Harry Enfield
Biography
Harry Enfield is an English comedy actor and writer who broke through with characters created for television. Born in Horsham, Sussex, he began as a writer for the Radio 4 program Week Ending and then voiced roles in the puppet satire Spitting Image. On Channel 4's Saturday Live he and Paul Whitehouse developed figures such as Stavros and Loadsamoney, and later shows including Harry Enfield's Television Programme and Harry Enfield & Chums, as well as Harry & Paul, brought further characters. His film work includes the leading role in Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000), King George VI in the satire Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004), Martin in The Bad Education Movie (2015) and an appearance in Swallows and Amazons (2016). He also acted in Skins and Bad Education, played Prince Charles in The Windsors, won a 2009 British Academy Television Award with Whitehouse for Harry & Paul, and was nominated for a British Academy Television Award in 2017.
65years old
Turns 66 on May 30in 241 days
- Born Horsham
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Henry Richard Enfield
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 16 years2000 to 2016
Every film, newest first
- 2016Swallows and AmazonsIMDb rating 6.2
- 2015The Bad Education MovieIMDb rating 5.8
- 2004Churchill: The Hollywood YearsIMDb rating 4.9
- 2000Kevin & Perry Go LargeIMDb rating 5.8
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First role
Enfield was recruited at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to write three episodes of the Radio 4 comedy Week Ending, which launched his comedy career in 1982 and 1983.
A role that slipped away
Enfield played Dermot in the first series of Men Behaving Badly, then left the show and was replaced by Neil Morrissey as Tony from the second series.
Behind the award
Enfield and Paul Whitehouse jointly won the 2009 British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy for Harry & Paul, a series Enfield directed and starred in.
Behind the camera
Enfield directed two second season episodes of Skins, titled "Chris" and "Tony", while also playing Jim Stonem in the series.
A first
In 2002, Enfield became the first guest on the revamped BBC show Top Gear, where he recorded a lap of 2 minutes and 1 second.
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Worked with
Harry Enfield made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Rhys Ifans's page
Miranda Richardson's page
Kelly Macdonald's page
Neve Campbell's page
Leslie Phillips's page
Ed ByeDirector, 1 film, 2000
All films by Ed Bye
Elliot HegartyDirector, 1 film, 2015
All films by Elliot Hegarty
Philippa LowthorpeDirector, 1 film, 2016
All films by Philippa Lowthorpe
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.