HENRY, Lenny 1958–

PERSONAL

Full name, Lenworth George Henry; born August 29 (some sources cite August 28), 1958, in Dudley, West Midlands, England; parents, Jamaican; married Dawn French (an actress and comedian), October 20, 1984; children: (adopted) Billie.

Addresses: Contact —–PBJ Management, Ltd., 5 Soho Square, London W1V 5DE, England.

Career: Comedian, actor, and writer. Crucial Films, founder, 1985.

Awards, Honors: The Golden Nymph Award, 1992, for Alive and Kicking; BBC Personality of the Year Award, Radio and Television Industry Club, 1993; Monaco Red Cross Award; named commander, Order of the British Empire, 1998.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Cam, The Suicide Club, 1988.

Work Experience, 1989.

Lenny Live and Unleashed (also known as Lenny Henry Live and Unleashed ), 1989.

Miles Pope, True Identity, 1991.

Robo Vampire (also known as Counter Destroyer ), 1993.

Fred the cat, Famous Fred, 1996.

The doctor in Lenny Henry show sketch, Comic Relief: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (also known as Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death ), 1999.

(Uncredited) Voice of Dimco announcer, French & Saunders Live, French & Saunders, 2000.

Television Appearances; Series:

The Summer Show, 1975.

Sonny Foster, The Fosters, 1976.

Himself, TISWAS, 1977–1981.

Himself, Three of a Kind, BBC, 1981–1983.

Himself, OTT, 1982.

Himself, The Lenny Henry Show, BBC, 1984.

Various roles, Lenny Henry Tonite, BBC, 1986.

Delbert Wilkins, The Lenny Henry Show, BBC, 1987–1988.

Gareth Blackstock, Chef!, BBC, 1993–1996.

Himself, The Lenny Henry Show, BBC, 1994.

Funky Black Shorts, 1994.

The Nose at Ten, 1996.

Himself, Lenny Goes to Town, BBC, 1998.

Ian George, headmaster, Hope and Glory, BBC, 1999–2000.

The Sketch Show Story (also known as Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story ), BBC, 2001.

Voice of Sporty, Little Robots (animated), 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Ritchie Lee, Coast to Coast, 1987.

Josephus, the Genie, Bernard and the Genie, BBC, 1991.

Stevie "Smudger" Smith, Alive and Kicking (also known as Screen One: Alive and Kicking ), BBC, 1991.

In Dreams, 1992.

Charlie Collins, White Goods, ITV, 1994.

Dennis Jackson, The Man, 1999.

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything, BBC, 1999.

Roy Buchanan, Goodbye Mr. Steadman, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(Television debut) Himself, New Faces, 1975.

The Ronnie Corbett Special, BBC, 1979.

Blankety Blank, Ten Network, 1981.

Postman, "Summer Holiday", The Young Ones, BBC, 1984.

Hollywood Hobo, "Cassie", Happy Families, BBC, 1985.

Himself, Scoff, 1988.

French and Saunders, BBC, 1988.

"Lenny Henry", The South Bank Show, ITV, 1988.

Warder, "South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1", The Comic Strip Presents, Channel 4, 1990.

Steve Wild, "Oxford", The Comic Strip Presents, Channel 4, 1990.

"Lenny Henry Hunts the Funk", The South Bank Show, ITV, 1992.

"Darker Than Me", The South Bank Show, ITV, 1994.

Himself, Sunday Night Clive (also known as Clive James ), PBS, 1994.

"The Quick and the Dead", French and Saunders, BBC, 1996.

(Uncredited) Voice, "Dr. Quimn, Mad Woman", French and Saunders, BBC, 1996.

"Comic Relief: 10th Anniversary", Omnibus, BBC, 1996.

Parkinson, 1999.

Richard and Judy, Channel 4, 2003.

The Kumars at No. 42, BBC, 2003.

Televison Appearances; Specials:

Comic Relief (also known as The Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live ), BBC, 1986.

The Secret Policeman's Third Ball, Arts and Entertainment, 1987.

Spitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show, NBC, 1987.

A Night of Comic Relief 2, 1989.

Hysteria 2!, 1989.

The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball, Arts and Entertainment, 1990.

Lenny Go Home, 1991.

Host, Comic Relief: Red Nose Day 3: The Stonker, 1991.

The Real McCoy, 1992.

Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes (also known as Total Relief ), 1993.

Lenny Hunts the Funk, 1994.

New Soul Nation, Channel 4, 1994.

Comic Relief: Behind the Nose, 1995.

The Story of Bean (documentary), 1997.

Comic Relief, 1997.

Comic Relief: The Record Breaker, 1999.

2000 Today, BBC, 1999.

Lenny Henry in Pieces, BBC, 2000.

Narrator, Steve Martin Seriously Funny (documentary), Comedy Central, 2000.

Lenny's Big Atlantic Adventure (documentary), 2000.

Comic Relief: Short Pants, 2001.

(In archive footage) Night of a Thousand Faces, BBC, 2001.

Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty, BBC, 2001.

(In archive footage) I Love Christmas (documentary), BBC, 2001.

Host, Party at the Palace: The Queen's Concerts, Buckingham Palace, BBC, 2002.

Host, Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do, 2003.

Major Tours:

Loud!, 1994, Australian cities, 1995.

Large!, Australian cities, 1998.

Large '99, British cities, 1999.

Have You Seen This Man?, British cities, 2001.

Radio Appearances:

Appeared on Whose Line Is It Anyway?

RECORDINGS

Albums:

Stand–Up Get Down, 1984.

Lenny Live and Unleashed, Island, 1989.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Lenny Live and Unleashed, 1989.

Television Miniseries:

(With Neil Gaiman) NeverWhere, BBC, 1996.

Television Specials:

Comic Relief (also known as The Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live ), HBO, 1986.

Lenny Henry in Pieces, BBC, 2000.

Television Composer; Specials:

"Big Love", Comic Relief (also known as The Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live ), HBO, 1986.

Books:

Lenny Henry's Well–Hard Paperback, Virgin Books, 1989.

The Quest for the Big Woof (autobiographical), 1991.

Children's Books:

Charlie and the Big Chill, Gollancz, 1995.

Charlie Queen of the Desert, Gollancz, 1996.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Margolis, Jonathon, Lenny Henry: A Biography, 1995.

Periodicals:

The Look in the Mirror, September 5, 1998, pp. 20–21.

Publishers Weekly, December 2, 1996, p. 60.

Radio Times, September 12, 1998, pp. 22–23.