Harry Enfield
Acting
- Born:
- 1961-05-30
- Place of birth:
- 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).
Known For
Filmography
Welcome to Borovia
Jazz Emu: Ego Death
Andrew: The Musical
The Love Box in Your Living Room
The Contract
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
How Europe Stole My Mum
Capital
Island of Dreams
Walliams & Friend
Swallows and Amazons
Upstart Crow
The Windsors
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Red Top
An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
The Bad Education Movie
Scottish Mussel
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Crackanory
Psychobitches
It's Kevin
blur: Parklive
30 Years of Comic Strip
Citizen Khan
Bad Education
Playhouse Presents
Acts of Godfrey
The Hunt for Tony Blair
The Itch of the Golden Nit
Preferably Blue
The One Ronnie
The Tunnel
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Would I Lie to You?
Hitler: The Comedy Years
The Graham Norton Show
Skins
The One Show
Best Ever Spitting Image
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
When Comedy Changed Forever
The F Word
Harry & Paul
Monkey Trousers
The Friday Night Project
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Tooth
Stella Street
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Top Gear
Look Around You
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Video
Celeb
RI:SE
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
We Know Where You Live. Live!
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
FBI Music Magazine
Kevin & Perry Go Large
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager
Harry Enfield Presents
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Harry Enfield Undressed
Rove
Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show
Norman Ormal: A Very Political Turtle
What Rats Won't Do
Parkinson
Harry Enfield: Live In Concert
TFI Friday
Harry Enfield and Chums
Bob's Birthday
Filth!
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
Smashie and Nicey's Top of the Pops Party
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Men Behaving Badly
Roger Mellie: The Man on the Telly
Roger Mellie: The Man On The Telly
Gone to the Dogs
Harry Enfield's Television Programme
Have I Got News for You
Billy the Fish
Viz: The Documentary
Norbert Smith: A Life
The Englishman and His Jukebox
Sales People from Hell
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Friday Night Live
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Comic Relief
Spitting Image: A Non-Denominational Holiday Special
Going Live!
Spitting Image: Election Special '87
French & Saunders
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Saturday Live
Girls On Top
Spitting Image
Wogan
Question Time
Norbert Smith – a Life
Classic British Aircraft