Born: August 29, 1958, Dudley, West-Midlands, England English stand-up comedian, actor, blues singer, writer, and television presenter
Son of Jamaican parents.
Has an adopted daughter named Billie.
Worked with the 1980s band the Style Council on the album "Our Favourite Shop" on a song called "A Stand-Up Comics Instructions," which tries to point out that stand-up comics shouldnt use cheap jokes about homosexuals, Asians, Blacks, and Irish people to get laughs.
Friend of Neil Gaiman , author of such books as "The Sandman," "American Gods," "Neverwhere," and co-author of the book "Good Omens" with Terry Pratchett.
Is a stand-up comedian
Supports West Bromwich Albion FC
He allegedly declined the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) before accepting the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1999 Queens New Years Honors List for his services to drama and charity.
His brother Paul Henry has written some comedy for him before.
(April 2009) Touring the UK playing the lead in the Northern Broadside/West Yorkshire Playhouse production of Shakespeares Othello directed by Barry Rutter
(March 2008) Appearing in television ads for Premier Hotels and starring in BBC Radio 4 sitcom Rudys Rare Records.
Founded Comic Relief with Richard Curtis.
He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Queens Birthday Honours List for his services to drama and charity. He is an actor and comedian in London, England.
He was the voice of the shrunken head, that hung from the rear view mirror of The Knight Bus in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban".
When I started, I was surrounded by a predominantly white workforce.
Thirty-two years later, not a lot has changed. .
