Lenny Henry is known for the BBC TV sketch comedy show "The Lenny Henry Show (1984-1985)" and the BBC TV sitcom "The Lenny Henry Show (1987-1988)", and the BBC TV comedy shows "Lenny Goes to Town (1998)" and "Lenny Henry in Pieces".

He played Sonny Foster on the ITV TV show "The Fosters (1976-1977)", Chef Gareth Blackstock on the BBC TV sitcom "Chef! (1993-1996)" and Ian George on the BBC TV show "Hope and Glory (1999-2000)".

Some other TV show he appeared on are "Tiswas", "The Young Ones", "Screen Two", "The Comic Strip Presents...", "Screen One", "French and Saunders", "Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul", "The Syndicate" and "Broadchurch".

He appeared in movies like "Coast to Coast (1987)", "The Suicide Club (1988)", "True Identity (1991)", "Bernard and the Genie (1991)", "In Dreams (1992)", "White Goods (1994)", "The Man (1999)", "Goodbye, Mr Steadman (2001)", "Mirrormask (2005)", "Penelope (2006)", "Berry's Way (2006)", "National Theatre Live: The Comedy of Errors (2012)", "Rudy's Rare Records (2014)" and "Danny and the Human Zoo (2015)".

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