Lenny Henry

Sir Lenworth George Henry, CBE , known as Lenny Henry, is an English standup comedian, actor, blues singer, writer, and television presenter, best known for cofounding charity Comic Relief and presenting various television programmes, including The Magicians for BBC One.

Henry was born in Dudley, West Midlands, onAugust 1958, the son of Jamaican immigrants. One of seven children, he was the first to be born in the United Kingdom. He attended St Johns Primary School and later The Blue Coat School in Dudley before completing his schooling at W.R. Tuson College in Preston, Lancashire.

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