Henry Richard Enfield (born 30 May 1961)^[1] is an English comedian. He is known in particular for his television work, includingHarry Enfield's Television Programme andHarry & Paul, and for the creation and portrayal of comedy characters such asKevin the Teenager,Loadsamoney,Smashie and Nicey,The Scousers, Tim Nice-But-Dim and Mr "You Don't Want to Do It Like That".

Harry Enfield
Enfield in 2023
Birth name	Henry Richard Enfield
Born	(1961-05-30)30 May 1961 (age 63) Horsham,England
Medium	Television film stand-up
Education	University of York (BA)
Years active	1984–present
Genres	Sketch shows character comedy satire
Spouse	Lucy Lyster ​ ​ (m. 1997;sep. 2020)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	Edward Enfield

Born inHorsham,Sussex, he is the eldest of four children (and only son) of English television, radio and newspaper journalist and presenterEdward Enfield and his wife, Deirdre Jenkins. The Enfield family are descendants of the nineteenth-century philanthropistEdward Enfield.^[2]

He was educated at the independent Arundale School inPulborough,Dorset House School,Worth School,Collyer's Sixth Form College (all in West Sussex) and theUniversity of York, where he was a member ofDerwent College and studied politics. Hesquatted in Hackney and worked for a while as amilkman.^[3][4]

Enfield first came to wide public attention when appearing onChannel 4'sSaturday Live as several different characters created withPaul Whitehouse. These quickly entered the national consciousness. Among these characters were Stavros, a Greek kebab shop owner with fractured English; andLoadsamoney, an obnoxious plasterer who constantly boasted about how much money he earned. The Loadsamoney character was created in reaction to the policies of theThatcher government of the day, and took on a life of its own, sampling the songs "Money, Money" from the musicalCabaret and "Money, Money, Money" byABBA to spawn a hit single in 1988 and a sell-out live tour.^[5] In May 1988,Labour Party leaderNeil Kinnock used the termloadsamoney to criticise the policies of theConservative government and journalists began to refer to the "loadsamoney mentality" and the "loadsamoney economy".^[6]

As a foil to Loadsamoney, Enfield and Whitehouse created theGeordie "Bugger-All-Money" and in 1988 Enfield appeared as both characters during theNelson 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 aComic Relief Red Nose Day show while leaving the studio after presenting hostLenny Henry with "the biggest cheque of the night"—a physically huge cheque for ten pence.^[7] Enfield created "Tory Boy", a character which portrayed a young maleConservativeMember of Parliament (MP).

In 1989, Enfield realised a personal project,Norbert Smith - a Life, a spoof on British theatrical knights "slumming" in the film industry. He also provided voices for the British satirical puppet showSpitting Image, and starred asDirk Gently in theBBC Radio adaptations ofDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency andThe Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.

In 1990, Enfield developed hisBBC sketch showHarry Enfield's Television Programme, later retitledHarry Enfield & Chums, with Whitehouse andKathy Burke. Eschewing thealternative comedy style prevalent at the time, both versions of the show were indebted to comedians such asDick Emery andMorecambe and Wise. Enfield and his co-performers created another group of nationally recognised characters for these shows, such asStan and Pam Herbert, who use the catchphrase "We are considerably richer than you" (in an exaggerated West-Midlands accent),Tim Nice-But-Dim,The Scousers,Smashie and Nicey,Wayne and Waynetta Slob,Annoying Kid Brother, who grew intoKevin the Teenager, and two old-fashioned presenters,Mr Cholmondley-Warner and Grayson.

In 1991, Enfield played Dermot in the sitcomMen Behaving Badly along withMartin Clunes,Caroline Quentin andLeslie Ash, originally onThames Television. Enfield left after thefirst series, and was replaced in thesecond series byNeil Morrissey as Tony. Enfield is a professed fan ofopera and fronted aChannel 4 documentary series on the subject. In 1991 Harry also starred in the seriesGone to the Dogs as Little Jim.

After a short break from television, Enfield signed a new contract withBSkyB, but produced only one series,Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show. In 2002 Enfield returned to the BBC withCeleb, a new series based on the comic strip of the same title inPrivate Eye, as the ageing rockstar Gary Bloke.

