Johnny Vegas
Born: 1970-09-05
• 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.
Filmography
The Twits
Time Travel Is Dangerous!
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise
We Wish You a Mandy Christmas
The Drowning of Arthur Braxton
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Dial M for Middlesbrough
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Tales from the Lodge
The Queen and I
Death on the Tyne
Eaten by Lions
Early Man
Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII
Murder on the Blackpool Express
Tulip Fever
The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book
Grimsby
Dark_net
Red Top
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute
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Brilliantman!
The Harry Hill Movie
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Blood and Nuts
Mr. Stink
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
Making Qi
Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace
An Audience with Neil Diamond
A Tale of Two Continents
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
When Comedy Changed Forever
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Comic Aid
The Libertine
Blake's Junction 7
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?
Cheeky
Blackball
The Virgin of Liverpool
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
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Staying Up
When Snooker Ruled the World
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Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone Of Idiot - Unseen And Uncut