Johnny Vegas

Johnny Vegas

1971-09-11 St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK 48 Credits

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.

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Time Travel Is Dangerous!

Time Travel Is Dangerous!

2025

as Robert / Botty

5.4
Acting

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

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

2024

as Terry

5.3
Acting

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

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

2024

Acting

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

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

2023

as Terry

5.7
Acting

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

We Wish You a Mandy Christmas

2021

as Ghost Of Christmas Past

Acting

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

The Drowning of Arthur Braxton

2021

as Arthur Braxton Sr.

6.2
Acting

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

Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

2021

as Rex

6.2
Acting

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

Dial M for Middlesbrough

2019

as Terry

6.8
Acting

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

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

2019

as Himself

6.7
Acting

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

Tales from the Lodge

2019

as Russell

5.3
Acting

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

The Queen and I

2018

as Spiggy

6.4
Acting

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

Death on the Tyne

2018

as Terry

5.8
Acting

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

Eaten by Lions

2018

as Ray

5.8
Acting

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

Early Man

2018

as Asbo (voice)

6.1
Acting

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

Murder on the Blackpool Express

2017

as Terry

5.8
Acting

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

Tulip Fever

2017

as Apothecary

6.5
Acting

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

The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet

2017

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Acting

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

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

2016

as Self

8.0
Acting

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

Grimsby

2016

as Milky Pimms

6.0
Acting

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

Dark_net

2016

8.0
Acting

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

Red Top

2016

as Johnny

5.3
Acting

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

Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute

2015

as Self

6.5
Acting

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

Acting

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

The Harry Hill Movie

2013

as Abu (voice)

4.8
Acting

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

Ragged

2013

Director

Directing

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

Mr. Stink

2012

as Dad

6.3
Acting

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

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

2012

as Brian (voice)

6.0
Acting

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

Making Qi

2011

as Self

Acting

Behind the scenes documentary on British panel show Qi.

Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace

Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace

2009

as Himself

5.7
Acting

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

An Audience with Neil Diamond

2008

as Self

Acting

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

A Tale of Two Continents

2008

as Al

Acting

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

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

as Self

Acting

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

When Comedy Changed Forever

2006

as Self

Acting

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

5.0
Acting

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

The Libertine

2004

as Sackville

5.9
Acting

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

Blake's Junction 7

2004

as Blake

7.0
Acting

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

Sex Lives of the Potato Men

Sex Lives of the Potato Men

2004

as Dave

4.5
Acting

Two lowlifes with active fantasy sex lives deliver potatoes to various restaurants and grocers.

Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?

Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?

2003

as Self

3.5
Acting

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?

Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?

2003

Writer

3.5
Writing

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

Cheeky

2003

as Alf Price

6.4
Acting

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

Blackball

2003

as Trevor

5.2
Acting

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

The Virgin of Liverpool

2003

as Jackie Symes

2.3
Acting

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

Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive

2002

as Self

8.0
Acting

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

Acting

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

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

2001

as Self

4.8
Acting

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

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

2001

Music

4.8

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

Acting

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

The Twits

N/A

as (voice)

Acting

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...