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Lenworth George Henry Wiki Biography

Lenworth George Henry was born on August 29, 1958, in Dudley, West Midlands in England to a family of Jamaican immigrants. He made his TV debut on a talent show called “New Faces” in 1975 at the age of 16. He won and went on to things such as The Fosters (1976) and Tiswas (1974), which was when his career as a comedian took off. In 1989, Lenny … 

Full Name Lenny Henry
Net Worth $9 Million
Date Of Birth August 29, 1958
Place Of Birth Dudley, Worcestershire , England, United Kingdom
Height 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
Profession Actor, Writer, Soundtrack
Education Open University, University of London, Preston’s College
Nationality British
Spouse Dawn French ; child
Children Billie
Parents Winifred Henry, Winston Jervis Henry
Siblings Paul Henry
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/lennyhenry
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0377901
Awards British Academy Television Special Award, Critics’ Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor, British Comedy Performance Lifetime Achievement Award
Nominations British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance, WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor in a Play
Movies True Identity, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Bernard and the Genie, Danny and the Human Zoo, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Famous Fred, Penelope, MirrorMask, Coast to Coast, French and Saunders: Live, Funny Ladies of British Comedy, Prince Cinders, Work Experience, Berry’s Way, Little Ro…
TV Shows The Lenny Henry Show, Tiswas, Three of a Kind, Lenny Henry in Pieces, The Syndicate, Chef!, The Fosters, Hope and Glory, Big & Small, Comic Relief 2011, Tinga Tinga Tales, The Magicians, Neverwhere, O.T.T., Comic Relief, Lenny’s Britain, The Summer Show, Lenny Goes to Town, Lenny Henry Tonite, The L…
Quote
1 When I started, I was surrounded by a predominantly white workforce. Thirty-two years later, not a lot has changed.
2 [on costume dramas] By the time Queen Victoria was on the throne, this country had a sizable black population, so where are they? You can’t move for bonnets and crinolines and the people wearing them are all white.
3 There is still so much work to do. When you can cast a Somalian girl in your piece simply because she’s the best actress or when you can cast an Asian girl, and she is not playing the victim of an arranged marriage, or cast a bloke with dreadlocks not playing a drug dealer, then we will have something to work on.
4 TV producers of the 1960s and 1970s missed a great opportunity. Rather than reflect the reality of multi-ethnic Britain they chose a more xenophobic route – emphasizing points of difference instead of similarities. If they had been more truthful in their observations, who’s to say we couldn’t have encouraged more young black kids at school or prevented the Brixton riots even?
5 To walk on set and find a black director of photography or an Asian boom operator is as rare as seeing John McCririck on the front cover of Vanity Fair.
6 [on Till Death Us Do Part (1965)] Writer Johnny Speight tried to ensure that in each storyline, Alf came off the worst. But when I went to school the next morning, it was always me who came off worst. Context is everything. Alf Garnett was a ludicrous character, and in the right context pretty funny, but put him against the background of Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of Blood” speech – is he so funny then?
Fact
