Harry Enfield
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-05-30
Place of Birth
Horsham, Sussex, England, UK
Harry Enfield
Biography
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).
Also Known For
Kevin & Perry Go Large
Apr 20, 2000
Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Dec 03, 2004
Tooth
Feb 13, 2004
Hitler: The Comedy Years
May 10, 2007
The One Ronnie
Dec 25, 2010
When Comedy Changed Forever
Mar 07, 2006
Bob's Birthday
Oct 01, 1994
Smashie and Nicey's Top of the Pops Party
Jan 04, 1994
Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup
Jun 03, 2006
Norbert Smith: A Life
Nov 03, 1989
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Dec 13, 2002
The Itch of the Golden Nit
Jun 28, 2011
Preferably Blue
Mar 13, 2011
Roger Mellie: The Man on the Telly
Dec 30, 1991
Harry Enfield: Live In Concert
Jul 07, 1997
Filth!
Apr 24, 1994
30 Years of Comic Strip
Nov 03, 2012
The Love Box in Your Living Room
Oct 27, 2022
Scottish Mussel
Jun 26, 2015
Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane
Oct 26, 2003
Andrew: The Musical
Dec 29, 2022
The Bad Education Movie
Aug 21, 2015
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Video
Sep 30, 2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire
Dec 25, 1999
Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute
Oct 05, 2002
Red Top
Jan 20, 2016
The Hunt for Tony Blair
Oct 15, 2011
Harry Enfield Undressed
Oct 01, 1999
Swallows and Amazons
Aug 19, 2016
Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager
Dec 27, 1999
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Feb 05, 1988
The Tunnel
Apr 23, 2010
Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
Dec 25, 2007
An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
Aug 31, 2015
Stella Street
Jan 26, 2004
Acts of Godfrey
Jan 27, 2012
Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era
Apr 04, 1994
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Jul 13, 2000
Billy the Fish
Jun 30, 1990
Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show
Sep 11, 1999
Viz: The Documentary
May 04, 1990
Harry & Paul's Story of the 2s
May 25, 2014
The Englishman and His Jukebox
Mar 17, 1989
Capital
Jan 11, 2019
The Fast Show: Just a Load of Blooming Catchphrases
Aug 29, 2020
What Rats Won't Do
Jul 01, 1998
How Europe Stole My Mum
Oct 31, 2019
Best Ever Spitting Image
Jul 25, 2006
Employees From Hell
Jan 01, 1989
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Jan 12, 2002
Jazz Emu: Ego Death
Jan 23, 2025
The Contract
May 04, 2022
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Nov 26, 2014
Spitting Image: A Non-Denominational Holiday Special
Dec 27, 1987
Sales People from Hell
Jan 01, 1989
Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
Men Behaving Badly
Feb 18, 1992
Skins
Jan 25, 2007
Monkey Trousers
May 20, 2005
Harry Enfield's Television Programme
Nov 08, 1990
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
Spitting Image
Feb 26, 1984
Girls On Top
Oct 23, 1985
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Mar 04, 1992
RI:SE
Apr 29, 2002
Harry & Paul
Sep 20, 2005
Would I Lie to You?
Jun 16, 2007
Norbert Smith – a Life
Celeb
Sep 06, 2002
FBI Music Magazine
Apr 22, 2000
Harry Enfield and Chums
Nov 04, 1994
Friday Night Live
Feb 19, 1988
Classic British Aircraft
Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show
Sep 11, 2000
Upstart Crow
May 09, 2016
Rove
Sep 22, 1999
The Windsors
May 06, 2016
Walliams & Friend
Nov 28, 2016
Bad Education
Aug 14, 2012
Citizen Khan
Aug 27, 2012
Wogan
May 04, 1982
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
Oct 09, 1992
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Feb 07, 2014
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Apr 16, 2016
Going Live!
Sep 26, 1987
Gone to the Dogs
Nov 29, 1991
Island of Dreams
Jan 03, 2019
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything
Jan 02, 2000
Question Time
Sep 25, 1979
Saturday Live
Jan 25, 1986
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Jan 07, 1987
French & Saunders
Mar 09, 1987
Parkinson
Jan 09, 1998
Harry Enfield Presents
Dec 27, 1999
The Friday Night Project
Feb 04, 2005
Look Around You
Oct 10, 2002
It's Kevin
Mar 17, 2013
Roger Mellie: The Man On The Telly
Dec 30, 1991
Skins
Jan 25, 2007
Have I Got News for You
Sep 28, 1990
