Harry Enfield
Born	30 May 1961 (1961-05-30) (age 46) Hastings, East Sussex, England
Occupation	Comedian

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Early life

Enfield was educated at Worth School, Collyer's Sixth Form College and the University of York (where he was a member of Derwent College and read Politics). He worked for a while as a milkman before coming to public attention after appearing on Channel 4's Saturday Live in a number of different personae created with Paul Whitehouse. These quickly entered the national consciousness. Amongst these characters was a Greek restaurant owner with markedly fractured English, "Stavros". His other popular character "Loadsamoney" (an obnoxious character who constantly boasted about how much money he earns) spawned a hit single in 1988 and sell out live tour. 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 Birthday Tribute Concert' at Wembley Stadium. In time Whitehouse and Enfield became disturbed that the "Loadsamoney" was being seen as a positive image and killed him off (he was 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 10p.^[1]. Worth School, near the village of Turners Hill, Crawley, West Sussex, England, is a boarding and day school for students aged between 11-18 years. ... The College of Richard Collyer, or Collyers, is a coeducational sixth form college in Horsham, West Sussex, England. ... This article is about the British university. ... Derwent College, York view from behind Derwent College toward Heslington Hall Derwent College is a college of the University of York, the very first to be opened following the universitys inception. ... This article is about the British television station. ... Innovative television comedy and music show broadcast in the UK by Channel 4 from 1985 to 1987. ... Suits you Sir Mark Williams (left) with Paul Whitehouse (right) The Fast Show For the motor vehicle and aircraft painter, see Paul Whitehouse (painter). ... This article is about the people and dialect of Tyneside. ... Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. ... For a description of the origin of the term comic relief see comic relief. ... Lenworth George Henry CBE, BA (Hons) English Literature (born 29 August 1958), better known as that black guy on the telly whos married to the fat one, is an English writer, comedian and actor. ...

In 1989 Enfield realised a personal project with the spoof of British Theatre Knights slumming in the film industry Sir Norbert Smith: A Life. Before that he provided voices for the British satirical puppet show Spitting Image. Spitting Image was a satirical puppet show that ran on the United Kingdoms ITV television network from 1984 to 1996. ...

Career

TV series

In 1990, Enfield developed his BBC sketch show, Harry Enfield's Television Programme, and later Harry Enfield and Chums with fellow comedians Paul Whitehouse (later of Fast Show fame) and Kathy Burke. Eschewing the alternative comedy style prevalent at the time it was indebted to early 70s comedians such as Dick Emery and Morecambe and Wise, the show created more nationally recognised characters such as Stan and Pam Herbert (who used the catchphrase 'We are considerably richer than yow'), "Tim Nice-But-Dim", "Smashie and Nicey", "Wayne Slob" and "Annoying Kid Brother" who grew into "Kevin the Teenager", and Mr Cholmondley-Warner and Grayson, (Women: Know Your Limits and Women: For Pity's Sake, Don't Drive). For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... The Harry Enfield Show is a British sketch show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. ... Harry Enfields Television Programme is a British sketch show starring Harry Enfield. ... Suits you Sir Mark Williams (left) with Paul Whitehouse (right) The Fast Show For the motor vehicle and aircraft painter, see Paul Whitehouse (painter). ... The Fast Show is a BBC comedy sketch program which ran from 1994 to 2000. ... Kathy Burke (born June 13, 1964) is a British actress. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dick Emery Dick Emery (February 19, 1919 - January 2, 1983) was a British comedian and actor, popular during the 1960s and 1970s. ... Morecambe and Wise Morecambe and Wise were a famous British comic double act comprising Eric Morecambe OBE and Ernie Wise OBE. The act lasted four decades until Morecambes retirement, shortly before his death in 1984. ... Mike Smash and Dave Nice were two characters played by Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield respectively in the latters early 1990s TV sketch show Harry Enfields Television Programme. ... Kevin Patterson is a character created and played by the British comedian, Harry Enfield. ...

