
Lenny Henry
Known for: Acting
Born: August 29, 1958
Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE, known as Lenny Henry, is an English stand-up comedian, actor, singer, writer and television presenter.
Known for

Bernard and the Genie
1991

True Identity
1991

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017
Lenny Live and Unleashed
1989

Coast to Coast
1987

Famous Fred
1996

Work Experience
1989

Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years
2011

Lenny Go Home
1991

Alive and Kicking
1991

Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
2005
In Dreams
1992

National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors
2012

Zog
2018

Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University
2019

The Big Night In
2020

Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
2020

Zog and the Flying Doctors
2021

Tommy Cooper at the BBC
The Lenny Henry Birthday Show
The Man
1999

Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994
1994

Danny & the Human Zoo
2015

White Goods
1994

Lying To Michael Jackson
2003

Gaybo Laughs Back
2008

The Suicide Club
1988

Oxford
1990

Just Like That!
1989

Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
2024

Now That’s What I Call Comedy
2009

The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986

The Best of French & Saunders
2002

The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
2005

Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy
1999

My Name Is Leon
2022

Art Matters
2024

The Story of Bean
1997

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
1988

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012

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

Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
2026

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

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
1990

MirrorMask
2005

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005

The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space
2008

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
2016

Penelope
2007

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1987

The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2011

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989

It Started with Swap Shop
2006

An Audience with Kylie
2023

The Funny Side of Christmas
1982

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014

Our Queen at Ninety
2016

Jay Kelly
2025

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

The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
2022

The Magic Faraway Tree
2026

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

Black and White in Colour
1992

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004

Parkinson at 50
2021

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988

Hope and Glory
1999

Shooting Stars
1993

Tiswas
1974

The One Show
2006

Chef
1993

Three of a Kind
1981

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976

The Young Ones
1982

Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986

The BAFTA Awards
1949

The Lenny Henry Show
1987

O.T.T.
1982
Lenny Henry in Pieces
2000
The Summer Show
1975
Saturday Night Clive
1989
The Lenny Henry Show
2004

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010

V Graham Norton
2002

Natural World
1983
Lenny Goes to Town
1998

Lenny's Britain
2007
Lenny Henry Tonite
1986
Aspel & Company
1984
Lenry Henry.TV
2008

Six Fifty-Five Special
1981

The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022

The Lenny Henry Show
1984

The Syndicate
2012

Windrush
1998

A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007

Happy Families
1985

Harry & Paul
2005

Broadchurch
2013

W1A
2014

Wogan
1982

Great British Menu
2006

Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain
2022

Going Live!
1987

A Life on Screen
2014

The Sandman
2022

The Long Song
2018
Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief
2011

The Magicians
2011

Little Robots
2003

Missing You
2025

The Last Leg
2013

John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
Comic Relief
1988

Tinga Tinga Tales
2010

Trust Morecambe & Wise
2019

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
2019

Doctor Who
2005

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Q&A
2008

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
2000

The Comic Strip Presents...
1982

Perspectives
2011

French & Saunders
1987

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022

Back to the…
2020

Parkinson
1998

Top of the Pops
1964

Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
2024

This Morning
1988

Alison Hammond's Big Weekend
2025

Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters
2025

Perfect Pub Walks
2024

The Fosters
1976

Big & Small
2008

World in Action
1963

Olivier Awards
1981

TFI Unplugged
2026

The Assembly
2025

Screen One
1989

Screen Two
1985