🎭 Actor
Johnny Vegas
🎂 Born 5 September 1970 (age 55)📍 St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
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Popularity Score
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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.
Known For
Directed Films(1)
Full Filmography(45 films)
YearTitleRating
2025The Twits★ 6.02016Grimsby★ 6.02018Early Man★ 6.12004The Libertine★ 5.92017Tulip Fever★ 6.52012Mr. Stink★ 6.42003Blackball★ 5.22007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas—2013The Harry Hill Movie★ 4.82011Making Qi—2017Murder on the Blackpool Express★ 5.72003Cheeky★ 6.62016Red Top★ 5.32004Sex Lives of the Potato Men★ 4.52025Time Travel Is Dangerous!★ 5.32018The Queen and I★ 6.32018Eaten by Lions★ 5.62003The Virgin of Liverpool★ 3.52006When Comedy Changed Forever—2018Death on the Tyne★ 5.82021Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break★ 6.12019Dial M for Middlesbrough★ 6.52002Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive★ 8.02021The Drowning of Arthur Braxton★ 5.22004Blake's Junction 7★ 7.72024Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery★ 5.42023Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery★ 5.72012The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas★ 6.02019Tales from the Lodge★ 5.42016Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book★ 8.02016Dark_net★ 8.02024The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved—2026Open All Hours: Inside Out—2019Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story★ 6.82005Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut—2008An Audience with Neil Diamond—2003Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?★ 5.02008A Tale of Two Continents—2002When Snooker Ruled the World★ 10.02015Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute★ 5.62017Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII—2021We Wish You a Mandy Christmas—2017The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet—2023The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise—2009Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace★ 5.7