1 He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to drama and charity. He is an actor and comedian in London, England.
2 Founded Comic Relief with Richard Curtis.
3 Appearing in television ads for Premier Hotels and starring in BBC Radio 4 sitcom Rudy’s Rare Records. [March 2008]
4 Touring the UK playing the lead in the Northern Broadside/West Yorkshire Playhouse production of Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ directed by Barry Rutter [April 2009]
5 His brother Paul Henry has written some comedy for him before.
6 He allegedly declined the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) before accepting the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1999 Queen’s New Years Honors List for his services to drama and charity.
7 Supports West Bromwich Albion FC
8 Is a stand-up comedian
9 Friend of Neil Gaiman, author of such books as “The Sandman,” “American Gods,” “Neverwhere,” and co-author of the book “Good Omens” with Terry Pratchett.
10 Worked with the 1980s band the Style Council on the album “Our Favourite Shop” on a song called “A Stand-Up Comic’s Instructions,” which tries to point out that stand-up comics shouldn’t use cheap jokes about homosexuals, Asians, Blacks, and Irish people to get laughs.
11 Has an adopted daughter named Billie.
12 Son of Jamaican parents.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Some Sweet Oblivious Antidote 2017 Short post-production Therapist
Broadchurch 2017 TV Series
Danny and the Human Zoo 2015 TV Movie Samson
The Syndicate 2015 TV Series Godfrey Watson
Make Your Face Funny for Money: The Mechanics 2015 TV Movie voice
Rudy’s Rare Records 2014 TV Movie Adam
The Pirates! Band of Misfits 2012 Peg Leg Hastings (voice)
National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors 2012 Antipholus of Syracuse
Big and Small 2008-2011 TV Series Big and Small Big Small
Tinga Tinga Tales 2011 TV Series Elephant
Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry and Paul 2010 TV Series Cassius Clay
‘Conversations with My Wife’ 2010 TV Series Drew
A Bucket o’ French & Saunders 2007 TV Series
Jackanory Junior 2007 TV Series Storyteller
Berry’s Way 2006 TV Movie Berry Cotterell
Penelope 2006 Krull
Mirrormask 2005 Cops 1-4
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 Shrunken Head
Little Robots 2003 TV Series Sporty
Lenny Henry in Pieces 2003 TV Series
Goodbye, Mr Steadman 2001 TV Movie Roy Buchanan
French & Saunders Live 2000 Video Dimco announcer (voice, uncredited)
Hope & Glory 1999-2000 TV Series Ian George
The Man 1999 TV Movie Dennis Jackson
Lenny Goes to Town 1998 TV Series Various Characters
Chef! 1993-1996 TV Series Gareth
Famous Fred 1996 Short Fred (voice)
French and Saunders 1988-1996 TV Series Opening Narrator / Richard
White Goods 1994 TV Movie Charlie Collins
Prince Cinders 1993 Short Bouncer (voice, uncredited)
In Dreams 1992 TV Movie Lenny / Michael Jackson / Prince
Bernard and the Genie 1991 TV Movie Josephus the Genie
Screen One 1991 TV Series Stevie ‘Smudger’ Smith
True Identity 1991 Miles Pope
The Comic Strip Presents… 1990 TV Series Steve Wild / Warder
Work Experience 1989 Short Terence
The Lenny Henry Show 1987-1988 TV Series Delbert Wilkins
The Suicide Club 1988 Cam
Spitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show 1987 TV Short voice
Screen Two 1987 TV Series Ritchie Lee
Lenny Henry Tonite 1986 TV Series Various Characters
Happy Families 1985 TV Series Hollywood Hobo
The Young Ones 1984 TV Series Postman
Tiswas 1980 TV Series Various
The Ronnie Corbett Special 1979 TV Series
The Fosters 1976-1977 TV Series Sonny Foster
The Summer Show 1975 TV Series

