Lenny Henry

Biography

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

Known For

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Natural World

Narrator

Doctor Who

Daniel Barton

Top of the Pops

Self - Host

Q&A

Self - Panellist

The Last Leg

Self

The One Show

Self

The One Show

Self - Guest

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Magic Faraway Tree
2025	Grand Prix of Europe	Erwin (voice)
2024	Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money	Self
2024	Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl	Mr. Convenience (voice)
2024	Art Matters	Self
2023	An Audience with Kylie	Self
2022	My Name Is Leon	Mr. Johnson
2022	Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony	Self
2022	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening	Sadoc Burrows
2021	Parkinson at 50	Self (archive footage)
2021	Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas	Self
2021	Zog and the Flying Doctors	Narrator (voice)
2020	The Big Night In	Self - Presenter
2020	Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History	Self - Presenter
2020	Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...	Self
2019	Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University	Himself - Presenter
2018	Zog	Himself - Narrator (voice)
2017	Comic Relief: Red Nose Day	Self - Presenter
2016	Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood	Self
2016	Our Queen at Ninety	Self
2016	Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously	Self
2015	Danny & the Human Zoo	Samson
2014	Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule	Self
2012	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!	Peg Leg Hastings (voice)
2012	National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors	Antipholus of Syracuse
2012	The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012	Self - Presenter
2011	The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2011	Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years	Self
2009	Now That’s What I Call Comedy	Himself
2008	Gaybo Laughs Back	Self
2006	Penelope	Krull
2006	It Started with Swap Shop	Self
2005	The Comic Strip - A Retrospective	Self
2005	MirrorMask	Cops 1-4
2005	Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
2004	Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?	Self
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Shrunken Head (voice)
2003	Lying To Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson
2002	The Best of French & Saunders	Various
1999	Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy	Himself
1997	The Story of Bean	himself
1996	Famous Fred	Fred (voice)
1994	White Goods	Charlie Collins
1992	In Dreams	Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince
1992	Black and White in Colour	Himself
1991	Bernard and the Genie	Josephus the Genie
1991	True Identity	Miles Pope
1991	Lenny Go Home	Self
1991	Alive and Kicking	Stevie 'Smudger' Smith
1990	South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1	Warder
1990	Oxford	Steve Wild
1989	The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball	Self
1989	Lenny Live and Unleashed	Himself & various characters
1989	Just Like That!	Self
1988	The Suicide Club	Cam
1987	The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball	Self
1987	Coast to Coast	Ritchie Lee
1986	The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
	Work Experience	Terence
	Tommy Cooper at the BBC	Presenter

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Missing You	Clint Donovan
2025	Alison Hammond's Big Weekend	Self - Interviewed Guest
2024	Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry	Self - Host
2022	The Witcher: Blood Origin	Chief Sage Balor
2022	Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain	Presenter
2022	The Sandman	Martin Tenbones (voice)
2022	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Sadoc Burrows
2020	Back to the…	Self
2019	Trust Morecambe & Wise	Self - Presenter
2019	Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy	Presenter
2018	The Long Song	Godfrey
2016	John Bishop: In Conversation with...	Self
2014	W1A	Self
2014	A Life on Screen	Himself
2013	Broadchurch	Ed Burnett
2013	The Last Leg	Self
2012	The Syndicate	Godfrey Watson
2011	Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief	Himself
2011	The Magicians	Self
2011	Perspectives
2010	Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010	Tinga Tinga Tales	Elephant (voice)
2008	Lenry Henry.TV
2008	Big & Small
2008	Q&A	Self - Panellist
2007	Lenny's Britain	Himself - Presenter
2007	A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self
2006	The One Show	Self
2006	The One Show	Self - Guest
2006	Great British Menu	Self - Guest Judge
2005	Harry & Paul
2005	Doctor Who	Daniel Barton
2004	The Lenny Henry Show
2003	Little Robots	Sporty (voice)
2002	V Graham Norton	Self
2000	Lenny Henry in Pieces
2000	The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
1999	Hope and Glory	Ian George
1998	Lenny Goes to Town
1998	Windrush	Himself
1998	Parkinson	Self
1993	Shooting Stars	Self
1993	Chef	Gareth Blackstock
1989	Saturday Night Clive
1988	Comic Relief	Self - Presenter
1988	This Morning	Self
1987	The Lenny Henry Show
1987	Going Live!	Self
1987	French & Saunders	Richard
1987	French & Saunders	Lt. Chris Clark
1986	Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986	Lenny Henry Tonite
1985	Happy Families	Hollywood Hobo
1984	Aspel & Company
1984	The Lenny Henry Show	Self / Various
1983	Natural World	Narrator
1982	The Young Ones	Postman
1982	O.T.T.
1982	Wogan	Self
1982	The Comic Strip Presents...	Warder
1982	The Comic Strip Presents...	Steve Wild
1981	Three of a Kind	Self / Various Characters
1981	Six Fifty-Five Special	Self
1976	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Self
1975	The Summer Show
1974	Tiswas
1964	Top of the Pops	Self - Host
1949	The BAFTA Awards	Host