Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas is the stage name of Michael Pennington, the St Helens born actor, stand up comedian, writer and director. He is perhaps best known for his lead role as Moz in the BBC3 sitcom Ideal and for his role as The Oracle in several series of the ITV sitcom Benidorm. More recently, he has starred as the hapless Eric in Roy Clarke's Still Open All Hours alongside David Jason. In 2018, Vegas took the lead in a new BBC sitcom, Home From Home.
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- Born:
- Sep 11, 1971 In St Helens, Lancashire, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 85
- First Appeared:
- In the series Have I Got a Bit More News for You
- Latest Project:
- Series Generation Z 2024-10-13
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Himself - Panellist | 2025 |
| Movie | The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved | 2024-06-09 | |
| Series | Generation Z | 2024-10-13 | |
| Movie | Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery | Terry | 2023-12-16 |
| Series | Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction | 2022-04-13 | |
| Series | The Island | Self - Contestant | 2022-03-23 |
| Movie | Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break | Rex | 2021-03-17 |
| Movie | We Wish You a Mandy Christmas | Ghost Of Christmas Past | 2021-12-20 |
| Series | Murder, They Hope | Terry | 2021-05-08 |
| Movie | The Drowning of Arthur Braxton | Arthur Braxton Sr. | 2021-07-13 |
| Movie | Tales from the Lodge | Russell | 2019-03-09 |
| Movie | Dial M for Middlesbrough | Terry | 2019-12-14 |
| Movie | Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story | Himself | 2019-03-29 |
| Series | The Rubbish World of Dave Spud | Dave Spud | 2019-09-02 |
| Series | Home from Home | Neil Hackett | 2018-04-20 |
| Movie | Early Man | Asbo (voice) | 2018-01-26 |
| Movie | Eaten by Lions | Ray | 2018-06-21 |
| Movie | Death on the Tyne | Terry | 2018-12-15 |
| Movie | The Queen and I | Spiggy | 2018-12-24 |
| Series | We Have Been Watching | Self | 2017-01-04 |
| Movie | The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2017-02-27 |
| Series | LEGO Masters | Guest Judge | 2017-08-24 |
| Movie | Murder on the Blackpool Express | Terry | 2017-11-11 |
| Movie | Tulip Fever | Apothecary | 2017-07-13 |
| Movie | Dark_net | 2016-02-06 | |
| Movie | Red Top | Johnny | 2016-01-20 |
| Movie | Grimsby | Milky Pimms | 2016-02-24 |
| Series | Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories | Unknown | 2016-05-26 |
| Series | Taskmaster | 2015-07-28 | |
| Series | Travel Man: 48 Hours in... | Unknown | 2015-03-30 |
| Series | Travel Guides | Narrator | 2015-08-03 |
| Movie | Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute | Self | 2015-10-21 |
| Movie | Brilliantman! | Mrs. Wardle | 2015-09-24 |
| Series | Still Open All Hours | Eric Agnew | 2014-12-26 |
| Series | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled | Unknown | 2014-06-16 |
| Series | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Himself | 2013-04-12 |
| Movie | The Harry Hill Movie | Abu (voice) | 2013-12-20 |
| Movie | Mr. Stink | Dad | 2012-12-23 |
| Movie | The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas | Brian (voice) | 2012-12-19 |
| Series | Feast | Unknown | 2009-03-03 |
| Movie | Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace | Himself | 2009-11-09 |
| Series | Chris Moyles' Quiz Night | Unknown | 2009-03-22 |
| Series | Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong | Unknown | 2008-02-01 |
| Movie | A Tale of Two Continents | Al | 2008-03-21 |
| Series | Massive | Tony | 2008-09-14 |
| Movie | An Audience with Neil Diamond | Self | 2008-05-31 |
| Series | Celebrity Juice | Unknown | 2008-09-24 |
| Series | Comedy Map of Britain | Unknown | 2007-01-27 |
| Series | Benidorm | Geoff Maltby | 2007-02-01 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
| Movie | When Comedy Changed Forever | Self | 2006-03-07 |
| Series | TV Heaven, Telly Hell | Unknown | 2006-03-26 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Series | Showbiz Darts | Self - Andy's Group | 2006-10-02 |
| Series | Turn Back Time | Unknown | 2006-08-09 |
| Series | Dead Man Weds | Lewis Donat | 2005-01-05 |
| Series | Ideal | Moz | 2005-01-11 |
| Series | ShakespeaRe-Told | Unknown | 2005-11-07 |
| Movie | Comic Aid | 2005-03-02 | |
| Series | Bleak House | Unknown | 2005-10-27 |
| Series | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Unknown | 2005-06-03 |
| Movie | Sex Lives of the Potato Men | Dave | 2004-02-20 |
| Movie | Blake's Junction 7 | Blake | 2004-08-24 |
| Movie | The Libertine | Sackville | 2004-09-16 |
| Movie | The Virgin of Liverpool | Jackie Symes | 2003-03-15 |
| Movie | Blackball | Trevor | 2003-05-18 |
| Movie | Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream? | Self | 2003-11-17 |
| Movie | Cheeky | Alf Price | 2003-09-08 |
| Series | QI | Unknown | 2003-09-11 |
| Movie | Staying Up | Frank O'Hanlon | 2002-05-07 |
| Series | Johnny Vaughan Tonight | Unknown | 2002-01-07 |
| Series | Top Gear | Unknown | 2002-10-20 |
| Series | Tipping the Velvet | Gully Sutherland | 2002-12-09 |
| Movie | Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive | Self | 2002-12-25 |
| Series | Attention Scum | 24 Hour News Man | 2001-02-25 |
| Series | Happiness | Charlie Doyle | 2001-03-20 |
| Series | I Love 1990s | 2001-08-18 | |
| Movie | Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter | Self | 2001-06-10 |
| Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
| Series | Room 101 | Unknown | 1994-07-04 |
| Series | Shooting Stars | 1993-12-27 | |
| Series | Red Dwarf | Crit Cop | 1988-02-15 |
| Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
| Series | An Audience with... | Himself | 1978-01-08 |