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
Complete Filmography

Time Travel Is Dangerous!
2025
as Robert / Botty
Best friends Ruth and Megan run a vintage shop in North London. One day, their lives are forever turned upside down when an abandoned time machine app...

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2024
as Terry
Gemma is delighted to be recruited by the Serious Crimes Agency, but sadly they don't want Terry because of his criminal past.

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
2024
Produced over four years with full access from Ken’s widow Lady Dodd, the film takes an in-depth look into Doddy’s private world, exploring the many s...

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
2023
as Terry
It's Christmas and Gemma has hired a lovely cottage in a quaint village. Terry spots that the village has a Santa competition, but things take a dark ...

We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
2021
as Ghost Of Christmas Past
Nobody actually likes bread sauce, do they? It tastes like someone’s eaten a piece of bread, chewed it up and spat it onto your plate. Merry Christmas...

The Drowning of Arthur Braxton
2021
as Arthur Braxton Sr.
When an awkward, heavily bullied schoolboy from a dysfunctional home discovers a beautiful water nymph hiding in an abandoned Edwardian bathhouse, he ...

Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
2021
as Rex
A weedy charity-shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of 5 selfish people cause him to miss his audition, h...

Dial M for Middlesbrough
2019
as Terry
Terry and Gemma are forced to take refuge in a sinister and dilapidated caravan park after their coach breaks down. During the unplanned stay, visitor...

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
2019
as Himself
The hilarious and bizarre story of Frank Sidebottom, the cult British comedian in a papier mâché head, and the secretive life of Chris Sievey, the art...

Tales from the Lodge
2019
as Russell
Tales From The Lodge is a fresh take on the portmanteau horror-comedy genre. An isolated lodge somewhere in England. Five old university pals, now nud...

The Queen and I
2018
as Spiggy
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council esta...

Death on the Tyne
2018
as Terry
Draper's Tours are taking Mildred and her care home friends on an overnight ferry trip from North Shields to Amsterdam, where things will quickly turn...

Eaten by Lions
2018
as Ray
Omar and Pete are half brothers. When their parents are eaten by lions they embark on a journey to find Omar's real father. What follows is a funny, h...

Early Man
2018
as Asbo (voice)
Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the men...

Murder on the Blackpool Express
2017
as Terry
A Blackpool coach driver and a tour guide get caught up in a deadly comedic conspiracy when bus passengers begin mysteriously dying one by one.

Tulip Fever
2017
as Apothecary
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a ...

The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet
2017
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
The UK has seen a massive growth in the number of all-you-can-eat restaurants offering limitless servings of food for a fixed price. How do such busin...

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
2016
as Self
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities take turns championing their favourite of Dahl's 10 b...

Grimsby
2016
as Milky Pimms
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plo...

Dark_net
2016
Alan (Johnny Vegas) searches for answers in all the wrong places and this time he thinks he's found them...on the internet in the form of a highly tra...

Red Top
2016
as Johnny
Comic fantasy telling the story of Rebekah, an innocent and beguiling Northern girl who accidentally becomes Chief Executive of News International and...

Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
2015
as Self
A one-off 90 minute special in which Keith Lemon pays tribute to the iconic Back To The Future films.
Brilliantman!
2015
as Mrs. Wardle
Ian Hedge is a very ordinary man who sees himself as a secret super hero with a mission to protect the distressed and vulnerable. Single and living in...

The Harry Hill Movie
2013
as Abu (voice)
Harry Hill embarks on a road trip to Blackpool with his Nan when he discovers that his hamster only has one week to live.

Ragged
2013
Director
In 1973 Ricky Tomilinson was imprisoned for unlawful assembly and conspiracy when picketing for support in Britain’s first National Building Strike a ...

Mr. Stink
2012
as Dad
Chloe recedes into herself due to her family's uncaring attitude towards her. When she meets Mr. Stink, a smelly man, she invites him to live in her g...

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012
as Brian (voice)
Marjorie the cow lives in a run-down stable in the middle of Bethlehem. Nothing exciting ever happens in Bethlehem until now… there’s a census or some...

Making Qi
2011
as Self
Behind the scenes documentary on British panel show Qi.

Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace
2009
as Himself
For the first time ever, Johnny Vegas' full length stand up show storms onto DVD. The larger than life comedian and star of Benidorm, Ideal and 'those...

An Audience with Neil Diamond
2008
as Self
In his first UK televised special, Neil Diamond treats his showbiz fans including Dame Judi Dench, the Zutons, Blur's Alex James, Alison Steadman, Ben...

A Tale of Two Continents
2008
as Al
Monkey portrays various historical figures as he attempts to make the perfect cup of tea in the Kenya tea farms and then safely take it across the wor...

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas ...

When Comedy Changed Forever
2006
as Self
The history of British comedy from the 1970s to today, showing how the work of Reeves and Mortimer provided a link between old-style acts such as Bern...
Comic Aid
2005
Shot live at the one off Comic Aid benefit gig at London’s Carling Apollo – which sold out in just three and a half minutes of tickets being put on sa...

The Libertine
2004
as Sackville
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn p...

Blake's Junction 7
2004
as Blake
Intergalactic revolutionaries "Blake's 7" make an eventful late night stop at Newport Pagnell Services on the M1.

Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004
as Dave
Two lowlifes with active fantasy sex lives deliver potatoes to various restaurants and grocers.

Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
2003
as Self
Johnny Vegas has crawled his way to the top of the showbiz ladder. Fame, wealth and awards are his but there's a problem...he's lost his edge. He's no...

Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
2003
Writer
Johnny Vegas has crawled his way to the top of the showbiz ladder. Fame, wealth and awards are his but there's a problem...he's lost his edge. He's no...

Cheeky
2003
as Alf Price
Consumed with sadness after the death of his wife and subsequent rejection from his son, a widower, at the urging of his friends, opts to appear on a ...

Blackball
2003
as Trevor
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he mana...

The Virgin of Liverpool
2003
as Jackie Symes
In Liverpool, Joanne Conlon rescues a weeping statue of the Virgin Mary from her local church's replacement plans. As her family faces financial strug...

Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
2002
as Self
Documentary charting the Derek and Clive phenomenon. The two foul-mouthed toilet attendants were the creations of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and were...
Staying Up
2002
as Frank O'Hanlon
Set in 1990 on an Air Force base in the mid-Atlantic. Billy is desperate to listen to his team Middlesborough, play Newcastle United. But Billy's ques...

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
2001
as Self
The second coming is upon us, and Jesus has returned to earth. But before he can get down to the serious business of judging the living and the dead, ...

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
2001
Music
The second coming is upon us, and Jesus has returned to earth. But before he can get down to the serious business of judging the living and the dead, ...
Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone Of Idiot - Unseen And Uncut
N/A
as Himself
Voted as Britain's funniest man Johnny Vegas hosts his first ever entertainment series. Re-live the best bits of the hit show Johnny Vegas:18 Stone of...

The Twits
N/A
as (voice)
Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world who also happen to own and operate the most disgusting, most dangerous, mos...