Johnny Vegas

Johnny Vegas

Known for
Acting
Born
September 11, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK

Biography

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

Filmography

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Have I Got a Bit More News for You poster

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

TV · as Self - Panellist · 2 eps

2026
Open All Hours: Inside Out poster

Open All Hours: Inside Out

Movie

2026
The Nine O'Clock Trot

The Nine O'Clock Trot

Movie · as Father Adam

2026
Jack Dee's Help Me Tiny Big Brain poster

Jack Dee's Help Me Tiny Big Brain

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2025
Time Travel Is Dangerous! poster

Time Travel Is Dangerous!

Movie · as Robert / Botty

2025
The Twits poster

The Twits

Movie · as Jim Twit (voice)

2025
Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques poster

Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques

TV · as Self · 16 eps

2025
Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me poster

Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD & Me

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2024
The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved poster

The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved

Movie

2024
Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery poster

Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

Movie · as Terry

2024
You Bet! poster

You Bet!

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2024
Out of Order poster

Out of Order

TV · as Self - Guest Captain · 1 ep

2023
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery poster

Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery

Movie · as Terry

2023
The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise poster

The Delightful Sausage: Ginster's Paradise

Movie · as Announcer

2023
Romantic Getaway poster

Romantic Getaway

TV · as Alfie · 6 eps

2023
Late Night Lycett poster

Late Night Lycett

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
The Island poster

The Island

TV · as Self - Contestant · 8 eps

2022
Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction poster

Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2021
We Wish You a Mandy Christmas poster

We Wish You a Mandy Christmas

Movie · as Ghost Of Christmas Past

2021
The Drowning of Arthur Braxton poster

The Drowning of Arthur Braxton

Movie · as Arthur Braxton Sr.

2021
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break poster

Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

Movie · as Rex

2021
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable poster

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Murder, They Hope poster

Murder, They Hope

TV · as Terry · 6 eps

2021
Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping poster

Johnny Vegas: Carry on Glamping

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2021
Question Team poster

Question Team

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains poster

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

TV · as Guest · 1 ep

2021
Blankety Blank poster

Blankety Blank

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2021
The Greatest Snowman poster

The Greatest Snowman

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2021
The Weakest Link poster

The Weakest Link

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2021
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up poster

Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line Up

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2020
Meet the Richardsons poster

Meet the Richardsons

TV · as Johnny Vegas · 6 eps

2020
Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour poster

Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story poster

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

Movie · as Himself

2019
Tales from the Lodge poster

Tales from the Lodge

Movie · as Russell

2019
Dial M for Middlesbrough poster

Dial M for Middlesbrough

Movie · as Terry

2019
Good Omens poster

Good Omens

TV · as Ron Ormorod · 1 ep

2019
DNA Journey poster

DNA Journey

TV · 1 ep

2019
Celebrity Gogglebox poster

Celebrity Gogglebox

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
The Rubbish World of Dave Spud poster

The Rubbish World of Dave Spud

TV · as Dave Spud · 104 eps

2019
Hypothetical poster

Hypothetical

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Early Man poster

Early Man

Movie · as Asbo (voice)

2018
Eaten by Lions poster

Eaten by Lions

Movie · as Ray

2018
Death on the Tyne poster

Death on the Tyne

Movie · as Terry

2018
The Queen and I poster

The Queen and I

Movie · as Spiggy

2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer poster

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Celebrity Catchphrase poster

Celebrity Catchphrase

TV · 1 ep

2018
Home from Home poster

Home from Home

TV · as Neil Hackett · 6 eps

2018
Roast Battle poster

Roast Battle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
The Big Narstie Show poster

The Big Narstie Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Tulip Fever poster

Tulip Fever

Movie · as Apothecary

2017
Murder on the Blackpool Express poster

Murder on the Blackpool Express

Movie · as Terry

2017
The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet poster

The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet

Movie · as Himself - Narrator (voice)

2017
Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII poster

Red Dwarf: The 28-Years-Later Affair - Series XII

Movie · as Self

2017
We Have Been Watching poster

We Have Been Watching

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2017
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule poster

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
LEGO Masters poster

LEGO Masters

TV · as Guest Judge · 1 ep

2016
Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book poster

Roald Dahl's Most Marvellous Book

Movie · as Self

2016
Grimsby poster

Grimsby

Movie · as Milky Pimms

2016
Red Top poster

Red Top

Movie · as Johnny

2016
Dark_net poster

Dark_net

Movie

2016
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories poster

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

TV · as Daniel · 1 ep

2015
Brilliantman!

Brilliantman!