In 2002, Enfield was the first guest on the revamped version of BBC'sTop Gear where he did a 2 minutes 1 second lap^{[clarification needed]}. He also appeared on the show on 23 November 2008.^[8] Enfield has also narrated various TV documentaries, such asDiscovery Wings'Classic British Aircraft.^[9]

In 2007, he played Jim Stonem in the Channel 4 seriesSkins. He reprised this role in the second series in 2008, and the third series in 2009. Enfield directed two episodes of Skins in season two entitled "Chris" and "Tony" in 2008. He appears often on mainstream television shows. His comedy seriesHarry & Paul (originally titledRuddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul) started in 2007.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2013 Enfield appeared in theBBC Three comedy seriesBad Education as Martin, the father ofJack Whitehall's character Alfie. In October 2014, Enfield and Paul Whitehouse returned to the characters of Frank and George in a sketch for Channel 4's testicular cancer awareness comedy show "The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night".^[10]

In August 2015, Enfield, alongside Whitehouse, in celebration of their 25-year partnership, presentedAn Evening With Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse.^[11]

In 2016, he appeared asJohn Shakespeare, father ofWilliam Shakespeare, in the sitcomUpstart Crow.^[12]

Since 2016, Enfield has appeared asPrince Charles (laterKing Charles III) in theChannel 4 sitcomThe Windsors.^[13]

In 2000, Enfield appeared in his first leading film role playing Kevin alongsideKathy Burke, who played the character's (male) friend Perry—roles originally created for Enfield's television series—inKevin & Perry Go Large. The film charted the pair's attempt to become professional DJs by travelling to the nightclubs ofIbiza and pestering their idol, the DJ Eyeball Paul, played byRhys Ifans, while gaining love and losing their virginity. Enfield also appeared as KingGeorge VI inChurchill: The Hollywood Years (2004), a satire on Hollywood's tendency to change elements of history. In 2012, he starred with Simon Callow in the filmActs of Gordfrey, which opened in UK cinemas on 27 January.

He reprised his role as Martin inThe Bad Education Movie, released on 21 August 2015. He appeared as Bill in the 2015 filmScottish Mussel.

In 2015 Enfield andJessica Hynes appeared as Mr and Mrs Jackson in a BBC film of theArthur Ransome children's novelSwallows and Amazons.

In 2022, Enfield appeared asTony Blair in the made-for-television biographical musical comedy filmPrince Andrew: The Musical.^[14]

In 2012, a likeness of his character Loadsamoney, named "Harold Lott", was released as aDLC skin for the gameKilling Floor.^[15]

Enfield appeared in some television commercials before becoming famous, including one made in 1987 forTetley. Enfield's commercials include a series made in 1994 forDime Bar. One commercial in this series had Enfield as a yokel refusing a Dime bar—smooth on the outside, crunchy on the inside—because he preferredarmadillos—smooth on the inside, crunchy on the outside. Later Enfield, with Paul Whitehouse, starred in a series of commercials forHula Hoops as The Self-Righteous Brothers, characters from Enfield's television show. In 2004 Enfield starred in a series of commercials forBurger King in Paraguay as Dr Angus, a character intended to promote the company's newest hamburger. Two more characters from Enfield's TV series, Mr Cholmondley-Warner and Grayson, also appeared in commercials, forMercury Communications.^[16] Also in 2004 Enfield provided the voice of "The Roaming Gnome" character used inTravelocity's U.S. advertising campaign. Enfield was also in commercials for Worthington Bitter.

Enfield made a cameo appearance as 'the tea lady' duringBlur's performance at the Olympics Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert in London'sHyde Park in2012.^[17]

He also appeared alongsideDamon Albarn's other projectthe Good, the Bad & the Queen, as compere, during a live performance at theTower of London, on 9 July 2007.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2025, Enfield featured inEgo Death, a film of 10 interconnected music videos accompanying an album byArchie Henderson's musical persona,Jazz Emu.^{[18][better source needed]}

In 2021 Enfield starred asPrince Charles inThe Windsors: Endgame at thePrince of Wales Theatre in London. The show ran for a limited time and closed on 9 October 2021.^[19]

In 1997,^{[citation needed]} Enfield married Lucy Lyster; they have three children.^[21] It was announced in August 2020 that the couple had separated.^[22]

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