Lenny Henry
Acting
- Born 29/08/1958
- 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.
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The Split Up
2026
Live from the Lycett Arms
2026
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026
TFI Unplugged
2026
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
Jay Kelly
2025
Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters
2025
Alison Hammond's Big Weekend
2025
The Assembly
2025
Missing You
2025
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
2024
Art Matters
2024
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
2024
Perfect Pub Walks
2024
An Audience with Kylie
2023
The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2022
The Sandman
2022
The Sandman
2022
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
2022
Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain
2022
My Name Is Leon
2022
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2021
Parkinson at 50
2021
Zog and the Flying Doctors
2021
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
2020
Back to the…
2020
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
2020
The Big Night In
2020
Trust Morecambe & Wise
2019
Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
2019
Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University
2019
Zog
2018
The Long Song
2018
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016
Our Queen at Ninety
2016
Danny & the Human Zoo
2015
A Life on Screen
2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
W1A
2014
Broadchurch
2013
The Last Leg
2013
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012
The Syndicate
2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors
2012
Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years
2011
Perspectives
2011
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2011
The Magicians
2011
Tinga Tinga Tales
2010
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010
Now That’s What I Call Comedy
2009
Gaybo Laughs Back
2008
Big & Small
2008
Q&A
2008
The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space
2008
Dawn French's Boys Who Do Comedy
2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007
Lenny's Britain
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
It Started with Swap Shop
2006
Penelope
2006
The One Show
2006
The One Show
2006
Great British Menu
2006
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
2005
The F Word
2005
Harry & Paul
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005
Doctor Who
2005
MirrorMask
2005
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
Parkinson
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Lying To Michael Jackson
2003
Little Robots
2003
The Best of French & Saunders
2002
V Graham Norton
2002
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000
Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy
1999
Hope and Glory
1999
Windrush
1998
Parkinson
1998
The Story of Bean
1997
Famous Fred
1996
Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994
1994
White Goods
1994
Shooting Stars
1993
Chef
1993
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Black and White in Colour
1992
Bernard and the Genie
1991
Alive and Kicking
1991
True Identity
1991
Lenny Go Home
1991
Oxford
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990
Work Experience
1989
Screen One
1989
Lenny Live and Unleashed
1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989
Just Like That!
1989
This Morning
1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988
The Suicide Club
1988
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988
Comic Relief
1988
Comic Relief
1988
The Lenny Henry Show
1987
Going Live!
1987
French & Saunders
1987
French & Saunders
1987
Coast to Coast
1987
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
Happy Families
1985
Screen Two
1985
The Lenny Henry Show
1984
Natural World
1983
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
The Young Ones
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
Wogan
1982
O.T.T.
1982
Six Fifty-Five Special
1981
Three of a Kind
1981
Olivier Awards
1981
The South Bank Show
1978
The Fosters
1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
Tiswas
1974
Tommy Cooper at the BBC
Top of the Pops
1964
World in Action
1963
The BAFTA Awards
1949
The BAFTA Awards
1949