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Danny and the Human Zoo 2015 TV Movie
‘Conversations with My Wife’ 2010 TV Series
Berry’s Way 2006 TV Movie written by
The Lenny Henry Show 2004 TV Series written by – 1 episode
Lenny Henry in Pieces 2003 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Neverwhere 1996 TV Mini-Series series deviser – 6 episodes
Chef! 1993-1994 TV Series idea – 8 episodes
Lenny Henry: Lenny Go Home 1991 TV Special documentary written by
Comic Relief 1991 TV Special uncredited
Lenny Henry: The Best of ‘The Lenny Henry Show’ 1990 Video documentary written by
Lenny Henry: Lenny Live and Unleashed 1989 Video writer
A Night of Comic Relief 2 1989 TV Special uncredited
Comic Relief 1988 TV Special
Comic Relief 1986/II TV Special documentary
Three of a Kind 1981-1982 TV Series written by – 2 episodes

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Prince Cinders 1993 Short performer: “Love Don’t Work That Way”
Emu’s All Live Pink Windmill Show 1986 TV Series writer – 1 episode
Three of a Kind 1981 TV Series performer – 2 episodes

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Now What 1995 TV Movie executive producer

Self

Title Year Status Character
Richard & Judy 2003-2005 TV Series Himself
War at the Door 2005 TV Series documentary Narrator
ITV 50: The Golden Years 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself
What Did ITV Do for Me? 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself (as Lenny Henry CBE)
Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV 2005 TV Special Himself
The Comic Strip: A Retrospective 2005 Video Himself
The Lenny Henry Show 2004-2005 TV Series Himself – Comedian / Various
Out of Africa: Heroes and Icons 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself
Blue Peter 2005 TV Series Himself
Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 2005 TV Special Himself – Host
Victoria Wood: A BAFTA Tribute 2005 TV Movie Himself
The Funny Ladies of British Comedy 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself
Head to Shrunken Head 2004 Video documentary short Shrunken Head (voice, as Shrunken Head)
GMTV 2004 TV Series Himself
Good Morning Australia 2004 TV Series Himself
Rove Live 2004 TV Series Himself
Christmas Night with the Stars 2003 TV Movie documentary Himself
The British Comedy Awards 2003 2003 TV Special Himself
V Graham Norton 2003 TV Series Himself
The Kumars at No. 42 2003 TV Series Himself
Timeshift 2003 TV Series documentary Himself
Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do 2003 TV Special Himself – Host / Michael Jackson
Party at the Palace: The Queen’s Concerts, Buckingham Palace 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself – Host
The Sketch Show Story 2001 TV Series documentary Himself
Celebrity Castaway 2001 TV Mini-Series Himself
Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty 2001 TV Special Himself
Comic Relief Short Pants 2001 TV Special short Himself
Lenny’s Big Atlantic Adventure 2000 TV Movie documentary Himself
2000 Today 1999 TV Movie Himself
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything 1999 TV Special Decos
Comic Relief: The Record Breaker 1999 TV Special Himself – Host
Best of British 1998 TV Series Himself / Himself (in photo)
The 11 O’Clock Show 1998 TV Series Himself
Television’s Greatest Hits 1998 TV Series documentary Himself
Windrush: A New Generation 1998 TV Mini-Series Himself
Brit Awards 1997 1997 TV Special Himself – Presenter, Best Soundtrack Award
The Story of Bean 1997 TV Special documentary Himself
The British Academy Awards 1997 TV Special Himself – Host
Comic Relief 1997 TV Special Himself – Presenter
The Nose at Ten 1996 TV Series Himself
The Lenny Henry Show 1994-1995 TV Series Himself / Various
Comic Relief 1995 TV Special Himself – Presenter
Comic Relief: Behind the Nose 1995 TV Special Himself
The South Bank Show 1988-1994 TV Series documentary Himself / Himself – Host
Live & Kicking 1994 TV Series Himself
Clive James 1994 TV Series Himself
Aspel & Company 1986-1993 TV Series Himself
Red Nose Awards 1993 1993 TV Special Himself – Host
Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes 1993 TV Special Himself
This Is Your Life 1993 TV Series documentary Himself
Wogan 1992-1993 TV Series Himself
Black and White in Colour 1992 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
Comic Relief: Behind the Nose 1992 TV Movie Himself / Scott Tracey
Lenny Henry: Lenny Go Home 1991 TV Special documentary Himself
Saturday Night Clive 1991 TV Series Himself
Showbiz Today 1991 TV Series Himself
Comic Relief 1991 TV Special Himself
Top of the Pops 1991 TV Series Himself – Presenter
Nelson Mandela: An International Tribute for a Free South Africa 1990 TV Movie Himself
Lenny Henry: The Best of ‘The Lenny Henry Show’ 1990 Video documentary Himself Michael Jackson David Bellamy …
Hysteria 2! 1989 TV Special Himself
Going Live! 1989 TV Series Himself
World in Action 1989 TV Series documentary Himself
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball 1989 TV Movie documentary Himself
UP2U 1989 TV Series Himself
Lenny Henry: Lenny Live and Unleashed 1989 Video Himself Steve Martin Richard Pryor …
A Night of Comic Relief 2 1989 TV Special Himself
Scoff 1989 TV Series Himself
The Lenny Henry Show 1984-1988 TV Series Himself / Various Characters
Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela’s 70th Birthday Celebratation 1988 TV Special documentary Himself
Comic Relief 1988 TV Special Himself
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball 1987 Documentary Himself
The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross 1987 TV Series Himself
Saturday Superstore 1984-1986 TV Series Himself
Comic Relief 1986/II TV Special documentary Himself
Omnibus 1986 TV Series documentary
Blankety Blank 1981-1983 TV Series Himself
