Lenny Henry

Acting • 1958-08-29 • 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.

Known For

7.9

Broadchurch

2013

7.2

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

2022

6.5

The Witcher: Blood Origin

2022

6.5

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012

7.4

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

2024

6.2

Missing You

2025

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Filmography

2026
The Magic Faraway TreeFilm
Know All
★ 6.7
2026
The Split UpTV
Alex Edwards • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2026
Live from the Lycett ArmsTV
Self / Pub Manager • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
2026
TFI UnpluggedTV
Self • 1 episodes
2026
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And UnseenFilm
Self (archive footage)
2025
Jay KellyFilm
Larry
★ 6.1
2025
Missing YouTV
Clint Donovan • 5 episodes
★ 6.2
2025
The AssemblyTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.9
2025
Shark! Celebrity Infested WatersTV
Self - Contestant • 5 episodes
★ 7.2
2025
Alison Hammond's Big WeekendTV
Self - Interviewed Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2024
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlFilm
Mr. Convenience (voice)
★ 7.4
2024
Perfect Pub WalksTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2024
Art MattersFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2024
Legends of Comedy with Lenny HenryTV
Self - Host • 4 episodes
★ 4.2
2024
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for MoneyFilm
Self
2023
An Audience with KylieFilm
Self
★ 6.7
2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerTV
Sadoc Burrows • 8 episodes
★ 7.2
2022
The SandmanTV
Martin Tenbones (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 7.8
2022
The SandmanTV
Bernard 'Bernie' Capax • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
2022
The Witcher: Blood OriginTV
Chief Sage Balor • 4 episodes
★ 6.5
2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan ScreeningFilm
Sadoc Burrows
★ 7.3
2022
My Name Is LeonFilm
Mr. Johnson
★ 3.7
2022
Lenny Henry's Caribbean BritainTV
Presenter • 2 episodes
★ 6.0
2022
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening CeremonyFilm
Self
2021
Zog and the Flying DoctorsFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 6.5
2021
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasFilm
Self
★ 5.2
2021
Parkinson at 50Film
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
2020
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...Film
Self
★ 7.4
2020
The Big Night InFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 9.0
2020
Back to the…TV
Self • 1 episodes
2020
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten HistoryFilm
Self - Presenter
2019
Lenny Henry's Race Through ComedyTV
Presenter • 3 episodes
★ 8.0
2019
Trust Morecambe & WiseTV
Self - Presenter • 4 episodes
★ 7.8
2019
Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open UniversityFilm
Self - Presenter
2018
ZogFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 6.7
2018
The Long SongTV
Godfrey • 3 episodes
★ 6.7
2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose DayFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 9.0
2016
John Bishop: In Conversation with...TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2016
Our Queen at NinetyFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2016
Neil Gaiman: Dream DangerouslyFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2016
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria WoodFilm
Self
2015
Danny & the Human ZooFilm
Samson
★ 6.4
2014
W1ATV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of MisruleFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2014
A Life on ScreenTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
2013
BroadchurchTV
Ed Burnett • 8 episodes
★ 7.9
2013
The Last LegTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 5.7
2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!Film
Peg Leg Hastings (voice)
★ 6.5
2012
The SyndicateTV
Godfrey Watson • 6 episodes
★ 7.6
2012
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012Film
Self - Presenter
★ 8.2
2012
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of ErrorsFilm
Antipholus of Syracuse
★ 10.0
2011
The MagiciansTV
Self • 5 episodes
★ 9.0
2011
The Secret Life of Bob MonkhouseFilm
★ 5.8
2011
PerspectivesTV
2011
Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic ReliefTV
Self • 2 episodes
2011
Red Nose Day: 25 Monster YearsFilm
Self
2010
Tinga Tinga TalesTV
Elephant (voice) • 52 episodes
★ 8.0
2010
Los cuentos de Tinga TingaTV
★ 7.0
2009
Now That’s What I Call ComedyFilm
Self
2008
Q&ATV
Self - Panellist • 1 episodes
★ 3.7
2008
Big & SmallTV
Big / Small (voice) • 78 episodes
★ 7.7
2008
The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and SpaceFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2008
Gaybo Laughs BackFilm
Self
2008
Lenry Henry.TVTV