Movie · as Mrs. Wardle

2015
Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute poster

Keith Lemon's Back t'Future Tribute

Movie · as Self

2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in... poster

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Travel Guides poster

Travel Guides

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

2015
Taskmaster poster

Taskmaster

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo poster

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

TV · 2 eps

2014
Still Open All Hours poster

Still Open All Hours

TV · as Eric Agnew · 40 eps

2013
The Harry Hill Movie poster

The Harry Hill Movie

Movie · as Abu (voice)

2013
Blood and Nuts

Blood and Nuts

Movie · as Gordon Bennett

2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

TV · as Self - Contestant · 2 eps

2013
Through the Keyhole poster

Through the Keyhole

TV · as Self - Panelist · 3 eps

2013
Catchphrase poster

Catchphrase

TV · 1 ep

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2013
Car S.O.S. poster

Car S.O.S.

TV · 1 ep

2013
It's Kevin poster

It's Kevin

TV · as Billy Pike · 1 ep

2013
Crackanory poster

Crackanory

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches

TV · as Salome · 1 ep

2013
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars poster

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2012
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas poster

The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas

Movie · as Brian (voice)

2012
Mr. Stink poster

Mr. Stink

Movie · as Dad

2012
Comedy World Cup poster

Comedy World Cup

TV · as Team Captain · 3 eps

2011
Making Qi poster

Making Qi

Movie · as Self

2010
Chekhov Comedy Shorts

Chekhov Comedy Shorts

TV · as Tolkachov · 1 ep

2010
Little Crackers poster

Little Crackers

TV · as Kevin · 1 ep

2010
Dave's One Night Stand poster

Dave's One Night Stand

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace poster

Johnny Vegas: Live At The Benidorm Palace

Movie · as Himself

2009
Feast

Feast

TV · 1 ep

2009
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night poster

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2008
An Audience with Neil Diamond poster

An Audience with Neil Diamond

Movie · as Self

2008
A Tale of Two Continents poster

A Tale of Two Continents

Movie · as Al

2008
Massive poster

Massive

TV · as Tony · 6 eps

2008
Celebrity Juice poster

Celebrity Juice

TV · as Self · 23 eps

2008
Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong poster

Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie · as Self

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Benidorm poster

Benidorm

TV · as Geoff Maltby, Geoff - The Oracle · 1 ep

2007
Comedy Map of Britain

Comedy Map of Britain

TV · 1 ep

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2007
British Film Forever poster

British Film Forever

TV · 1 ep

2006
When Comedy Changed Forever poster

When Comedy Changed Forever

Movie · as Self

2006
TV Heaven, Telly Hell poster

TV Heaven, Telly Hell

TV · 1 ep

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Turn Back Time

Turn Back Time

TV · 1 ep

2006
Showbiz Darts

Showbiz Darts

TV · as Self - Andy's Group · 15 eps

2005
Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut poster

Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut

Movie · as Presenter

2005
Comic Aid

Comic Aid

Movie

2005
Ideal poster

Ideal

TV · as Moz · 52 eps

2005
Bleak House poster

Bleak House

TV · as Krook · 6 eps

2005
8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats

TV · as Self · 13 eps

2005
Dead Man Weds poster

Dead Man Weds

TV · as Lewis Donat · 6 eps

2005
ShakespeaRe-Told poster

ShakespeaRe-Told

TV · 1 ep

2005
The F Word poster

The F Word

TV · 1 ep

2004
The Libertine poster

The Libertine

Movie · as Sackville

2004
Sex Lives of the Potato Men poster

Sex Lives of the Potato Men

Movie · as Dave

2004
Blake's Junction 7 poster

Blake's Junction 7

Movie · as Blake

2003
Blackball poster

Blackball

Movie · as Trevor

2003
Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream? poster

Johnny Vegas: Who's Ready for Ice Cream?

Movie · as Self

2003
Cheeky poster

Cheeky

Movie · as Alf Price

2003
The Virgin of Liverpool poster

The Virgin of Liverpool

Movie · as Jackie Symes

2003
QI poster

QI

TV · as Self · 14 eps

2002
Staying Up

Staying Up

Movie · as Frank O'Hanlon

2002
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive poster

Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive

Movie · as Self

2002
When Snooker Ruled the World poster

When Snooker Ruled the World

Movie · as Self

2002
Top Gear poster

Top Gear

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Johnny Vaughan Tonight

Johnny Vaughan Tonight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Tipping the Velvet poster

Tipping the Velvet

TV · as Gully Sutherland · 1 ep

2001
Attention Scum poster

Attention Scum

TV · as 24 Hour News Man · 6 eps

2001
Happiness poster

Happiness

TV · as Charlie Doyle · 12 eps

2001
I Love 1990s

I Love 1990s

TV · 1 ep

2000
Vic Reeves Examines

Vic Reeves Examines

TV · 1 ep

2000
Black Books poster

Black Books

TV · as Landlord · 1 ep

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self, Self - Panellist, Self - Team Captain · 2 eps

1995
The Frank Skinner Show poster

The Frank Skinner Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Shooting Stars poster

Shooting Stars

TV · as Self - Panelist · 20 eps

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Red Dwarf poster

Red Dwarf

TV · as Crit Cop · 1 ep

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep