Lenny Henry Net Worth

Lenny Henry's Quotes

• [on Till Death Us Do Part (1965)] Writer Johnny Speight tried to ensure that in each storyline, Alf came off the worst. But when I went to school the next morning, it was always me who came off worst. Context is everything. Alf Garnett was a ludicrous character, and in the right context pretty funny, but put him against the background of Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" speech - is he so funny then?
• To walk on set and find a black director of photography or an Asian boom operator is as rare as seeing John McCririck on the front cover of Vanity Fair.
• TV producers of the 1960s and 1970s missed a great opportunity. Rather than reflect the reality of multi-ethnic Britain they chose a more xenophobic route - emphasizing points of difference instead of similarities. If they had been more truthful in their observations, who's to say we couldn't have encouraged more young black kids at school or prevented the Brixton riots even?
• There is still so much work to do. When you can cast a Somalian girl in your piece simply because she's the best actress, or when you can cast an Asian girl and she is not playing the victim of an arranged marriage, or cast a bloke with dreadlocks not playing a drug dealer, then we will have something to work on.
• [on costume dramas] By the time Queen Victoria was on the throne, this country had a sizable black population, so where are they? You can't move for bonnets and crinolines and the people wearing them are all white.

Interesting Facts about Lenny Henry

1. Son of Jamaican parents.
2. Has an adopted daughter named Billie.
3. Worked with the 1980s band the Style Council on the album "Our Favourite Shop" on a song called "A Stand-Up Comic's Instructions," which tries to point out that stand-up comics shouldn't use cheap jokes about homosexuals, Asians, Blacks, and Irish people to get laughs.
4. Friend of Neil Gaiman, author of such books as "The Sandman," "American Gods," "Neverwhere," and co-author of the book "Good Omens" with Terry Pratchett.
5. Is a stand-up comedian
6. Supports West Bromwich Albion FC
7. He allegedly declined the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) before accepting the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1999 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to drama and charity.
8. His brother Paul Henry has written some comedy for him before.
9. Touring the UK playing the lead in the Northern Broadside/West Yorkshire Playhouse production of Shakespeare's 'Othello' directed by Barry Rutter [April 2009]
10. Appearing in television ads for Premier Hotels and starring in BBC Radio 4 sitcom Rudy's Rare Records. [March 2008]
11. Founded Comic Relief with Richard Curtis.
12. He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama and charity. He is an actor and comedian in London, England.
13. He was the voice of the shrunken head, that hung from the rear view mirror of The Knight Bus in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".
14. Born on the same day as famed singer ''Michael Jackson''.
15. Used to live at Douglass Road Dudley.
16. Received the London Critics Circle award as best actor for his performance in 'Fences'.
17. Awarded the London Evening Standard Theatre award as best newcomer for playing Othello.