In 1992 Enfield played "Dermot" in Men Behaving Badly, originally on Thames Television. He left after the first series, and was replaced by Neil Morrissey, who played 'Tony' for the rest of the series. Enfield is a professed fan of opera and fronted a Channel 4 documentary series on the subject. After a short break Enfield signed a new contract with BSkyB, but only produced one series which flopped badly. In 2002 Enfield returned to the BBC with Celeb, a new series based on the comic strip of the same name in Private Eye, as the ageing rockstar character, Gary Bloke. The timing was unfortunate for Enfield as, almost simultaneously, The Osbournes began showing on MTV, having been a sleeper hit in the United States. The Osbournes was a reality TV show depicting the dysfunctional and unconventional family life of a heavy metal singer, Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne, and was thus a real life version of precisely what Enfield was trying to satirise with Celeb. The Osbournes became successful in Britain with Osbourne's wife Sharon and daughter Kelly gaining many spin-off media jobs, while Enfield's show disappeared quietly after only six episodes. Men Behaving Badly is a British comedy, which first broadcasted in 1992 on the ITV network, however moved to BBC One (and a later timeslot) from the third series onwards. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Neil Morrissey (born in Stafford, July 4, 1962) is a British actor. ... For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). ... This article is about the British television station. ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB — formerly two companies, Sky Television and BSB) is a company that operates Sky Digital, a subscription television service in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. ... Private eye may mean: Look up Private eye on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Private Eye a fortnightly British satirical magazine-newspaper, edited by Ian Hislop (as of 2005) A private investigator, a private detective for hire (see also crime fiction and detective fiction) Private Eye, a song by Alkaline Trio... The Osbournes was an Emmy Award-winning American reality television program broadcast by MTV in the U.S., by CTV in Canada, Channel 4 in the UK and MTV UK and Ireland in Ireland and the UK, RTÉ Two in Ireland, Network Ten, MTV Australia in Australia and TV2 in... For other uses, see Black Sabbath (disambiguation). ... Ozzy redirects here. ... Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, then Arden; born 9 October 1952) is a well-known English music promoter, television personality and presenter. ... Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne (born 27 October 1984) is an English television personality, singer, actress and fashion designer. ...

In 2002, Enfield was the first guest on BBC's Top Gear. He came in at an "achingly" slow time of 2:01 (the best time on the same track with the same car, 1:44.4, was recorded by Top Gear's Racing driver The Stig).^[2] Enfield has also narrated various TV documentaries such as the Discovery Wings channel 'Classic British Aircraft'. For the original series, see Top Gear (original format). ... The Stig is the name given to the anonymous racing driver on the BBC motoring show Top Gear. ...

Movies

In 2000 Enfield appeared in his first leading film role playing "Kevin" alongside Kathy Burke, who played the character's male friend "Perry" - roles originally created for the television series - in Kevin & Perry Go Large. The film charted the pair's attempt to become professional DJs by travelling to the nightclubs of Ibiza and pestering their idol DJ "Eyeball Paul", played by Rhys Ifans, whilst gaining love but losing virginity along the way. This article is about motion pictures. ... Kathy Burke (born June 13, 1964) is a British actress. ... Kevin & Perry Go Large is a 2000 comedy film, based upon the popular Harry Enfield sketch Kevin the Teenager. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... “Ebusus” redirects here. ... Rhys Ifans IPA: (born 22 July 1968) is an award winning Welsh actor. ...

Commercials

Enfield's most memorable commercials include the 1996 run for Dime Bar. One commercial had Enfield as a country yokel refusing a Dime bar - smooth on the outside, crunchy on the inside - because he preferred armadilloes - smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside. Enfield also starred in a series of adverts alongside Paul Whitehouse as The Self-Righteous Brothers characters from Harry Enfield's Television Programme in a series of adverts in the 1990s for Hula Hoops. In 2002, Enfield starred in a series of commercials for Burger King in the US as Dr. Angus, a character designed to promote the company's newest hamburger. Two characters from Enfield's TV series, Mr Cholmondley-Warner and Grayson, also appeared in television commercials for Mercury Communications. In 2004 Enfield provided the voice of "The Roaming Gnome" character used in Travelocity's U.S. advertising campaign. Dime Bar is a crunchy caramel candy bar covered in chocolate. ... For other uses, see Armadillo (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Burger King (NYSE: BKC), often abbreviated to BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Mercury Communications was a national telephone company in the United Kingdom. ... Travelocity is an online travel agency operated by Travelocity. ...

Recent work

As of January 2007 Enfield has been appearing as the father of Tony in the E4 series Skins, which is in its 2nd series on E4. He reunited with Paul Whitehouse on the BBC's Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul in 2007, which has a particular emphasis on the British class system. This series especially lampoons the British upper and upper-middle classes as being somewhat dim, oblivious to the 'real' world around them and highly disparaging of 'lower class' citizens, which they perceive as almost a different species. Enfield has been selected by Dirk Maggs to play Dirk Gently^[3] on BBC4 Radio. Douglas Adams selected Dirk Maggs to direct a new version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy shortly before his death from a heart attack. Skins is a British teen drama from Company Pictures which premiered on E4 on 25 January 2007. ... Ruddy Hell! Its Harry and Paul is a British sketch show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. ... Dirk Maggs is a freelance writer and director working across all media. ... Dirk Gently is a fictional character created by Douglas Adams and featured in the books Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul. ... Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. ... The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ...

Personal life

He has a son and two daughters with his second wife, Lucy.
Harry is the stepfather of the singer Lily Allen as he married her mother Alison Owen.^{[citation needed]} Harry brought Lily Allen, Alfie Owen-Allen and their elder sister up as his own.^{[citation needed]} Harry also based some of his characters (the toddlers) on Alison's children.^{[citation needed]} Kevin was based on Lily Allen's elder sister. ^{[citation needed]}
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References

External links

• Harry Enfield at the Internet Movie Database