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|image = | |image = Lenny Henry.jpg | ||
|aka = | |aka = | ||
|birth date = | |birth date = [[29 August (people)|29 August]] [[1958 (people)|1958]] | ||
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|role = [[Daniel Barton]] | |role = [[Daniel Barton]] | ||
|job title = Actor | |job title = Actor | ||
|time = 1986, 2020 | |time = 1986, 2020 | ||
|non dwu = | |non dwu = ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]'' | ||
|imdb = 0377901 | |imdb = 0377901 | ||
|official site = | |official site = | ||
|twitter = LennyHenry | |twitter = LennyHenry | ||
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'''Sir {{PAGENAME}} CBE''' played [[Daniel Barton]] in ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]''. | '''Sir {{PAGENAME}} CBE''' (born [[29 August (people)|29 August]] [[1958 (people)|1958]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lenny-Henry|title=Lenny Henry|website name=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/people/lenny_henry_person_page.shtml|title=Lenny Henry|website name=BBC Comedy|accessdate=1 January 2020}}</ref>) played [[Daniel Barton]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]''. | ||
35 years earlier, Henry had also portrayed a parody version of | 35 years earlier, Henry had also portrayed a parody version of [[Seventh Doctor (The Lenny Henry Show)|the Doctor]] in a [[Untitled (The Lenny Henry Show)|sketch]] on ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]''. Produced in 1986, this sketch predated the departure of [[Colin Baker]], and saw Henry play the newly reincarnated Seventh Doctor (or his version of him at least), making him the first Black actor to portray the Doctor. | ||
Comic character [[Rudy Zoom]] was inspired by Lenny Henry.<ref>https://twitter.com/Scott1Gray/status/1197462093273935878</ref> | Comic character [[Rudy Zoom]] was inspired by Lenny Henry.<ref>https://twitter.com/Scott1Gray/status/1197462093273935878</ref> | ||
Revision as of 04:52, 2 January 2020
Sir Lenny Henry CBE (born 29 August 1958[1][2]) played Daniel Barton in the Doctor Who television story Spyfall.
35 years earlier, Henry had also portrayed a parody version of the Doctor in a sketch on The Lenny Henry Show. Produced in 1986, this sketch predated the departure of Colin Baker, and saw Henry play the newly reincarnated Seventh Doctor (or his version of him at least), making him the first Black actor to portray the Doctor.
Comic character Rudy Zoom was inspired by Lenny Henry.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Lenny Henry. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Lenny Henry. BBC Comedy. Retrieved on 1 January 2020.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Scott1Gray/status/1197462093273935878