2007
The Graham Norton ShowTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.2
2007
A Bucket O' French and SaundersTV
★ 6.2
2007
Dawn French's Boys Who Do ComedyTV
Self • 3 episodes
2007
Lenny's BritainTV
Self - Presenter • 4 episodes
2006
The One ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.3
2006
The One ShowTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 4.3
2006
PenelopeFilm
Krull
★ 6.7
2006
Great British MenuTV
Self - Guest Judge • 1 episodes
★ 5.9
2006
It Started with Swap ShopFilm
Self
2005
Doctor WhoTV
Daniel Barton • 2 episodes
★ 7.6
2005
MirrorMaskFilm
Cops 1-4
★ 6.5
2005
The F WordTV
★ 6.2
2005
Harry & PaulTV
★ 6.6
2005
The Comic Strip - A RetrospectiveFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2005
The Funny Blokes of British ComedyFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2005
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To SayFilm
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanFilm
Shrunken Head (voice)
★ 8.0
2004
The Lenny Henry ShowTV
★ 7.0
2004
ParkinsonTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?Film
Self
★ 4.8
2003
Little RobotsTV
Sporty (voice) • 13 episodes
★ 6.5
2003
Lying To Michael JacksonFilm
Michael Jackson
2002
V Graham NortonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2002
The Best of French & SaundersFilm
Various
2000
Lenny Henry in PiecesTV
★ 6.0
2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of EverythingTV
1999
Hope and GloryTV
Ian George • 10 episodes
★ 7.5
1999
The ManFilm
Dennis Jackson
★ 7.0
1999
Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton AcademyFilm
Self
1998
ParkinsonTV
Self • 3 episodes
1998
WindrushTV
Self • 4 episodes
1998
Lenny Goes to TownTV
1997
The Story of BeanFilm
Self
★ 7.1
1996
Famous FredFilm
Fred (voice)
★ 5.8
1994
White GoodsFilm
Charlie Collins
★ 7.0
1994
Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994Film
1993
Shooting StarsTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1993
ChefTV
Gareth Blackstock • 20 episodes
★ 7.6
1992
Later... with Jools HollandTV
★ 5.9
1992
In DreamsFilm
Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince
★ 8.5
1992
Black and White in ColourFilm
Self
★ 10.0
1991
Bernard and the GenieFilm
Josephus the Genie
★ 7.3
1991
True IdentityFilm
Miles Pope
★ 5.6
1991
Alive and KickingFilm
Stevie 'Smudger' Smith
★ 8.0
1991
Lenny Go HomeFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1Film
Warder
1990
OxfordFilm
Steve Wild
1989
Screen OneTV
Stevie 'Smudger' Smith • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1989
Work ExperienceFilm
Terence
★ 6.7
1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest BallFilm
Self
★ 7.7
1989
Lenny Live and UnleashedFilm
Himself & various characters
★ 9.0
1989
Saturday Night CliveTV
1989
Just Like That!Film
Self
1988
This MorningTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.2
1988
Comic ReliefTV
★ 6.0
1988
Comic ReliefTV
Self - Presenter • 2 episodes
★ 6.0
1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeFilm
Self
★ 6.5
1988
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy ShowFilm
Various Roles
★ 8.0
1988
The Suicide ClubFilm
Cam
★ 7.0
1987
French & SaundersTV
Richard • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1987
French & SaundersTV
Lt. Chris Clark • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1987
Going Live!TV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 8.0
1987
The Lenny Henry ShowTV
Delbert Wilkins • 13 episodes
★ 7.2
1987
Coast to CoastFilm
Ritchie Lee
★ 7.0
1987
The Secret Policeman’s Third BallFilm
Self
★ 7.5
1986
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video LiveFilm
Self
★ 8.0
1986
Lenny Henry ToniteTV
★ 5.0
1986
Omnibus Presents Comic ReliefTV
★ 4.0
1985
Screen TwoTV
Ritchie Lee • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1985
Happy FamiliesTV
Hollywood Hobo • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1984
The Lenny Henry ShowTV
Self / Various • 12 episodes
★ 5.7
1984
Aspel & CompanyTV
1983
Natural WorldTV
Narrator • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1982
WoganTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 5.6
1982
The Young OnesTV
Postman • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...TV
Warder • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...TV
Steve Wild • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1982
O.T.T.TV
1982
The Funny Side of ChristmasFilm
Various Characters
1981
Three of a KindTV
Self / Various Characters • 16 episodes
★ 6.8
1981
Olivier AwardsTV
Self - Host
★ 1.0
1981
Six Fifty-Five SpecialTV
Self • 1 episodes
1978
The South Bank ShowTV
★ 5.6
1976
The FostersTV
Sonny Foster • 27 episodes
★ 5.8
1976
The Secret Policeman's BallTV
Self • 15 episodes
★ 5.0
1975
The Summer ShowTV
1974
TiswasTV
★ 7.8
1964
Top of the PopsTV
Self - Host • 1 episodes
★ 6.6
1963
World in ActionTV
★ 7.0
1949
The BAFTA AwardsTV
Host
★ 10.0
1949
The BAFTA AwardsTV
Self - Host • 2 episodes
★ 10.0