Name
Harry Enfield
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1961-05-30 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Horsham, Sussex, England, UK
Biography
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
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When stubborn, spotty Kevin and his equally hopeless best friend Perry go on holiday to th...
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Four children dream of escaping the tedium of a summer holiday with their mother. When fin...
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Soon to be married lawyer Kate Beckenham has landed the case of a lifetime. Her courtroom ...
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Mr Wickers takes his class on a final trip to Cornwall, which descends into chaos as they ...
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A short movie, made for Comic Relief, in which Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) and Baldrick (T...
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Ritchie is a Glaswegian chancer with low hopes and no prospects. Disillusioned with city l...
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A group of American executives making a film about World War II decide that since their le...
- 2000 Kevin & Perry Go Large as Kevin
- 2004 Churchill: The Hollywood Years as King George VI
- 2004 Tooth as Plug
- 2007 Hitler: The Comedy Years as Jürgen the German / George VI (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2010 The One Ronnie
- 2006 When Comedy Changed Forever as Self (archive material)
- 1994 Bob's Birthday
- 1994 Smashie and Nicey's Top of the Pops Party as Nicey
- 2006 Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup as Pickles (voice)
- 1989 Norbert Smith: A Life as Sir Norbert Smith
- 2002 Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe as Old Jingle (voice)
- 2011 The Itch of the Golden Nit as Bill (voice)
- 2011 Preferably Blue as Easter Bunny
- 1991 Roger Mellie: The Man on the Telly as Tom
- 1997 Harry Enfield: Live In Concert
- 1994 Filth! as Mr. Cholmondley-Warner
- 2012 30 Years of Comic Strip
- 2022 The Love Box in Your Living Room
- 2015 Scottish Mussel as Bill
- 2003 Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane as Self
- 2022 Andrew: The Musical as Tony Blair
- 2015 The Bad Education Movie as Martin Wickers
- 2002 Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Video
- 1999 Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire as Old Jingle (voice)
- 2002 Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute as Self
- 2016 Red Top as Ross Kemp
- 2011 The Hunt for Tony Blair as Alistair Campbell
- 1999 Harry Enfield Undressed
- 2016 Swallows and Amazons as Mr. Jackson
- 1999 Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager as Kevin
- 1988 Blackadder: The Cavalier Years as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 The Tunnel as Self
- 2007 Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind as Old Jingle (voice)
- 2015 An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
- 2004 Stella Street as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2012 Acts of Godfrey as Malcolm
- 1994 Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era as Dave Nice
- 2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades as Julio the Chauffeur
- 1990 Billy the Fish as All voices
- 1999 Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show as Self
- 1990 Viz: The Documentary as Self
- 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
- 1989 The Englishman and His Jukebox as Wallbox (Voice)
- 2019 Capital as Jeremy Couns
- 2020 The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases as Self
- 1998 What Rats Won't Do as Verger
- 2019 How Europe Stole My Mum
- 2006 Best Ever Spitting Image as Self
- 1989 Employees From Hell
- 2002 Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe as Self
- 2025 Jazz Emu: Ego Death as Therapist
- 2022 The Contract as Minister of State
- 1987 Spitting Image: A Non-Denominational Holiday Special as Various Roles
- 1989 Sales People from Hell
- 2010 Whatever Happened to Spitting Image? as Self
- 1987 Spitting Image: Election Special '87 as Various Characters
- 1988 Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute as Self
- 2026 Welcome to Borovia as President Stepanov
- 2002 Top Gear ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1992 Men Behaving Badly ( 6 episodes ) as Dermot Povey
- 2007 Skins ( 9 episodes ) as Jim Stonem
- 2005 Monkey Trousers ( 7 episodes )
- 1990 Harry Enfield's Television Programme ( 13 episodes )
- 2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1984 Spitting Image ( 132 episodes )
- 1985 Girls On Top ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Banks
- 1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ( 1 episode ) as Chauffeur
- 2002 RI:SE ( 1 episode )
- 2005 Harry & Paul ( 24 episodes )
- 2007 Would I Lie to You? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- Soon Norbert Smith – a Life ( 1 episode )
- 2002 Celeb ( 6 episodes )
- 2000 FBI Music Magazine ( 1 episode )
- 1994 Harry Enfield and Chums ( 13 episodes ) as Various Characters
- 1988 Friday Night Live ( 10 episodes )
- Soon Classic British Aircraft ( 10 episodes )
- 2000 Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show ( 12 episodes ) as Cornish Ladies Man, Hitler, David Beckham, Strange Bob, The Pharmacist, Small Bloke, Captain Nemo
- 2016 Upstart Crow ( 17 episodes ) as John Shakespeare
- 1999 Rove ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 The Windsors ( 18 episodes ) as Prince Charles
- 2016 Walliams & Friend ( 1 episode ) as Various
- 2012 Bad Education ( 9 episodes ) as Martin Wickers
- 2012 Citizen Khan ( 1 episode ) as Andy
- 1982 Wogan ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Terry Wogan's Friday Night ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Duck Quacks Don't Echo ( 1 episode )
- 2016 Michael McIntyre's Big Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Performer
- 1987 Going Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1991 Gone to the Dogs ( 6 episodes ) as Little Jim Morley
- 2019 Island of Dreams ( 1 episode ) as Sir Richard Branson
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2000 The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything ( 2 episodes )
- 1979 Question Time ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panellist
- 1986 Saturday Live ( 30 episodes )
- 1987 Filthy Rich & Catflap ( 1 episode ) as Julian
- 1987 French & Saunders ( 1 episode )
- 1998 Parkinson ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1999 Harry Enfield Presents ( 7 episodes ) as Multi Characters
- 2005 The Friday Night Project ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 Look Around You ( 1 episode ) as The Ghost of Tchaikovsky
- 2013 It's Kevin ( 1 episode ) as Grandad
- 1991 Roger Mellie: The Man On The Telly ( 4 episodes ) as All characters except Roger.
- 2007 Skins ( 1 episode ) as Jim
- 1990 Have I Got News for You ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2013 Crackanory ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as 'Mrs' Alfred Hitchcock
- 2012 Playhouse Presents ( 1 episode ) as 'Mrs' Alfred Hitchcock
- 2002 Top Gear ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
