History Creator / LennyHenry

* FluffyCloudHeaven: He imagined the 'House Band in Heaven' on his show - Music/ElvisPresley, Music/OtisRedding, [[Music/{{Carpenters}} Karen Carpenter]], Music/JimiHendrix, Music/KurtCobain... and Music/GeorgeFormby on ukelele; "'[[OopNorth Ey up]] Mr Hendrix can I 'ave a go? (sings) 'Ey Joe... where you goin' with that gun in yer 'and?'

* PaintingTheMedium: He hosted a show about dreams, in which he met an ancient philosopher who didn't speak English, so they agreed to talk in Subtitle. Further parodied when Lenny Henry is talking about whether dreaming of having tea with the queen and whether that meant it was important to really have tea with the queen. His subtitle replaced "tea with the queen" with "sex with Creator/MichellePfeiffer".

[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Sir]] Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry, Kt CBE (born 29 August 1958 in Dudley, England) is an English actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter, but to American audiences, he's the ShrunkenHead from ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''.

He was married to Dawn French (''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders'') from 1984 to 2010. In recent years Henry has heavily criticised the British entertainment industry for its lack of minority representation in both on and off camera roles.

[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Sir]] Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry, Kt CBE (born 29 August 1958) is an English actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter, but to American audiences, he's the ShrunkenHead from ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''.

* BenevolentGenie: In ''Series/BernardAndTheGenie'' Henry plays one of these to Alan Cumming's Bernard.

* FluffyCloudHeaven: He imagined the 'House Band in Heaven' on his show - Music/ElvisPresley, Music/OtisRedding, [[Music/{{Carpenters}} Karen Carpenter]], Music/JimiHendrix, Music/KurtCobain... and George Formby on ukelele; "'[[OopNorth Ey up]] Mr Hendrix can I 'ave a go? (sings) 'Ey Joe... where you goin' with that gun in yer 'and?'
* ItsAllJunk: ''White Goods'' is a virtually unknown ITV drama (with a surprisingly awesome cast including Ian [=McShane=], Creator/RachelWeisz, Creator/ChrisBarrie) about a severe falling-out between two families after they win a bunch of stuff in a game show and can't agree on how to divide up the loot. His character eventually decides to [[KillItWithFire burn]] [[TakeAThirdOption the lot]].

* PaddleballShot: Parodied in a sketch on ''The Lenny Henry Show'' in which one of two doomed men in the opening scene of a [[TheresNoBInMovie spoof horror film]] keeps waving his fishing pole around. The other guy asks him what he's doing, and the first says he's making the most of the 3D effects (the sketch is not shot in 3D, although the pole behaves like a [[StylisticSuck bad 3D effect]]).

'''Filmography'''

* FluffyCloudHeaven: He imagined the 'House Band in Heaven' on his show - Music/ElvisPresley, Music/OtisRedding, [[Music/TheCarpenters Karen Carpenter]], Music/JimiHendrix, Music/KurtCobain... and George Formby on ukelele; "'[[OopNorth Ey up]] Mr Hendrix can I 'ave a go? (sings) 'Ey Joe... where you goin' with that gun in yer 'and?'

[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Sir]] '''Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry''', Kt CBE (born 29 August 1958) is an English actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter, but to American audiences, he's the ShrunkenHead from ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''.

* MichaelJacksonsThrillerParody: He spoofed the music video as "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jfXzx1SHsY Thinner]]" in 1984, parodying allegations about Jackson's anorexia. It also inverted the opening scene (the girl's dating a werewolf, and is horrified when he turns into Michael Jackson), and featured "Michael" accidentally knocking the head off a zombie in the dance routine, his mother giving him a telling-off ([[spoiler: and having the zombie eyes at the end]]), and a cameo by Henry's David Bellamy impression.
-->'''Creator/VincentPrice soundalike''': This film will shock, your flesh will creep,\\

* OnePhoneCall: He did a routine about being arrested by the police and told he was allowed one phone call. "So I phoned my Uncle in Jamaica 'cos I haven't spoken to him in years"

* TechnoBabble: In his ''Series/DoctorWho'' skit:
--> '''Doctor:''' Now, it looks like the proto-anodysing discorporators have short circuited the molecular quark overload.\\
'''Companion:''' Is that difficult to fix?\\
'''Doctor:''' No, but it's very difficult to say!
* TakeThat: A sketch on ''The Lenny Henry Show'' parodying ''Series/DoctorWho'' had Lenny as the Doctor confronting the big-haired alien dictator [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Thatchos]] (and her ineffectual underling Denos).

* TrafficWardens: A skit where Lenny is the next Series/DoctorWho has him escaping the Cybermen only to find the TARDIS has been wheel-clamped. Fortunately his companion has a DisintegratorRay.

