Johnny Vegas
Acting
- Born:
- 1971-09-11
- Place of birth:
- St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
Biography
Johnny Vegas is the stage name of Michael Pennington, the St Helens born actor, stand up comedian, writer and director. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Moz in the BBC3 sitcom Ideal and for his role as The Oracle in several series of the ITV sitcom Benidorm. More recently, he has starred as the hapless Eric in Roy Clarke's Still Open All Hours alongside David Jason. In 2018, Vegas took the lead in a new BBC sitcom, Home From Home.
Known For
Filmography
The Nine O'Clock Trot
Open All Hours: Inside Out
The Twits
Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me
Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
You Bet!
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
Out of Order
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise
Late Night Lycett
Romantic Getaway
Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction
The Island
The Greatest Snowman
We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
The Weakest Link
Question Team
Blankety Blank
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up
The Drowning of Arthur Braxton
Murder, They Hope
Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour
Meet the Richardsons
Dial M for Middlesbrough
DNA Journey
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud
Celebrity Gogglebox
Good Omens
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Tales from the Lodge
Hypothetical
The Queen and I
Death on the Tyne
The Big Narstie Show
Eaten by Lions
Celebrity Catchphrase
Home from Home
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Early Man
Roast Battle
Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII
Murder on the Blackpool Express
LEGO Masters
Tulip Fever
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet
We Have Been Watching
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
Grimsby
Dark_net
Red Top
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
Brilliantman!
Travel Guides
Taskmaster
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Still Open All Hours
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
The Harry Hill Movie
Crackanory
Through the Keyhole
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
Psychobitches
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Catchphrase
It's Kevin
Car S.O.S.
The Last Leg
Blood and Nuts
Mr. Stink
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
Comedy World Cup
Making Qi
Little Crackers
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
Feast
Celebrity Juice
Massive
An Audience with Neil Diamond
A Tale of Two Continents
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
British Film Forever
Would I Lie to You?
The Graham Norton Show
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Benidorm
Comedy Map of Britain
Showbiz Darts
The One Show
Turn Back Time
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
When Comedy Changed Forever
ShakespeaRe-Told
Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut
Bleak House
The F Word
8 Out of 10 Cats
Comic Aid
Ideal
Dead Man Weds
The Libertine
Blake's Junction 7
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
QI
Cheeky
Blackball
The Virgin of Liverpool
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
Tipping the Velvet
Top Gear
Staying Up
When Snooker Ruled the World
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
I Love 1990s
Happiness
Attention Scum
Black Books
Vic Reeves Examines
Parkinson
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
The Frank Skinner Show
Room 101
Shooting Stars
Have I Got News for You
This Morning
Red Dwarf
An Audience with...
Have I Got a Bit More News for You