Lenny Henry: movies and TV shows
Lenny Henry has 158 credits in the archive: 74 films and 84 TV series, from 1949 to 2026. Highest rated: The BAFTA Awards (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1949 – 2026 · busiest year: 2022 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TFI Unplugged | Self | TV | — | 67 |
| 2026 | The Magic Faraway Tree | Know All | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 2026 | Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare And Unseen | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 67 |
| 2025 | Missing You | Clint Donovan | TV | 6.1 | 66 |
| 2025 | Jay Kelly | Larry | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 2025 | Alison Hammond's Big Weekend | Self - Interviewed Guest | TV | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2025 | Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters | Self - Contestant | TV | 7.2 | 66 |
| 2025 | The Assembly | Self | TV | 5.7 | 66 |
| 2024 | Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Mr. Convenience (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 65 |
| 2024 | Perfect Pub Walks | Self | TV | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2024 | Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry | Self - Host | TV | 4.2 | 65 |
| 2024 | Comic Relief 2024: Funny for Money | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 2024 | Art Matters | Self | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 2023 | Three Little Birds | TV | 5.6 | 64 | |
| 2023 | Three Little Birds | TV | 5.6 | 64 | |
| 2023 | Three Little Birds | TV | 5.6 | 64 | |
| 2023 | An Audience with Kylie | Self | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Sadoc Burrows | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Martin Tenbones (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 63 |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Bernard 'Bernie' Capax | TV | 7.9 | 63 |
| 2022 | The Witcher: Blood Origin | Chief Sage Balor | TV | 6.5 | 63 |
| 2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening | Sadoc Burrows | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2022 | My Name Is Leon | Mr. Johnson | Film | 3.7 | 63 |
| 2022 | Lenny Henry's Caribbean Britain | Presenter | TV | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2022 | Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony | Self | Film | — | 63 |
| 2021 | Zog and the Flying Doctors | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 2021 | Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 2021 | Beauty and the Beast: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Self | Film | 4.7 | 62 |
| 2020 | The Big Night In | Self - Presenter | Film | 9.0 | 61 |
| 2020 | Back to the… | Self | TV | — | 61 |
| 2020 | Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... | Self | Film | 7.4 | 61 |
| 2020 | Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History | Self - Presenter | Film | — | 61 |
| 2019 | Trust Morecambe & Wise | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 2019 | Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy | Presenter | TV | 8.0 | 60 |
| 2019 | Happy Birthday OU: 50 Years of the Open University | Self - Presenter | Film | — | 60 |
| 2018 | Zog | Himself - Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 2018 | The Long Song | Godfrey | TV | 6.7 | 59 |
| 2017 | Comic Relief: Red Nose Day | Self - Presenter | Film | 9.0 | 58 |
| 2016 | John Bishop: In Conversation with... | Self | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2016 | Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously | Self | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2016 | Our Queen at Ninety | Self | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2016 | Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 2015 | Danny & the Human Zoo | Samson | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2015 | Danny & the Human Zoo | Film | 6.4 | 56 | |
| 2014 | W1A | Self | TV | 7.7 | 55 |
| 2014 | Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule | Self | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 2014 | A Life on Screen | Self | TV | 8.0 | 55 |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | TV | 5.7 | 54 |
| 2013 | Broadchurch | Ed Burnett | TV | 7.9 | 54 |
| 2012 | The Syndicate | Godfrey Watson | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2012 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Peg Leg Hastings (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 2012 | The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012 | Self - Presenter | Film | 8.2 | 53 |
| 2012 | National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors | Antipholus of Syracuse | Film | 10.0 | 53 |
| 2011 | Perspectives | TV | — | 52 | |
| 2011 | The Magicians | Self | TV | 8.5 | 52 |
| 2011 | Famous, Rich And In The Slums with Comic Relief | Himself | TV | — | 52 |
| 2011 | The Secret Life of Bob Monkhouse | Film | 5.8 | 52 | |
| 2011 | Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years | Self | Film | — | 52 |
| 2011 | Red Nose Day: 25 Monster Years | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2010 | Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga | TV | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 2010 | Tinga Tinga Tales | Elephant (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 2009 | Now That’s What I Call Comedy | Himself | Film | — | 50 |
| 2008 | Q&A | Self - Panellist | TV | 3.2 | 49 |
| 2008 | Big & Small | Big / Small (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 2008 | Gaybo Laughs Back | Self | Film | — | 49 |
| 2008 | The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and Space | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 2008 | Lenry Henry.TV | TV | — | 49 | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2007 | Penelope | Krull | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 2007 | A Bucket O' French and Saunders | TV | 6.2 | 48 | |
| 2007 | Lenny's Britain | Himself - Presenter | TV | — | 48 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 47 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.4 | 47 |
| 2006 | Great British Menu | Self - Guest Judge | TV | 6.5 | 47 |
