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Acting

Lenny Henry

Career: Active from 1974 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 32
top three billing

Average score: 67/100

Highest rated: Broadchurch
85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lenny Henry Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
4.0, average 5.5
Tension
4.6, average 6.0
Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Contemporary Realism
4.1, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Social Commentary 4
Physical Comedy 3
Family-Friendly 3
British Comedy 2
Sketch Show 2
Variety Show 2
Light Entertainment 2
British Humor 2
British Sketch Comedy 2
Lighthearted Entertainment 2
Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

77

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Tommy Cooper at the BBC

as Presenter

2020s

12 titles · average score 64

The Magic Faraway Tree

68

as Know All

The Split Up

61

TV show · as Alex Edwards

Missing You

51

TV show · as Clint Donovan

Jay Kelly

66

as Larry

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

84

as Mr. Convenience (voice)

The Witcher: Blood Origin

36

TV show · as Chief Sage Balor

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

65

TV show · as Sadoc Burrows

The Sandman

72

TV show · as Martin Tenbones (voice) / Bernard 'Bernie' Capax

Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain

TV show · as Presenter

My Name Is Leon

71

as Mr. Johnson

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

as Sadoc Burrows

Zog and the Flying Doctors

65

as Narrator (voice)

2010s

11 titles · average score 75

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy

TV show · as Presenter

The Long Song

73

TV show · as Godfrey

Danny & the Human Zoo

68

as Samson

Broadchurch

85

TV show · as Ed Burnett

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

73

as Peg Leg Hastings (voice)

National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors

as Antipholus of Syracuse

The Syndicate

74

TV show · as Godfrey Watson

Perspectives

TV show

Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years

Writer

Tinga Tinga Tales

78

TV show · as Elephant (voice)

Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga

TV show

2000s

16 titles · average score 65

Big & Small

TV show · as Big / Small (voice)

A Bucket O' French and Saunders

TV show

Penelope

58

as Krull

Doctor Who

78

TV show · as Daniel Barton

The F Word

43

TV show

MirrorMask

62

as Cops 1-4

Harry & Paul

69

TV show

The Lenny Henry Show

TV show

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

84

as Shrunken Head (voice)

Little Robots

63

TV show · as Sporty (voice)

Lenny Henry in Pieces

TV show

The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything

TV show

1990s

13 titles · average score 60

Hope and Glory

TV show · as Ian George

as Dennis Jackson

Famous Fred

59

as Fred (voice)

White Goods

as Charlie Collins

Chef

78

TV show · as Gareth Blackstock

Later... with Jools Holland

46

TV show

as Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince

True Identity

43

as Miles Pope

Bernard and the Genie

73

as Josephus the Genie

Alive and Kicking

as Stevie 'Smudger' Smith

Oxford

as Steve Wild

South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

as Warder

1980s

19 titles · average score 76

Lenny Live and Unleashed

Writer

Work Experience

as Terence

Screen One

TV show · as Stevie 'Smudger' Smith

The Suicide Club

as Cam

Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show

as Various Roles

The Lenny Henry Show

TV show · as Delbert Wilkins

Coast to Coast

74

as Ritchie Lee

French & Saunders

75

TV show · as Lt. Chris Clark / Richard

Screen Two

68

TV show · as Ritchie Lee

Natural World

80

TV show · as Narrator

The Young Ones

86

TV show · as Postman

The Comic Strip Presents...

76

TV show · as Warder / Steve Wild

1970s

4 titles · average score 70

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

The Fosters

TV show · as Sonny Foster

The Summer Show

TV show

Tiswas

77

TV show

1960s

1 title

World in Action

TV show