* ItsAllJunk: ''White Goods'' is a virtually unknown ITV drama (with a surprisingly awesome cast including Ian [=McShane=], Creator/RachelWeisz, Creator/ChrisBarrie) about a severe falling-out between two families after they win a bunch of stuff in a game show and can't agree on how to divide up the loot. His character eventually decides to [[KillItWithFire burn]][[TakeAThirdOption the lot]].

* ItsAllJunk: ''White Goods'' is a virtually unknown ITV drama (with a surprisingly awesome cast including Ian [=McShane=], Creator/RachelWeisz, Creator/ChrisBarrie) about a severe falling-out between two families after they win a bunch of stuff in a game show and can't agree on how to divide up the loot. His character eventually decides to [[KillItWithFire burn the lot]].

He was married to Dawn French (''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders'') from 1984 to 2010. In recent years Henry has heavily criticised the British entertainment industry for it's lack of minority representation in both on and off camera roles.

[[KnightFever Sir]] '''Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry''', Kt CBE (born 29 August 1958) is an English actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter, but to American audiences, he's the ShrunkenHead from ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''.

[[KnightFever Sir]] Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry, Kt CBE (born 29 August 1958) is an English actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter, but to American audiences, he's the ShrunkenHead from ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''.

!! His work provides examples of

* EverythingIsRacist: ''Lenny Henry in Pieces'' had a character who was a large black man who applied for jobs that were unsuitable for him (such as the lead role in ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'') and would get the job after accusing the interviewers of racism whenever they told him he wasn't what they were looking for.

* ItsAllJunk: ''White Goods'' is a virtually unknown ITV drama (with a surprisingly awesome cast including Creator/LennyHenry, Ian [=McShane=], Creator/RachelWeisz, Creator/ChrisBarrie) about a severe falling-out between two families after they win a bunch of stuff in a game show and can't agree on how to divide up the loot. Lenny Henry's character eventually decides to [[KillItWithFire burn the lot]].
* LiteralGenie: The Christmas programme ''Series/BernardAndTheGenie'' starring Creator/AlanCumming, Creator/LennyHenry, and Creator/RowanAtkinson.

* PaddleballShot: Parodied in a sketch on ''The Creator/LennyHenry Show'' in which one of two doomed men in the opening scene of a [[TheresNoBInMovie spoof horror film]] keeps waving his fishing pole around. The other guy asks him what he's doing, and the first says he's making the most of the 3D effects (the sketch is not shot in 3D, although the pole behaves like a [[StylisticSuck bad 3D effect]]).

* TakeThat: A sketch on ''The Lenny Henry Show'' parodying ''Series/DoctorWho'' had Creator/LennyHenry as the Doctor confronting the big-haired alien dictator [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Thatchos]] (and her ineffectual underling Denos).

* TrafficWardens: A skit where Lenny Henry is the next Series/DoctorWho has him escaping the Cybermen only to find the TARDIS has been wheel-clamped. Fortunately his companion has a DisintegratorRay.

* TokenBlack: In the British comedy scene he is the only well known black comedian.

--> '''Companion:''' Is that difficult to fix?\\
--> '''Doctor:''' No, but it's very difficult to say!

Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry, CBE (born 29 August 1958) is an English actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter, but to American audiences, he's the ShrunkenHead from ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''.

He was the first host of UsefulNotes/ComicRelief, and is still heavily involved with the event. His best known sitcom is ''Series/{{Chef}}''. Branched out into theatre acting in the 2000s with roles in Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' and ''Theatre/TheComedyOfErrors''.

He was married to Dawn French (''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'', ''Series/FrenchAndSaunders'') from 1984 to 2010.

He was the first host of UsefulNotes/ComicRelief, and is still heavily involved with the event. His best known sitcom is ''Series/{{Chef}}''.

* ''Series/BernardAndTheGenie: The Genie.

* ''Series/HopeAndGlory: Ian George (one of his rare non-comedy roles)
* ''Film/Mirrormask'' (2005): Cameo.

* EverythingIsRacist: ''LennyHenry in Pieces'' had a character who was a large black man who applied for jobs that were unsuitable for him (such as the lead role in ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'') and would get the job after accusing the interviewers of racism whenever they told him he wasn't what they were looking for.

->'''Doctor:''' Now, it looks like the proto-anodysing discorporators have short circuited the molecular quark overload.\\
'''Companion:''' Is that difficult to fix?\\
'''Doctor:''' No, but it's very difficult to say!
* TakeThat: * A sketch on ''The Lenny Henry Show'' parodying ''Series/DoctorWho'' had Creator/LennyHenry as the Doctor confronting the big-haired alien dictator [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Thatchos]] (and her ineffectual underling Denos).

He was the first host of UsefulNotes/ComicRelief, and is still heavily involved with the event.

Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry, CBE (born 29 August 1958) is an English actor, writer, comedian and occasional television presenter, but to American audiences, he's the Shrunken Head from ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban''.