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
2019
Doctor Who
2020
Top of the Pops
1995
The One Show
2009
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
The South Bank Show
1988
Later... with Jools Holland
2021
Wogan
1984
Screen Two
1987
The Last Leg
2024
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Natural World
2009

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
154
Directing
1
Writing
7
Producing
1
2026
The Magic Faraway Tree
as Know All
2026
Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen
as Self (archive footage)
2026
TFI Unplugged
as Self
2026
The Assembly
as Self
2026
Live from the Lycett Arms
as Self / Pub Manager
2026
The Split Up
as Alex Edwards
2025
Jay Kelly
as Larry
2025
Missing You
as Clint Donovan
2025
Alison Hammond's Big Weekend
as Self - Interviewed Guest
2025
Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters
as Self - Contestant
2025
Perfect Pub Walks
as Self
2025
The Sandman
as Bernard 'Bernie' Capax
2024
Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money
as Self
2024
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
as Mr. Convenience (voice)
2024
Art Matters
as Self
2024
The Last Leg
as Self
2024
Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry
as Self - Host
2024
This Morning
as Self
2023
An Audience with Kylie
as Self
2023
Great British Menu
as Self - Guest Judge
2022
My Name Is Leon
as Mr. Johnson
2022
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
as Self
2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
as Sadoc Burrows
2022
The Witcher: Blood Origin
as Chief Sage Balor
2022
Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain
as Presenter
2022
The Sandman
as Martin Tenbones (voice)
2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
as Sadoc Burrows
2021
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as Self
2021
Zog and the Flying Doctors
as Narrator (voice)
2021
Later... with Jools Holland
2020
The Big Night In
as Self - Presenter
2020
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
as Self - Presenter
2020
Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure...
as Self
2020
Doctor Who
as Daniel Barton
2020
Back to the…
as Self
2019
Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University
as Self - Presenter
2019
Trust Morecambe & Wise
as Self - Presenter
2019
Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
as Presenter
2019
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2018
Zog
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2018
The Long Song
as Godfrey
2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
as Self - Presenter
2017
Broadchurch
as Ed Burnett
2017
W1A
as Self
2016
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
as Self
2016
Our Queen at Ninety
as Self
2016
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously
as Self
2016
A Life on Screen
as Self
2016
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
as Self
2015
Danny & the Human Zoo
as Samson
2015
The Syndicate
as Godfrey Watson
2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as Self
2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as Peg Leg Hastings (voice)
2012
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors
as Antipholus of Syracuse
2012
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
as Self - Presenter
2012
Q&A
as Self - Panellist
2012
Perspectives
2011
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse
2011
Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years
as Self
2011
Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief
as Himself
2011
The Magicians
as Self
2010
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2010
Harry & Paul
2010
Tinga Tinga Tales
as Elephant (voice)
2009
Now That’s What I Call Comedy
as Himself
2009
Shooting Stars
as Self
2009
The One Show
as Self
2009
Natural World
as Narrator
2009
The F Word
2008
Gaybo Laughs Back
as Self
2008
The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space
as Himself
2008
Lenry Henry.TV
2008
Big & Small
as Big / Small (voice)
2007
Penelope
as Krull
2007
Lenny's Britain
as Himself - Presenter
2007
A Bucket O' French and Saunders
2006
It Started with Swap Shop
as Self
2005
The Comic Strip - A Retrospective
as Self
2005
MirrorMask
as Cops 1-4
2005
Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Self
2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
as Self
2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
as Shrunken Head (voice)
2004
The Lenny Henry Show
2004
Parkinson
as Self - Guest
2003
Lying To Michael Jackson
as Michael Jackson
2003
V Graham Norton
as Self
2003
Little Robots
as Sporty (voice)
2002
The Best of French & Saunders
as Various
2002
Lenny Henry in Pieces
2000
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
1999
Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy
as Himself
1999
The Man
as Dennis Jackson
1999
Hope and Glory
as Ian George
1999
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Lenny Goes to Town
1998
Windrush
as Self
1997
The Story of Bean
as Self
1997
The BAFTA Awards
as Host
1996
Famous Fred
as Fred (voice)
1996
French & Saunders
as Lt. Chris Clark
1995
Top of the Pops
as Self - Host
1994
White Goods
as Charlie Collins
1994
Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994
1993
Chef
as Gareth Blackstock
1993
Aspel & Company
1993
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Warder
1993
The Comic Strip Presents...
as Steve Wild
1992
In Dreams
as Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince
1992
Black and White in Colour
as Self
1991
Bernard and the Genie
as Josephus the Genie
1991
True Identity
as Miles Pope
1991
Lenny Go Home
as Self
1991
Alive and Kicking
as Stevie 'Smudger' Smith
1991
Saturday Night Clive
1991
Screen One
as Stevie 'Smudger' Smith
1990
South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1
as Warder
1990
Oxford
as Steve Wild
1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
as Self
1989
Lenny Live and Unleashed
as Himself & various characters
1989
Work Experience
as Terence
1989
Just Like That!
as Self
1989
Going Live!
as Self
1989
World in Action
1988
The Suicide Club
as Cam
1988
Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show
as Various Roles
1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
1988
Comic Relief
as Self - Presenter
1988
French & Saunders
as Richard
1988
The South Bank Show
1987
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
as Self
1987
Coast to Coast
as Ritchie Lee
1987
The Lenny Henry Show
as Delbert Wilkins
1987
Screen Two
as Ritchie Lee
1986
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
as Self
1986
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
1986
Lenny Henry Tonite
1985
Happy Families
as Hollywood Hobo
1984
The Young Ones
as Postman
1984
The Lenny Henry Show
as Self / Various
1984
Wogan
as Self
1983
Six Fifty-Five Special
as Self
1982
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Various Characters
1982
O.T.T.
1981
Three of a Kind
as Self / Various Characters
1981
Olivier Awards
as Self - Host
1976
The Secret Policeman's Ball
as Self
1976
The Fosters
as Sonny Foster
1975
The Summer Show
1974
Tiswas
Tommy Cooper at the BBC
as Presenter
The Lenny Henry Birthday Show