Henry voiced Dre Head, the " shrunken head" on the Knight Bus in the 2004 Alfonso Cuarón movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and read the audiobook version of Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys. He also voiced Sporty on the children's show Little Robots. Henry appeared in advertisements for butter products in New Zealand, commissioned by the company now known as Fonterra, as well as portraying Saint Peter in the Virgin Mobile advertising campaign in South Africa. In the UK, he used his character of Theophilus P. Wildebeeste to advertise Alpen muesli, and promoted the non-alcoholic lager, Kaliber. In 2014, Henry appeared in and produced a play based on his radio show Rudy's Rare Records, which played at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre before moving on to a run in London. [41] [42] Love, Ryan (21 March 2011). "Lenny Henry criticised for 'Speech' spoof". Digital Spy . Retrieved 28 August 2022. Lenny Henry recalls West Brom's Boing Boing chant". www.bbc.co.uk. 20 July 2013 . Retrieved 8 December 2020.

Henry was criticised for his opening sketch for the 2011 Comic Relief, during which he spoofed the film The King's Speech and grew impatient with Colin Firth's portrayal of King George VI as he stammered over his speech. The Sun reported that the British Stammering Association had branded the sketch as "a gross and disgusting gleefulness at pointing out someone else's misfortune". [40] Lanre Bakare (21 October 2019). "Lenny Henry: 'I wish somebody had taught me how to defend myself' ". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 23 July 2020. a b "Henry, Sir Lenworth George, (Sir Lenny), (born 29 Aug. 1958), stand-up comedian, since 1975; actor". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi: 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U19866. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 29 August 2021. Frost, Peter (2 April 2018). "Billy Strachan – just 'another bloody immigrant' ". The Morning Star . Retrieved 11 May 2021. Brown, Mark (10 February 2008). "A new Moor for West Yorkshire". The Guardian. London, England . Retrieved 10 February 2008.

Spencer, Charles (19 February 2008). "Othello with Lenny Henry at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, review". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009 . Retrieved 5 April 2008. Rising to the Surface continues his memoirs from the point his first ended. Rising... covers his rise to fame. Henry begins with his children’s show Tiswas and continues through his The Lenny Henry Show, which was broadcast for 20 years though not continuously. [67]

a b Henry, Lenny. "About Me: The Story So Far". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011 . Retrieved 4 March 2011. Henry attended St John's Primary School and later The Blue Coat School in Dudley, before completing his schooling at W.R. Tuson College in Preston, Lancashire. [11] [12] Career [ edit ] Early career [ edit ] Coughlan, Sean (5 October 2010). "Lenny Henry's long road to a PhD". BBC News . Retrieved 24 January 2022. Billington, Michael (10 September 2014). "Rudy's Rare Records review – Lenny Henry's reggae romp has the audience roaring". The Guardian. Casting confirmed for BBC One's adaptation of award-winning novel My Name Is Leon". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre . Retrieved 17 March 2021.

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