Known For
Acting
Born
May 30, 1961
Place of Birth
Horsham, Sussex, England, UK
Credits
109 titles
Harry Enfield
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
Filmography
Welcome to Borovia
President Stepanov
Jazz Emu: Ego Death
Therapist
Andrew: The Musical
Tony Blair
The Love Box in Your Living Room
The Contract
Minister of State
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
Self
How Europe Stole My Mum
Capital
Jeremy Couns
Island of Dreams
Sir Richard Branson
Walliams & Friend
Various
Swallows and Amazons
Mr. Jackson
Upstart Crow
John Shakespeare
The Windsors
Prince Charles
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Self - Performer
Red Top
Ross Kemp
An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
The Bad Education Movie
Martin Wickers
Scottish Mussel
Bill
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
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
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Crackanory
Self
Psychobitches
'Mrs' Alfred Hitchcock
It's Kevin
Grandad
30 Years of Comic Strip
Citizen Khan
Andy
Bad Education
Martin Wickers
Playhouse Presents
'Mrs' Alfred Hitchcock
Acts of Godfrey
Malcolm
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Alistair Campbell
The Itch of the Golden Nit
Bill (voice)
Preferably Blue
Easter Bunny
The One Ronnie
The Tunnel
Self
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?
Self
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Old Jingle (voice)
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Jürgen the German / George VI (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Skins
Jim Stonem
The One Show
Self - Guest
Best Ever Spitting Image
Self
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
Pickles (voice)
When Comedy Changed Forever
Self (archive material)
Harry & Paul
Monkey Trousers
The Friday Night Project
Self
Mental Health - Interview
Director
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
King George VI
Tooth
Plug
Stella Street
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)