Johnny Vegas
Born September 11, 1971 · St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Grimsby
The Twits
Tulip Fever
Early Man
The Libertine
Blackball
The Harry Hill Movie
Red Top
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Death on the Tyne
Eaten by Lions
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
Murder on the Blackpool Express
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Cheeky
The Virgin of Liverpool
Open All Hours: Inside Out
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Dial M for Middlesbrough
The Queen and I
Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Tales from the Lodge
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
Blake's Junction 7
When Comedy Changed Forever
The Drowning of Arthur Braxton
We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
Mr. Stink
Making Qi
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
When Snooker Ruled the World
An Audience with Neil Diamond
The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet
A Tale of Two Continents
Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace
Dark_net
TV Shows
QI
The Last Leg
Unreleased
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Celebrity Juice
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Taskmaster
8 Out of 10 Cats
Would I Lie to You?
Red Dwarf
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Parkinson
An Audience with...
DNA Journey
Benidorm
Good Omens
Room 101
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Ideal
Shooting Stars
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Celebrity Gogglebox
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
The Frank Skinner Show
Celebrity Catchphrase
The Weakest Link
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
Car S.O.S.
Catchphrase
Blankety Blank
Black Books
Still Open All Hours
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
The F Word
Through the Keyhole
Hypothetical
Roast Battle
The Big Narstie Show
Psychobitches
Bleak House
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
This Morning
Meet the Richardsons
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
More TV Shows
Little Crackers
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable
Crackanory
Murder, They Hope
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up
Tipping the Velvet
The Island
ShakespeaRe-Told
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong
British Film Forever
Dave's One Night Stand
Happiness
Comedy World Cup
Out of Order
It's Kevin
Question Team
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
You Bet!
Romantic Getaway
Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction
We Have Been Watching
Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques
Late Night Lycett
LEGO Masters
TV Heaven, Telly Hell
Home from Home
Massive
Dead Man Weds
Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour
Attention Scum
Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me
The Greatest Snowman
Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping
Jack Dee's Help Me Tiny Big Brain
