Harry Enfield
Henry Richard Enfield (born 30 May 1961)is an English comedian, actor, writer and director. He is known in particular for his television work, including Harry Enfield's Television Programme and Harry & Paul, and for the creation and portrayal of comedy characters such as Kevin the Teenager, Loadsamoney, Smashie and Nicey, The Scousers, Tim Nice-But-Dim and Mr "You Don't Want to Do It Like That". Born in Horsham, Sussex, he is the eldest of four children (and only son) of English television, radio and newspaper journalist and presenter Edward Enfield and his wife, Deirdre Jenkins. The Enfield family are descendants of the nineteenth-century philanthropist Edward Enfield. He was educated at the independent Arundale School in Pulborough, Dorset House School, Worth School, Collyer's Sixth Form College (all in West Sussex) and the University of York, where he was a member of Derwent College and studied politics. He squatted in Hackney and worked for a while as a milkman Enfield first came to wide public attention when appearing on Channel 4's Saturday Live as several different characters created with Paul Whitehouse. These quickly entered the national consciousness. Among these characters were Stavros, a Greek kebab shop owner with fractured English; and Loadsamoney, an obnoxious plasterer who constantly boasted about how much money he earned. The Loadsamoney character was created in reaction to the policies of the Thatcher government of the day, and took on a life of its own, sampling the songs "Money, Money" from the musical Cabaret and "Money, Money, Money" by ABBA to spawn a hit single in 1988 and a sell-out live tour.[5] In May 1988, Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock used the term loadsamoney to criticise the policies of the Conservative government and journalists began to refer to the "loadsamoney mentality" and the "loadsamoney economy". As a foil to Loadsamoney, Enfield and Whitehouse created the Geordie "Bugger-All-Money" and in 1988 Enfield appeared as both characters during the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium. In time, Whitehouse and Enfield became disturbed that Loadsamoney was being seen in a positive light, rather than as a satirical figure, and they had him run over during a Comic Relief Red Nose Day show while leaving the studio after presenting host Lenny Henry with "the biggest cheque of the night"—a physically huge cheque for ten pence. Enfield created "Tory Boy", a character which portrayed a young male Conservative Member of Parliament (MP).
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · Island of Dreams as Sir Richard Branson
- 2016 · Swallows and Amazons as Mr. Jackson
- 2016 · Upstart Crow as John Shakespeare
- 2016 · The Windsors as Prince Charles
- 2016 · Michael McIntyre's Big Show as Self - Performer
- 2015 · The Bad Education Movie as Martin Wickers
- 2014 · Duck Quacks Don't Echo as
- 2012 · 30 Years of Comic Strip as
- 2012 · Citizen Khan as Andy
- 2012 · Bad Education as Martin Wickers
- 2011 · The Itch of the Golden Nit as Bill (voice)
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Skins as Jim Stonem
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Harry & Paul as
- 2005 · Monkey Trousers as
- 2004 · Churchill: The Hollywood Years as King George VI
- 2002 · Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire as Old Jingle (voice)
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · Celeb as
- 2002 · RI:SE as
- 2002 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades as Julio the Chauffeur
- 2000 · Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show as Cornish Ladies Man, Hitler, David Beckham, Strange Bob, The Pharmacist, Small Bloke, Captain Nemo
- 2000 · FBi as
- 2000 · Kevin & Perry Go Large as Kevin
- 2000 · The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything as
- 1999 · Rove as Self
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1994 · Harry Enfield and Chums as
- 1992 · Terry Wogan's Friday Night as Self
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Chauffeur
- 1992 · Men Behaving Badly as Dermot Povey
- 1991 · Gone to the Dogs as Little Jim Morley
- 1990 · Harry Enfield's Television Programme as
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Himself
- 1988 · Friday Night Live as
- 1988 · Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as Narrator (voice)
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1987 · French & Saunders as
- 1987 · Filthy Rich & Catflap as Julian
- 1986 · Saturday Live as
- 1985 · Girls On Top as Dr. Banks
- 1984 · Spitting Image as
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1979 · Question Time as Self - Panellist
- Future · Classic British Aircraft as
- 2025 · Jazz Emu: Ego Death as Therapist
- 2022 · Prince Andrew: The Musical as Tony Blair
- 2022 · The Love Box in Your Living Room as
- 2020 · The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases as Himself
- 2019 · How Europe Stole My Mum as
- 2019 · Capital as Jeremy Couns
- 2016 · Walliams & Friend as Various
- 2016 · Red Top as Ross Kemp
- 2015 · An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse as
- 2015 · Scottish Mussel as Bill
- 2014 · Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s as Simon Schama / Bob Ferris / Barry Cryer / Jacob Bronowski / Eric Idle / John Cheese-Shop-Sketch / Basil Fawlty / Cherri 'Terry' Jones / John Major / Margaret Thatcher / Lord Howe / Mel Smith / Rowan Atkinson / Jonathan Lloyd-Cambridge / Stephen Fry / Lord Melchett / Blackadder / Alan Bennett / Jim Broadbentovich / Vyvyan / Michael Gambon / David Brent / Tim Rice-But-Dim / Tim Nice-But-Brooke-Taylor / Arthur Pinta-Lager / Germaine Dreary / Mark Egghead / Lord Sugar / John Torode / Paul Hollywood / Ian Hislop / David Mitchell / Diddy Andy Parsons / Various
- 2012 · Acts of Godfrey as Malcolm
- 2011 · The Hunt for Tony Blair as Alistair Campbell
- 2011 · Preferably Blue as Easter Bunny
- 2010 · The One Ronnie as
- 2010 · The Tunnel as Self
- 2007 · Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind as Old Jingle (voice)
- 2007 · Hitler: The Comedy Years as Jürgen the German / George VI (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2006 · Best Ever Spitting Image as Self
- 2006 · Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup as Pickles (voice)
- 2006 · When Comedy Changed Forever as Self (archive material)
- 2004 · Tooth as Plug
- 2004 · Stella Street as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2003 · Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2002 · Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe as Old Jingle (voice)
- 2002 · Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Video as
- 2002 · Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe as Self
- 2001 · Harry Enfield Presents as Multi Characters
- 1999 · Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager as Kevin
- 1999 · Harry Enfield Undressed as
- 1999 · Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show as Himself
- 1998 · What Rats Won't Do as Verger
- Future · Norbert Smith – a Life as
- 2002 · Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute as Self
- 1997 · Harry Enfield: Live In Concert as
- 1994 · Bob's Birthday as
- 1994 · Filth! as Mr. Cholmondley-Warner
- 1994 · Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era as Dave Nice
- 1994 · Smashie and Nicey's Top of the Pops Party as Nicey
- 1991 · Roger Mellie: The Man on the Telly as Tom
- 1990 · Viz: The Documentary as Self
- 1989 · Employees From Hell as
- Future · Nuclear Bogeyheads as Henry
- 1990 · Billy the Fish as All voices
- 1989 · Sir Norbert Smith, a Life as Sir Norbert Smith
- 1989 · The Englishman and His Jukebox as Wallbox (Voice)