1961-05-30 ( 63 years old ) in Horsham, Sussex, England, UK
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).
Movies
Jazz Emu: Ego Death
2025-01-23
Prince Andrew: The Musical
2022-12-29
The Love Box in Your Living Room
2022-10-27
How Europe Stole My Mum
2019-10-31
Capital
2019-01-11
Swallows and Amazons
2016-08-19
Red Top
2016-01-20
The Bad Education Movie
2015-08-21
Scottish Mussel
2015-06-26
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
2014-05-25
30 Years of Comic Strip
2012-11-03
Acts of Godfrey
2012-01-27
The Hunt for Tony Blair
2011-10-15
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011-06-28
Preferably Blue
2011-03-13
The One Ronnie
2010-12-25
The Tunnel
2010-04-23
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007-05-10
Best Ever Spitting Image
2006-07-25
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
2006-06-03
When Comedy Changed Forever
2006-03-07
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
2004-12-03
Tooth
2004-02-13
Stella Street
2004-01-26
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
2003-10-26
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Video
2002-09-30
Kevin & Perry Go Large
2000-04-20
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
1999-12-25
Harry Enfield Undressed
1999-10-01
What Rats Won't Do
1998-07-01
Harry Enfield: Live In Concert
1997-07-07
Bob's Birthday
1994-10-01
Filth!
1994-04-24
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
1994-04-04
Smashie and Nicey's Top of the Pops Party
1994-01-04
Roger Mellie: The Man on the Telly
1991-12-30
Billy the Fish
1990-06-30
Viz: The Documentary
1990-05-04
Sir Norbert Smith, a Life
1989-11-03
The Englishman and His Jukebox
1989-03-17
Employees From Hell
1989-01-01
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
1988-02-05
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