Comedian, writer, philanthropist & actor

Lenny Henry has risen from being a star on children’s television to becoming one of Britain’s favourite comedians, as well as a writer, philanthropist and award-winning actor. His theatre credits include The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at The Donmar and most recently August Wilson’s King Hedley ii at Theatre Royal Stratford East in 2019. Lenny’s television credits include Broadchurch, The Syndicate, The Long Song and Dr Who.

Lenny’s television production company, Douglas Road, produced the award winning series Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle, the acclaimed Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History and has moved into drama with My Name is Leon for BBC TV which was filmed in Birmingham.

As a co-founder of Comic Relief Lenny was delighted to announce that the British public has donated over £1billion to Comic Relief over the last 30 years. In October 2019 Lenny released his memoir Who Am I Again? and in 2021 released his debut fiction title with Macmillan Children’s Books called The Boy with Wings. He is currently the Chancellor of Birmingham City University and recently acted in the production of the Amazon Prime series Lord of The Rings.