Harry Enfield

Actor · Born May 30, 1961 · 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).

Acted in 75

2020s

2026
Welcome to Borovia
President Stepanov
2025
Jazz Emu: Ego Death
Therapist
2024
The Marlow Murder Club
Hector · 2 episodes
68
2022
Andrew: The Musical
Tony Blair
The Love Box in Your Living Room
Movie
The Contract
Minister of State

2010s

2019
How Europe Stole My Mum
Movie
Capital
Jeremy Couns
2016
Walliams & Friend
Various · 1 episode
Swallows and Amazons
Mr. Jackson
69
Upstart Crow
John Shakespeare · 17 episodes
76
The Windsors
Prince Charles · 18 episodes
Red Top
Ross Kemp
2015
An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
Movie
The Bad Education Movie
Martin Wickers
59
Scottish Mussel
Bill
2014
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
TV · 6 Seasons · Comedy
67
2013
Psychobitches
'Mrs' Alfred Hitchcock · 1 episode
It's Kevin
Grandad · 1 episode
2012
30 Years of Comic Strip
Movie · Documentary · Comedy
Citizen Khan
Andy · 1 episode
65
Bad Education
Martin Wickers · 9 episodes
72
Playhouse Presents
'Mrs' Alfred Hitchcock · 1 episode
Acts of Godfrey
Malcolm
2011
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Alistair Campbell
The Itch of the Golden Nit
Bill (voice)
Preferably Blue
Easter Bunny
2010
The One Ronnie
Movie

2000s

2007
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Old Jingle (voice)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Jürgen the German / George VI (archive footage) (uncredited)
Skins
Jim Stonem, Jim · 9 episodes
82
2006
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
Pickles (voice)
2005
The F Word
TV · 5 Seasons · Documentary · Reality TV
67
Harry & Paul
TV
Monkey Trousers
TV
2004
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
King George VI
Tooth
Plug
2003
More Great Comedy Moments
Julian / Nicey / Kevin the Teenager (archive footage)
2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Old Jingle (voice)
Look Around You
The Ghost of Tchaikovsky · 1 episode
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Video
Movie
2000
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show
Cornish Ladies Man, Hitler, David Beckham, Strange Bob, The Pharmacist, Small Bloke, Captain Nemo · 12 episodes
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Julio the Chauffeur
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Kevin
46
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
TV