Lenny Henry

Aug 29, 1958 (66 years old) in 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

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Doctor Who

Daniel Barton

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The Sandman

Martin Tenbones (voice)

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Sadoc Burrows

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Natural World

Narrator

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The Comic Strip Presents...

Warder

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Shrunken Head (voice)

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The Secret Policeman's Ball

Self

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Broadchurch

Ed Burnett

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Big & Small

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Shooting Stars

Self

Credits

Tommy Cooper at the BBC Future

Presenter

★ NR
The Lenny Henry Birthday Show Future

★ NR
The Magic Faraway Tree 2025

★ NR
Jay Kelly 2025

★ NR
Grand Prix of Europe 2025

Erwin (voice)

★ 8.7
Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters 2025

Self - Contestant

★ 7.3
Missing You 2025

Clint Donovan

★ 6.2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 2024

Mr. Convenience (voice)

★ 7.5
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry 2024

Self - Host

★ 7.5
Art Matters 2024

Self

★ 10
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money 2024

Self

★ NR
An Audience with Kylie 2023

Self

★ 6.8
The Witcher: Blood Origin 2022

Chief Sage Balor

★ 6.7
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 2022

Sadoc Burrows

★ 7.3
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening 2022

Sadoc Burrows

★ 7.2
The Sandman 2022

Martin Tenbones (voice)

★ 7.9
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony 2022

Self

★ NR
Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain 2022

Presenter

★ NR
My Name Is Leon 2022

Mr. Johnson

★ 2.5
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas 2021

Self

★ 4.7
Parkinson at 50 2021

Self (archive footage)

★ 10
Zog and the Flying Doctors 2021

Narrator (voice)

★ 6.5
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... 2020

Self

★ 7.4
Back to the… 2020

Self

★ NR
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History 2020

Self - Presenter

★ NR
The Big Night In 2020

Self - Presenter

★ 9
Trust Morecambe & Wise 2019

Self - Presenter

★ 7.8
Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy 2019

Presenter

★ 8
Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University 2019

Himself - Presenter

★ NR
Zog 2018

Himself - Narrator (voice)

★ 6.7
The Long Song 2018

Godfrey

★ 6.9
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day 2017

Self - Presenter

★ 9
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously 2016

Self

★ 7
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood 2016

Self

★ NR
Our Queen at Ninety 2016

Self

★ 6
Danny & the Human Zoo 2015

Samson

★ 6.4
A Life on Screen 2014

Himself

★ 8
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule 2014

Self

★ 7.5
W1A 2014

Self

★ 7.8
Broadchurch 2013

Ed Burnett

★ 7.9
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 2012

Self - Presenter

★ 8.2
The Syndicate 2012

Godfrey Watson

★ 7.6
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! 2012

Peg Leg Hastings (voice)

★ 6.5
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors 2012

Antipholus of Syracuse

★ 10
Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years 2011

Self

★ NR
Perspectives 2011

★ NR
Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief 2011

Himself

★ NR
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse 2011

★ 5.8
The Magicians 2011

Self

★ 8.5
Tinga Tinga Tales 2010

Elephant (voice)

★ 8
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga 2010

★ 7
Now That’s What I Call Comedy 2009

Himself

★ NR
Gaybo Laughs Back 2008

Self

★ NR
Big & Small 2008

★ 7.7
Lenry Henry.TV 2008

★ NR
A Bucket O' French and Saunders 2007

★ 6.2
Lenny's Britain 2007

Himself - Presenter

★ NR
It Started with Swap Shop 2006

Self

★ NR
Great British Menu 2006

Self - Guest Judge

★ 6.4
Penelope 2006

Krull

★ 6.7
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say 2005

★ NR
Harry & Paul 2005

★ 6.6
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective 2005

Self

★ 6
Doctor Who 2005

Daniel Barton

★ 7.6
MirrorMask 2005

Cops 1-4

★ 6.4
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? 2004

Self

★ 4.8
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004

Shrunken Head (voice)

★ 8
Lying To Michael Jackson 2003

Michael Jackson

★ NR
Little Robots 2003

Sporty (voice)

★ 6.2
The Best of French & Saunders 2002

Various

★ NR
Lenny Henry in Pieces 2000

★ 3
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything 2000

★ NR
Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy 1999

Himself

★ NR
Hope and Glory 1999

Ian George

★ 5
The Man 1999

Dennis Jackson

★ NR
Lenny Goes to Town 1998

★ NR
Windrush 1998

Himself

★ NR
The Story of Bean 1997

Self

★ 7.1
Famous Fred 1996

Fred (voice)

★ 5.6
Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994 1994

★ NR
White Goods 1994

Charlie Collins

★ 5.5
Shooting Stars 1993

Self

★ 7.6
Chef 1993

Gareth Blackstock

★ 7.7
In Dreams 1992

Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince

★ 7
Black and White in Colour 1992

Himself

★ NR
Bernard and the Genie 1991

Josephus the Genie

★ 7.3
Alive and Kicking 1991

Stevie 'Smudger' Smith

★ 8.5
True Identity 1991

Miles Pope

★ 5.5
Lenny Go Home 1991

Self

★ NR
Oxford 1990

Steve Wild

★ NR
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 1990

Warder

★ NR
Work Experience 1989

Terence

★ 6.7
Lenny Live and Unleashed 1989

Himself & various characters

★ 8
Saturday Night Clive 1989

★ NR
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball 1989

Self

★ 7.5
Just Like That! 1989

Self

★ NR
The Suicide Club 1988

Cam

★ NR
Comic Relief 1988

Self - Presenter

★ 5.7
The Lenny Henry Show 1987

★ 7.2
Going Live! 1987

Self

★ 6
French & Saunders 1987

Lt. Chris Clark

★ 7.5
Coast to Coast 1987

Ritchie Lee

★ 6
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball 1987

Self

★ 5
Lenny Henry Tonite 1986

★ 5
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live 1986

Self

★ 6
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief 1986

★ 4
Happy Families 1985

Hollywood Hobo

★ 6.7
Aspel & Company 1984

★ NR
Natural World 1983

Narrator

★ 7.1
The Funny Side of Christmas 1982

Various Characters

★ NR
The Young Ones 1982

Postman

★ 7.9
The Comic Strip Presents... 1982

Warder

★ 7.4
O.T.T. 1982

★ NR
Three of a Kind 1981

Self / Various Characters

★ 6.7
The Secret Policeman's Ball 1976

Self

★ 5
The Summer Show 1975

★ NR
Tiswas 1974

★ 6
Top of the Pops 1964

Self - Host

★ 6.6
The BAFTA Awards 1949

Host

★ 10