Harry Enfield
Henry Richard "Harry" Enfield (born May 30, 1961 in Horsham , West Sussex , England ) is a British comedian , actor , screenwriter and director .
Career
Enfield became famous for his roles on British sketch shows such as Saturday Live in the late 1980s and early 1990s .
Together with Paul Whitehouse he developed his characters Stavros (a Greek food stall owner from London) and Loadsamoney (an archetypal boy from Essex in the 1980s during Thatcherism ); Whitehouse later became Enfield's sidekick Lance on Saturday Live . With his single Loadsamoney (Doin 'Up The House) he hit the UK charts in 1988.
In 2000, the comedy Kevin and Perry Do It was written , for which Enfield wrote the screenplay and in which he starred alongside Kathy Burke . After that, it was only seen sporadically in television shows and films for several years.
The collaboration with Whitehouse continued in Harry Enfield's Television Program , where they played the fictional duo Smashie and Nicey as DJ Mike Smash (Whitehouse) and Dave Nice (Enfield) , as well as in the BBC sketch series Harry & Paul (also: Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul ), which first aired on BBC One from 2007 to 2012 and later on BBC Two .
In August 2015 both celebrated their 25th stage anniversary, which was honored with the program An Evening With Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse on BBC Two.
Life
The 1997 marriage to Lucy Lyster resulted in three children. Previously, Enfield had a three-year relationship with film producer Alison Owen .
Filmography (selection)
actor
- 1985–1989: Spitting Image (TV show, speaking role, 38 episodes)
- 1986: Saturday Live (TV show)
- 1989: Norbert Smith, a Life (TV movie)
- 1990–1992: Harry Enfield's Television Program (TV show, 13 episodes)
- 1992: Men Behaving Badly (TV series, six episodes)
- 1993: Bob's Birthday (short film, speaking role)
- 1994–1997: Harry Enfield and Chums (TV show, 13 episodes)
- 1994: Smashie and Nicey, the End of an Era (TV movie)
- 1998: You don't kiss female lawyers (What Rats Won't Do)
- 2000: Kevin and Perry Do It (Kevin & Perry Go Large)
- 2004: Tooth
- 2004: Churchill: The Hollywood Years
- 2006: Miss Marple: The Shadow Hand (TV movie)
- 2007–2009: Skins - Close Up ( Skins UK , TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2007–2014: Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul (TV show, 24 episodes)
- 2008: Vicious Circle
- 2012: Acts of Godfrey
- 2013: Harry and Paul's Magnificent Sporting Moments (TV movie)
- 2013–2014: Bad Education (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2014: Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s (TV movie)
- 2015: Scottish Mussel
- 2015: The Bad Education Movie
- 2016: The Comic Strip Presents Redtop (TV movie)
- 2016: Swallows and Amazons
- 2016–2018 Upstart Crow (TV series, 19 episodes)
- since 2016: The Windsors (TV series)
- 2019: Island of Dreams (TV movie)
- 2019: How Europe Stole My Mum (TV movie)
Screenwriter
- 1986: Naked Video (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1989: Norbert Smith, a Life (TV movie)
- 1990–1992: Harry Enfield's Television Program (TV show, 13 episodes)
- 1994: Smashie and Nicey, the End of an Era (TV movie)
- 2000: Kevin and Perry Do It (Kevin & Perry Go Large)
- 2007–2014: Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul (TV show, 23 episodes)
- 2013: Harry and Paul's Magnificent Sporting Moments (TV movie)
- 2014: Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s (TV movie)
Director
- 2008: Skins - Up close ( Skins UK , TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2012: Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul (TV show, 5 episodes)
Discography
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- 1988: Harry Enfield - Loadsamoney (Doin 'Up The House) (Mercury Records)
- 2000: Kevin & Perry - Big Girl (Virgin Records)
Web links
- Harry Enfield in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Harry Enfield at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harry Enfield, 'I don't like doing me' at guardian.co.uk, accessed February 1, 2013
- ↑ a b Harry Enfield: 'I can't get out of bed if I've got to do the same thing over and over again' at guardian.co.uk, accessed February 1, 2013
- ^ Comedy - Harry and Paul - Homepage . BBC. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
- ^ BBC Two - An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse . In: BBC .
- ↑ Happy as Harry in the Daily Mail of November 1, 1997, retrieved from questia.com on January 6, 2016
- ↑ Chart sources: Harry Enfield
- ↑ Chart sources: Kevin & Perry
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Enfield, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Enfield, Henry Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British comedian, actor, screenwriter and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Horsham , West Sussex , England |