Lenny Henry Net Worth
Lenny Henry Net Worth is
$9 Million
Lenny Henry Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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 |
| 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... |
| Star Sign | Virgo |
| # | 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) |
Known for movies
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
as Shrunken Head
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
as Peg Leg Hastings
Chef! (1993-1996)
as Gareth
Mirrormask (2005)
as Cops 1-4