April 2025 as Self

Missing You poster

Missing You 1st January 2025 as Clint Donovan

Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry poster

Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry 16th November 2024 as Self - Host

Perfect Pub Walks poster

Perfect Pub Walks 20th February 2024 as Self

The Witcher: Blood Origin poster

The Witcher: Blood Origin 25th December 2022 as Chief Sage Balor

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power poster

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 1st September 2022 as Sadoc Burrows

The Sandman poster

The Sandman 5th August 2022 as Martin Tenbones (voice)

The Sandman poster

The Sandman 5th August 2022 as Bernard 'Bernie' Capax

Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain poster

Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain 22nd June 2022 as Presenter

Back to the… poster

Back to the… 27th December 2020 as Self

Trust Morecambe & Wise poster

Trust Morecambe & Wise 8th November 2019 as Self - Presenter

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy poster

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy 15th October 2019 as Presenter

The Long Song poster

The Long Song 18th December 2018 as Godfrey

John Bishop: In Conversation with... poster

John Bishop: In Conversation with... 1st September 2016 as Self

A Life on Screen poster

A Life on Screen 24th December 2014 as Self

W1A poster

W1A 19th March 2014 as Self

Broadchurch poster

Broadchurch 4th March 2013 as Ed Burnett

The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg 25th January 2013 as Self

The Syndicate poster

The Syndicate 27th March 2012 as Godfrey Watson

Perspectives poster

Perspectives 24th April 2011

The Magicians poster

The Magicians 1st January 2011 as Self

Tinga Tinga Tales poster

Tinga Tinga Tales 22nd November 2010 as Elephant (voice)

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga poster

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga 1st February 2010

Big & Small poster

Big & Small 6th October 2008 as Big / Small (voice)

Q&A poster

Q&A 22nd May 2008 as Self - Panellist

A Bucket O' French and Saunders poster

A Bucket O' French and Saunders 7th September 2007

Lenny's Britain poster

Lenny's Britain 12th June 2007 as Himself - Presenter

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self - Guest

Great British Menu poster

Great British Menu 10th April 2006 as Self - Guest Judge

Harry & Paul poster

Harry & Paul 20th September 2005

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Daniel Barton

Little Robots poster

Little Robots 7th January 2003 as Sporty (voice)

V Graham Norton poster

V Graham Norton 6th May 2002 as Self

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything poster

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything 2nd January 2000

Hope and Glory poster

Hope and Glory 22nd June 1999 as Ian George

Windrush poster

Windrush 30th May 1998 as Self

Parkinson poster

Parkinson 9th January 1998 as Self

Shooting Stars poster

Shooting Stars 27th December 1993 as Self

Chef poster

Chef 28th January 1993 as Gareth Blackstock

Screen One poster

Screen One 10th September 1989 as Stevie 'Smudger' Smith

This Morning poster

This Morning 3rd October 1988 as Self

The Lenny Henry Show poster

The Lenny Henry Show 27th October 1987 as Delbert Wilkins

Going Live! poster

Going Live! 26th September 1987 as Self

French & Saunders poster

French & Saunders 9th March 1987 as Richard

French & Saunders poster

French & Saunders 9th March 1987 as Lt. Chris Clark

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief poster

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief 25th April 1986

Happy Families poster

Happy Families 17th October 1985 as Hollywood Hobo

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Ritchie Lee

The Lenny Henry Show poster

The Lenny Henry Show 4th September 1984 as Self / Various

Natural World poster

Natural World 30th October 1983 as Narrator

The Young Ones poster

The Young Ones 9th November 1982 as Postman

The Comic Strip Presents... poster

The Comic Strip Presents... 2nd November 1982 as Warder

The Comic Strip Presents... poster

The Comic Strip Presents... 2nd November 1982 as Steve Wild

Wogan poster

Wogan 4th May 1982 as Self

O.T.T. poster

O.T.T. 2nd January 1982

Six Fifty-Five Special poster

Six Fifty-Five Special 13th July 1981 as Self

Three of a Kind poster

Three of a Kind 1st July 1981 as Self / Various Characters

Olivier Awards poster

Olivier Awards 1st January 1981 as Self - Host

The Fosters poster

The Fosters 9th April 1976 as Sonny Foster

The Secret Policeman's Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball 1st April 1976 as Self

Tiswas poster

Tiswas 5th January 1974

Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops 1st January 1964 as Self - Host

World in Action poster

World in Action 1st January 1963

The BAFTA Awards poster

The BAFTA Awards 29th May 1949 as Host