| 2006 | It Started with Swap Shop | Self | Film | — | 47 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Daniel Barton | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2005 | Harry & Paul | TV | 6.6 | 46 | |
| 2005 | MirrorMask | Cops 1-4 | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 2005 | The Funny Blokes of British Comedy | Self | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 2005 | The Comic Strip - A Retrospective | Self | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 2005 | Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say | Film | — | 46 | |
| 2005 | Lenny Henry Live - So Much Things To Say | Film | — | 46 | |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Shrunken Head (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 2004 | The Lenny Henry Show | TV | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 2004 | Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? | Self | Film | 4.8 | 45 |
| 2003 | Little Robots | Sporty (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 44 |
| 2003 | Lying To Michael Jackson | Michael Jackson | Film | — | 44 |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self | TV | 5.3 | 43 |
| 2002 | The Best of French & Saunders | Various | Film | — | 43 |
| 2000 | Lenny Henry in Pieces | TV | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 2000 | The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything | TV | — | 41 | |
| 1999 | Hope and Glory | Ian George | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1999 | The Man | Dennis Jackson | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1999 | Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton Academy | Himself | Film | — | 40 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 39 |
| 1998 | Windrush | Self | TV | — | 39 |
| 1998 | Lenny Goes to Town | TV | — | 39 | |
| 1997 | The Story of Bean | Self | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1996 | Neverwhere | TV | 6.7 | 37 | |
| 1996 | Famous Fred | Fred (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1994 | White Goods | Charlie Collins | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1994 | Lenny Henry: Live and Loud! Tour 1994 | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1993 | Shooting Stars | Self | TV | 7.7 | 34 |
| 1993 | Chef | Gareth Blackstock | TV | 7.6 | 34 |
| 1992 | Black and White in Colour | Self | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1992 | In Dreams | Lenny/Michael Jackson/Prince | Film | 8.5 | 33 |
| 1991 | True Identity | Miles Pope | Film | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1991 | Bernard and the Genie | Josephus the Genie | Film | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1991 | Bernard and the Genie | Film | 7.3 | 32 | |
| 1991 | Alive and Kicking | Stevie 'Smudger' Smith | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1991 | Lenny Go Home | Self | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1990 | South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 | Warder | Film | — | 31 |
| 1990 | Oxford | Steve Wild | Film | — | 31 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Stevie 'Smudger' Smith | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1989 | Saturday Night Clive | TV | — | 30 | |
| 1989 | Lenny Live and Unleashed | Himself & various characters | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1989 | Lenny Live and Unleashed | Film | 9.0 | 30 | |
| 1989 | The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball | Self | Film | 7.7 | 30 |
| 1989 | Work Experience | Terence | Film | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1989 | Just Like That! | Self | Film | — | 30 |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self | TV | 5.2 | 29 |
| 1988 | Comic Relief | Self - Presenter | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1988 | Comic Relief | TV | 6.0 | 29 | |
| 1988 | Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show | Various Roles | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1988 | Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute | Self | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1988 | The Suicide Club | Cam | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1987 | Going Live! | Self | TV | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1987 | French & Saunders | Lt. Chris Clark | TV | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1987 | French & Saunders | Richard | TV | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1987 | The Lenny Henry Show | TV | 7.2 | 28 | |
| 1987 | The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball | Self | Film | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1987 | Coast to Coast | Ritchie Lee | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1986 | Omnibus Presents Comic Relief | TV | 4.0 | 27 | |
| 1986 | Lenny Henry Tonite | TV | 5.0 | 27 | |
| 1986 | The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live | Self | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Ritchie Lee | TV | 7.1 | 26 |
| 1985 | Happy Families | Hollywood Hobo | TV | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1984 | Aspel & Company | TV | — | 25 | |
| 1984 | The Lenny Henry Show | Self / Various | TV | 5.7 | 25 |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 24 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Warder | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... | Steve Wild | TV | 7.4 | 23 |
| 1982 | The Young Ones | Postman | TV | 7.9 | 23 |
| 1982 | O.T.T. | TV | — | 23 | |
| 1982 | The Funny Side of Christmas | Various Characters | Film | — | 23 |
| 1981 | Six Fifty-Five Special | Self | TV | — | 22 |
| 1981 | Olivier Awards | Self - Host | TV | 1.0 | 22 |
| 1981 | Three of a Kind | Self / Various Characters | TV | 6.8 | 22 |
| 1976 | The Fosters | Sonny Foster | TV | 5.8 | 17 |
| 1976 | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Self | TV | 5.0 | 17 |
| 1975 | The Summer Show | TV | — | 16 | |
| 1974 | Tiswas | TV | 7.8 | 15 | |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops | Self - Host | TV | 6.7 | 5 |
| 1963 | World in Action | TV | 7.0 | 4 | |
| 1949 | The BAFTA Awards | Host | TV | 10.0 | 9 |
| The Lenny Henry Birthday Show | Film | — | — | ||
| Tommy Cooper at the BBC | Presenter | Film | — | — |