Three of a Kind 1981-1983 TV Series Himself / Various Characters
OTT 1982 TV Series Himself
Saturday Night at the Mill 1981 TV Series Himself
Crackerjack! 1980 TV Series Himself – Guest
Tiswas 1978-1980 TV Series Himself – Presenter
Seaside Special 1978-1979 TV Series Himself
The Golden Shot 1975 TV Series Himself
Jazzie B’s 1980s: From Dole to Soul 2016 TV Movie documentary Himself
Good Morning Britain 2016 TV Series Himself – Chancellor of Birmingham City University
Black Is the New Black 2016 TV Mini-Series documentary Himself
Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously 2016 Documentary Himself
Let’s Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood 2016 TV Movie documentary Himself (as Sir Lenny Henry)
Sir Lenny Henry: The Cops Don’t Know 2016 Short Himself – Singer
Our Queen at Ninety 2016 TV Movie documentary Himself (as Sir Lenny Henry)
The One Show 2008-2015 TV Series Himself – Guest / Himself
Comic Relief 2015 2015 TV Special Himself
Animal Architecture 2014 Documentary short voice
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule 2014 TV Movie Himself
Sunday Brunch 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest
This Morning 1991-2013 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
The 999 Awards 2012 TV Special Himself – Presenter
Q&A 2012 TV Series Himself – Panelist
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 TV Special Himself – Presenter
The One and Only Des O’Connor 2012 TV Movie Himself
Perspectives 2012 TV Series documentary Himself – Presenter
Daybreak 2012 TV Series Himself
John Bishop’s Sport Relief Hell 2012 TV Movie documentary Himself – Narrator (voice)
Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight 2012 TV Series Himself
The Talent Show Story 2012 TV Series documentary Himself Frank Spencer James Stewart
Ben Elton: Laughing at the 80s 2011 TV Movie documentary Himself
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts 2011 Documentary Himself
My Favourite Joke 2011 TV Series Himself
Breakfast 2005-2011 TV Series Himself – Comedian / Himself – Actor and Comedian / Himself
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day 2011 2011 TV Movie Himself – Presenter
The Alan Titchmarsh Show 2011 TV Series Himself
The Magicians 2011 TV Series Himself – Host
Loose Women 2010-2011 TV Series Himself
The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse 2011 TV Movie documentary Himself
Jack Dee Live at the Apollo 2009-2011 TV Series Himself – Host
The 5 O’Clock Show 2010 TV Series Himself – Host
The British Academy Television Awards 2010 TV Movie documentary Himself
Sport Relief 2010 2010 TV Special Himself
Black Mamba, White Witch 2009 TV Movie documentary Narrator
The F Word 2009 TV Series documentary Himself
Shooting Stars 2009 TV Series Himself
Happy Birthday OU 2009 TV Movie documentary Himself – Presenter
Comic Relief 2009 2009 TV Special Himself
The Story of the Open University 2009 TV Movie documentary
Shooting Stars: The Inside Story 2008 TV Movie documentary Himself
9am with David & Kim 2008 TV Series Himself – Guest
Good News Week 2008 TV Series Himself
Mornings with Kerri-Anne 2008 TV Series Himself – Guest
The Paul O’Grady Show 2005-2008 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest
TV Burp 2008 TV Series Himself
Comic Relief Does Little Britain: Live 2007 Video Himself – Audience Member
Tiswas Reunited 2007 TV Special Himself
Perfect Night In 2007 TV Series documentary Himself – Presenter
A Taste of My Life 2007 TV Series documentary Himself
Comic Relief 2007: The Big One 2007 TV Special Himself – Host
The Catherine Tate Show 2007 TV Series Himself
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy 2005-2007 TV Series Himself
The Comedy Map of Britain 2007 TV Series documentary Himself
Dawn French’s Boys Who Do Comedy 2007 TV Series documentary Himself
Jools’s Hootenanny 2004-2006 TV Series Himself
It Started with… Swap Shop 2006 TV Movie Himself
Parkinson 2001-2006 TV Series Himself
The British Comedy Awards 2006 Live 2006 TV Special Himself
Lennyhenry.tv 2006 TV Movie Himself
Life of Pryor: The Richard Pryor Story 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself – Host
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself – Host
Popworld 2005 TV Series Himself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Greatest Stand Up Comedians 2013 TV Movie documentary Himself – 22nd Place
Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell 2013 TV Series Himself – Q&A Panelist
Race Against Time 2011 Video documentary Sketch show role
The Unforgettable Bob Monkhouse 2010 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
Live from Studio Five 2010 TV Series Himself
50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases 2008 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
The Funny Side of the News 2007 TV Movie Himself (uncredited)
If It Ain’t Stiff 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself
Channel 4 at 25 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself
Timeshift 2007 TV Series documentary Himself – Presenter, Tiswas
100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself
Greatest TV Comedy Moments 2005 TV Movie documentary Wildebeest (uncredited)
Conjuring a Scene 2004 Video documentary short Shrunken Head (uncredited)
Who Killed Saturday Night TV? 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself (uncredited)
I Love Christmas 2001 TV Special documentary
Night of a Thousand Faces 2001 TV Special Various
Full Mountie 2000 TV Series Himself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2003 Lifetime Achievement Award British Comedy Awards Performance

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2013 BTVA Feature Film Voice Acting Award Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)

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