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).

Most Famous Work

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Average
7
Swallows and Amazons
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6

Swallows and Amazons

(2016) Mr. Jackson
Tooth
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4

Tooth

(2004) Plug
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
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0
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
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5
Preferably Blue
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7

Preferably Blue

(2011) Easter Bunny
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
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5
When Comedy Changed Forever
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0

When Comedy Changed Forever

(2006) Self (archive material)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Tony Blair
N/A
2020 Himself
2019 N/A
Jeremy Couns
Sir Richard Branson
2016 Various
Mr. Jackson
John Shakespeare
Prince Charles
Ross Kemp
2015 N/A
Martin Wickers
Bill
2014 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
N/A
2012 N/A
Andy
Martin Wickers
Malcolm
2011 Alistair Campbell
Bill (voice)
Easter Bunny
2010 N/A
2007 Old Jingle (voice)
Self
Self
Self
Jim Stonem
2006 Self - Guest
Self
Pickles (voice)
Self (archive material)
2005 N/A
N/A
2004 King George VI
Plug
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2002 Old Jingle (voice)
Old Jingle (voice)
Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car
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N/A
2000 Cornish Ladies Man, Hitler, David Beckham, Strange Bob, The Pharmacist, Small Bloke, Captain Nemo
N/A
Kevin
N/A
1999 Kevin
N/A
Self
Himself
Julio the Chauffeur
1998 Verger
1997 N/A
1994 N/A
N/A
Mr. Cholmondley-Warner
Dave Nice
Nicey
1992 Self
Chauffeur
Dermot Povey
1991 Tom
Little Jim Morley
1990 N/A
Himself
All voices
Himself
1989 Sir Norbert Smith
Wallbox (Voice)
1988 N/A
1987 N/A
N/A
Julian
1986 N/A
1985 Dr. Banks
1984 N/A
1982 Self
1979 Self - Panellist
N/A
Henry
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2007 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Creator

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2004 Additional Dialogue
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2000 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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