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Lenny Henry

1958 - Today

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Sir Lenworth George Henry (born 29 August 1958) is a British-Jamaican comedian, actor and writer. He gained success as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 1980s, culminating in The Lenny Henry Show in 1984. He was the most prominent black British comedian of the time and much of his material served to celebrate and parody his African-Caribbean roots. In 1985, he co-founded the charity Comic Relief with the comedy screenwriter Richard Curtis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lenny Henry is the 9,451st most popular actor (up from 9,711th in 2019), the 6,439th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,331st in 2019) and the 1,057th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lenny Henry ranks 9,451 out of 13,578. Before him are Tika Sumpter, Barbara Billingsley, Rosie Malek-Yonan, Ted Knight, Mary Pat Gleason, and Dominic Sherwood. After him are Luke Ford, Miriam Leone, Tao Tsuchiya, Joshua Malina, Um Ki-joon, and Marina Inoue.

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Among people born in 1958, Lenny Henry ranks 681. Before him are Pietro Fanna, Jeph Loeb, Christopher Dean, Laurie Bartram, Toyah Willcox, and Victor Shenderovich. After him are Sergei Mylnikov, Scott Hamilton, Reema Lagoo, Hisao Kuramata, Adiato Djaló Nandigna, and Petr Rada.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lenny Henry ranks 6,441 out of 8,785. Before him are Christopher Dean (1958), Lara Pulver (1980), Passenger (1984), Toyah Willcox (1958), Ellen Wilkinson (1891), and Dominic Sherwood (1990). After him are Al Alvarez (1929), Joe Corrigan (1948), Ryan Taylor (1984), Wendy Richard (1943), Michail Antonio (1990), and Raffey Cassidy (2001).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Lenny Henry ranks 1,057. Before him are Emily Beecham (1984), Jacqueline Hill (1929), Kevin Doyle (1960), John Inman (1935), Lara Pulver (1980), and Dominic Sherwood (1990). After him are Wendy Richard (1943), Raffey Cassidy (2001), Georgie Henley (1995), Cynthia Addai-Robinson (1985), Roma Downey (1960), and George MacKay (1992).

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